Where could I find a list of all the commands used to execute the apps in Gnome/Unity so I can add them to my fluxbox menus? i.e. user accounts/package manager/etc.
2 Answers
Search in /usr/share/applications/
for the corresponding .desktop
files. They contain the command in the line starting with Exec=
.
See the Freedesktop Desktop Entry Specification for more about .desktop
files.
Ubuntu/Debian use update-menus to generate /etc/X11/fluxbox/fluxbox-menu. This gets run from apt whenever you install or remove a package. Slick!
So you can look there to see how apps are run (and yank the exact fluxbox menu command you'd need), or you can have in your ~/.fluxbox/menu:
[submenu] (All Applications)
[include] (/etc/X11/fluxbox/fluxbox-menu)
[end]
Which is what I do. That way I have my minimalist, carefully-curated list of applications and fluxbox options at the top of the menu, and the huge list of all applications installed on my system as an sub-menu.
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For some reason when I run
update-menus
commans does not seem to update the menus with the installed apps viaapt-get
orsnap
. Sep 24, 2018 at 13:02