12 Nov
2022
12 Nov
'22
6:18 p.m.
I can't get rid of a spurious empty KPDF entry in my TDE
menu. If I delete or cut it and save it's still there.
Otherwise TDE menu editor works correctly and I can add
and remove entries.
I've looked in ~/.trinity/share/config/* and /usr/share/menu/*
and can't find anything that might be causing it. Is there
anything else I should check or do?
Thanks,
--Mike
14 Nov
14 Nov
6:15 a.m.
On 2022/11/13 11:18 AM, Mike Bird wrote:
I can't get rid of a spurious empty KPDF entry in
my TDE
menu. If I delete or cut it and save it's still there.
Otherwise TDE menu editor works correctly and I can add
and remove entries.
I've looked in ~/.trinity/share/config/* and /usr/share/menu/*
and can't find anything that might be causing it. Is there
anything else I should check or do?
Thanks,
Hi Mike,
Custom menu entries would be in the ~/.config/menus/applications-tdemenuedit.menu file.
Just to be sure, make sure to kill and relaunch kicker if you edit the file manually (or
logout/login).
Cheers
Michele
5:17 p.m.
On Mon November 14 2022 06:15:56 Michele Calgaro via tde-users wrote:
Custom menu entries would be in the
~/.config/menus/applications-tdemenuedit.menu file. Just to be sure, make
sure to kill and relaunch kicker if you edit the file manually (or
logout/login).
Hi Michelle,
It's not in that file which is I guess why it comes back after I
delete it. Reboot doesn't help. I've searched all these places:
$ grep -ilr kpdf ~/.trinity/share/config/ \
/usr/share/menu/ \
~/.config/menus/applications-tdemenuedit.menu
/home/mgb/.trinity/share/config/profilerc
/home/mgb/.trinity/share/config/kickerrc
/home/mgb/.trinity/share/config/kmailrc
/home/mgb/.trinity/share/config/tdewalletrc
/usr/share/menu/kpdf-trinity
$
As best I can determine none of these are responsible for the
extraneous undeletable "KPDF" menu entry with no associated
command.
Is there anywhere else that TDE sources menu entries from?
Thanks,
--Mike
5:54 p.m.
It's not in that file which is I guess why it comes back after I
delete it. Reboot doesn't help. I've searched all these places:
$ grep -ilr kpdf ~/.trinity/share/config/ \
/usr/share/menu/ \
~/.config/menus/applications-tdemenuedit.menu
/home/mgb/.trinity/share/config/profilerc
/home/mgb/.trinity/share/config/kickerrc
/home/mgb/.trinity/share/config/kmailrc
/home/mgb/.trinity/share/config/tdewalletrc
/usr/share/menu/kpdf-trinity
$
As best I can determine none of these are responsible for the
extraneous undeletable "KPDF" menu entry with no associated
command.
Is there anywhere else that TDE sources menu entries from?
Thanks,
Interesting problem :-) I will need to check the code to see if there are other sources.
In the meantime, if you can edit the entry, I would rename KPDF to something long and
unique like
"crazy_KPDF_entry_in_menu" and then I would do a file content search in the home
folder for that string.
Repeat the search in /opt/trinity in case you don't find anything and eventually
/etc/trinity, for the sake of completeness.
If you still can't find anything, I will check in the code at some point.
Cheers
Michele
6:05 p.m.
Hi Michele,
Apologies for misspelling your name last time.
On Mon November 14 2022 17:54:22 Michele Calgaro via tde-users wrote:
Interesting problem :-) I will need to check the code
to see if there are
other sources. In the meantime, if you can edit the entry, I would rename
KPDF to something long and unique like "crazy_KPDF_entry_in_menu" and then
I would do a file content search in the home folder for that string. Repeat
the search in /opt/trinity in case you don't find anything and eventually
/etc/trinity, for the sake of completeness. If you still can't find
anything, I will check in the code at some point. Cheers
Good idea. Unfortunately, as when I delete it, renaming it and saving
generates no error but also has no effect. I'm guessing this is because
it's pulled out of a non-writable system menu file somewhere.
--Mike
6:17 p.m.
Mike Bird composed on 2022-11-14 18:05 (UTC-0800):
Unfortunately, as when I delete it, renaming it and
saving> generates no error but also has no effect. I'm guessing this is
because> it's
pulled out of a non-writable system menu file somewhere.
Do you have anything in /usr/local/share/applications/?
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Felix Miata
15 Nov
15 Nov
11:30 a.m.
On Mon November 14 2022 18:17:19 Felix Miata wrote:
Mike Bird composed on 2022-11-14 18:05 (UTC-0800):
Hi Felix,
I have no /usr/local/share/applications/.
I've also searched for every directory on the entire system
named "menu". There are some associated with an old copy of
TDE sources and some associated with steam games and some
associated with LibreOffice but the only menu directory which
seems to contribute to the TDE menu is /usr/share/menu and the
only occurence of kpdf in that directory is the regular
kpdf-trinity file. I have verified by reading it and by
debsums and by looking at the resulting entry in the Office
section of that TDE menu that the kpdf-trinity menu file is as
it should be.
--Mike
Unfortunately, as when I delete it, renaming it
and saving> generates no
error but also has no effect. I'm guessing this is because> it's
pulled out of a non-writable system menu file somewhere.
Do you have anything in /usr/local/share/applications/?
6:08 p.m.
New subject: SOLVED: Re: Can't get rid of spurious TDE menu entry
Problem solved by removing ~/.trinity/share/applnk/kpdf_part.desktop
which had contained:
[Desktop Entry]
Exec=
MimeType=
Name=KPDF
Terminal=false
Type=Application
X-TDE-InitialPreference=17
Google seems to suggest that applnk was a pre KDE 3.2 menu structure.
That's a long time ago and I don't know how kpdf's applnk got into
my ~/.trinity. There are no other applnk files.
Thanks to everybody who provided helpful clues.
--Mike
8:32 p.m.
New subject: SOLVED: Re: Can't get rid of spurious TDE menu entry
On 2022/11/16 11:08 AM, Mike Bird wrote:
Problem solved by removing
~/.trinity/share/applnk/kpdf_part.desktop
which had contained:
[Desktop Entry]
Exec=
MimeType=
Name=KPDF
Terminal=false
Type=Application
X-TDE-InitialPreference=17
Google seems to suggest that applnk was a pre KDE 3.2 menu structure.
That's a long time ago and I don't know how kpdf's applnk got into
my ~/.trinity. There are no other applnk files.
Thanks to everybody who provided helpful clues.
--Mike
____________________________________________________
Hi Mike,
applnk is an old thing, as google mention. Most applications use the apps folder, but some
still use the applnk. We are
actually getting rid of applnk bit by bit but not being top priority, some are still
there.
Cheers
Michele
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