newly installed Perl editor does not show up in app. menu

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newly installed Perl editor does not show up in app. menu

Post by Ondo »

I have installed (and resinstalled) the Padre editor for Perl using synaptic on Linux Mint xfce. I can launch the editor from the Terminal and it works fine, but it is missing from the application menu and does not turn up in the "open with..." sub-menu.
Can I fix that myself?

Thanks,

Ondo
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Re: newly installed Perl editor does not show up in app. men

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it is missing from the application menu

XfcePanel -> Menu -> Settings -> Menu editor

If it needs a terminal, you might have to start it like:
$ xterm(or xfce4-terminal) -e padre

I can launch the editor from the Terminal
and does not turn up in the "open with..." sub-menu.

In the "open with" dialog, just enter the same executable name ("padre" - ?) you entered to run it from the terminal.
("open with" -> "Open with other app" -> "Use custom command": enter the name)
Please edit your original post title to include [SOLVED] if/when it is solved!
Your data and OS are backed up....right?
Ondo

Re: newly installed Perl editor does not show up in app. men

Post by Ondo »

Dear Flemur,

Thanks for the quick reply, but alas, it does not work. Padre does not need the Terminal. On my older Linux Mint installation it was there with its icon as all other applicaions.
The Menu editor cannot see Padre even if it is open. It does not turn up in "recently used" after being closed.

opening Padre with xfce4-xterm opens it in exactly the same way as in the plain Terminal.

Any idea what is missing since the menu editor cannot see it?

Thanks

Ondo
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