Installing an App into K-Menu

[Robin Atwood]

On Tuesday 20 May 2003 21:53, Waldo Bastian wrote:
> > what is the correct way in a program installation script to also register
> > this new application into the K-Menu structure?
> >
> > I tried to create a desktop entry file into ~/.kde/share/applnk
> > but the new entries (in fact I created a directory and in it two desktop
> > files) appear only if I restart kicker. (using KDE 3.1.1 on RedHat)
>
> They are supposed to be picked up automatically.

RH have altered the applnk directory structure. System entries are in 
/usr/share/applications and user ones in ~/.kde/share/applnk-redhat. 
Recompiling from source sorts this nonsense out!
HTH
-Robin.
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