<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>xdg-menu</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.68.1"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="refentry" lang="en"><a name="id2707792"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>xdg-menu — command line tool to add/remove desktop menu items</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">xdg-menu</code> [<code class="option">--vendor <em class="replaceable"><code>vendor-id</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">--noupdate</code>] [[--user] | [--system]] [[--install <em class="replaceable"><code>desktop-file</code></em>] | [--install <em class="replaceable"><code>directory-file</code></em>] | [--install <em class="replaceable"><code>menu-file</code></em>] | [--remove <em class="replaceable"><code>desktop-file-id</code></em>] | [--remove <em class="replaceable"><code>directory-file</code></em>] | [--remove <em class="replaceable"><code>menu-file</code></em>] | [--forceupdate]]</p></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="introduction"></a><h2>Introduction</h2><p> The xdg-menu program can be used to add or new items to the desktop's application menu or to remove existing items. </p><p> The application menu works according to the XDG Desktop Menu Specification at http://www.freedesktop.org/Standards/menu-spec </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="options"></a><h2>Options</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term"> <code class="option">--vendor</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>vendor-id</code></em></span></dt><dd> Adds <em class="replaceable"><code>vendor-id</code></em> as a prefix when installing desktop and directory files. </dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--noupdate</code></span></dt><dd> Postpone updating the menu system. If multiple updates to the menu system are made in sequence this flag can be used to indicate that additional changes will follow and that it is not necassery to update the menu system right away. </dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--user</code></span></dt><dd> Installs or removes the file for the current user only. </dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--system</code></span></dt><dd> Installs or removes the file for all users on the system. Usually only root is allowed to do this. </dd><dt><span class="term"> <code class="option">--install</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>desktop-file</code></em></span></dt><dd> Installs the .desktop file indicated by <em class="replaceable"><code>desktop-file</code></em> to the menu system. A desktop file represents a single menu item. </dd><dt><span class="term"> <code class="option">--install</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>directory-file</code></em></span></dt><dd> Installs the .directory file indicated by <em class="replaceable"><code>directory-file</code></em> to the menu system. A .directory file provides the name and icon for a submenu. </dd><dt><span class="term"> <code class="option">--install</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>menu-file</code></em></span></dt><dd> Installs the .menu file indicated by <em class="replaceable"><code>menu-file</code></em> to the menu system. A .menu file describes a submenu. </dd><dt><span class="term"> <code class="option">--remove</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>desktop-file-id</code></em></span></dt><dd> Removes the .desktop file indicated by <em class="replaceable"><code>desktop-file-id</code></em> from the menu system. </dd><dt><span class="term"> <code class="option">--remove</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>directory-file</code></em></span></dt><dd> Removes the .directory file indicated by <em class="replaceable"><code>directory-file</code></em> from the menu system. </dd><dt><span class="term"> <code class="option">--remove</code> <em class="replaceable"><code>menu-file</code></em></span></dt><dd> Removes the .menu file indicated by <em class="replaceable"><code>menu-file</code></em> from the menu system. </dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="option">--forceupdate</code></span></dt><dd> Force an update of the menu system. This is only useful if the last call to xdg-menu included the <code class="option">--noupdate</code> option. </dd></dl></div></div></div></body></html>