How to create a submenu to a registered category with xdg-desktop-menu?

[Orcan Ogetbil]

2009/9/3 Frédéric Mercille:
> I know I can use xdg-desktop-menu to add an application to a "registered
> category" (e.g. Office) in the desktop menu with a *.desktop file, and I can also
> add a new submenu at the root of the desktop menu with a *.directory file. What
> I would like to do, however, is create a submenu in a submenu that is already
> present.
>
> Here's an example of what I would like to have :
>
> (MENU)
>  |
>  +-- Games
>  +-- Graphics
>  +-- [...]
>  |
>  +-- Office
>  |     |
>  |     +-- MyVendorName
>  |     |       |
>  |     |       +-- MyAppName1
>  |     |       +-- MyAppName2
>  |     |       +-- MyAppName3
>  |     |
>  |     +-- OpenOffice.org
>  |     +-- Evolution
>  |     +-- Kontact
>  |     +-- [...]
>  |
>  +-- Settings
>  +-- System
>
>
> Using xdg-desktop-menu install MyVendorName.directory MyAppName.desktop
> creates a submenu at the root of the menu (sibbling of Games, Graphics, Office,
> etc.), but I don't want to pollute the root with my apps which clearly belong
> under the Office category (and the Category key is ignored for an entry of
> Type=Directory). Does xdg-desktop-menu allow that?
>
> Thanks.
> _______________________________________________


The documentation in freedesktop.org should be sufficient for you.
Here is an example for submenus and subsubmenus to multimedia menu
that I wrote using that documentation:
http://oget.fedorapeople.org/multimedia-menus/SOURCE/

Orcan