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In Ubuntu 10.04 I made several submenus customized to different semantic contexts.

One particular issue I'm having is that I need to start the same application with different parameters depending on context.

I collected all related shortcuts in submenus, in this way I could launch what effectively was a specific work context by Alt+F1 (to get to the menu) and then with the arrow keys get to the specific launcher.

All this was done by a combination of customized *.desktop files in .local/share/applications and editing the menu file (can't remember its name)

Is there any way to group launchers in semantic groupings?

Would it be possible to make a lense or sub-lense or something else?

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+1 No idea how to do this, but it's a cool question. I'd like to see the answer as well. "Task based program launching". – Brandon Bertelsen Jul 21 '12 at 6:44

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