How do I edit the menu in Lubuntu 12.10?

Question

Main menu (alacarte) cannot record changes as it should. Some time it does, but randomly and rarely.

Is this a bug?

This question is not a clone of this one. In that case the Main menu would not open, in this case it does but changes are rarely recorded.

Have you tried MenuLibre? You can get it via Synaptic or the Ubuntu Software Center but not via the Lubuntu Software Center (the last time I looked).
at the time of the question menulibre was not available for quantal: but meanwhile it is (as of 24.0ct.2012): ppa.launchpad.net/menulibre-dev/devel/ubuntu/dists

cipricus · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-26 08:21:23Z

If link dead, try this one with the same files that were available before

Execute the LXMenuEditor.jar file (Java needed), and then use the program to add the same file to the main menu... (with no spaces in the path...)

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Menulibre (as vasa1 suggested in a comment) is a good solution, as it is available for Quantal 12.10 (it was not at the time of the question). See this and this answer. But, just like LXMenuEditor (and unlike Alacarte), it cannot create/edit main categories.
Considering Alacarte in Lubuntu: it deserves a try as far as it can edit/create main categories, but it's actions are indeed only randomly possible in 12.10 , and, as far as I can tell, it doesn't work at all in 12.04. It has to be regarded at this point (version 0.13.2-2ubuntu4) as unsuitable for LXDE/Lubuntu (as it is made for Gnome). Please comment here if this is not the case or if it changes in a new version. For a reason on why it does not work, see this answer.

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