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On 02/20/2012 05:49 AM, UH wrote:
> 2012/2/20 ∅ <maps.backward@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>> When you rightclick on the desktop you have that menu with New, Paste
>>> etc and as a last item Configure Desktop. Clicking on that you have
>>> the options to configure the desktop ( pcmanfm --desktop-pref`). If
>>> you activate there Advanced  on the rightclick you get now: PCManFM,
>>> Lxterminal, Browser - and nothing else. So, there is no way back save
>>> you start in terminal `pcmanfm --desktop-pref`. That's absolutely not
>>> good. The advanced menu, at least, should offer, over the 3 existing
>>> options, Setup Desktop and Obconf or Lxappearance. I tried to
>>> configure that "by hand" editing the
>>> `/usr/share/lubuntu/openbox/menu.xml`but it gave no effect. May be
>>> there is another config file overruling that one?
>> oh. you do realize these are two different menus, right?
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/FAQ/Guides#Right-clicking_on_desktop_pulls_up_a_menu_that_is_missing_the_.22Desktop_Preferences.22_option_and_now_I_can.27t_change_my_wallpaper
>> the openbox one (the advanced menu) is configured with
>> /etc/xdg/openbox/menu.xml.
>> as for /usr/share/lubuntu/openbox/menu.xml, if you copy it to
>> ~/.config/openbox, it will also configured this advanced menu. it also
>> has the extra benefit of being written specifically for lubuntu, so it
>> offers (i think) a better framework to work off of than the above. make
>> sure any time you make changes to it, that you run openbox --reconfigure
>> to test them.
> Here, i'm confused: Frankly, i' didn't consider the
> `/etc/xdg/openbox/menu.xml`but those in ùsr/share/lubuntu/openbox`.
> The files are very similar. Those in xdg/openbox contains only
> Terminal Emulator and WebBrowser, those in `lubuntu/openbox`contains
> als PCManFM. And, from the logic i'd presume the latter is the one
> that rules the menu options on rightclick desktop. When i do that i
> see that 3 menus, not the 2 one of the other file.
>
> I'd found this wiki file regarding openbox:
> http://openbox.org/wiki/Help:Menus - but i didn't have success. For
> sure i did something wrong, but i'm clueless. At least i'd like a lot
> to have the menu point desktop preferences in the advanced menu (so,
> at any time you could go back and forth without having to use the
> terminal!).
i found that /etc/xdg/openbox/menu.xml is run by default for the
advanced menu configuration. it is overriden by
~/.config/openbox/menu.xml if it exists. i imagine what
/etc/xdg/openbox/rc.xml applies to menu.xml-- i.e. that any changes
there will get overwritten. also /usr/share/lubuntu/openbox/menu.xml
suggests copying to ~/.config/openbox before making any changes. long
story short: it doesn't matter which of the two menu.xml's you use
(though the lubuntu one written with lubuntu in mind), but you should
copy them to ~/.config/openbox before making any changes. then do an
openbox --configure and you should be good.

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