create-rm-category - creates or removes a category of the applications menu (provided by Starbuntu)

create-rm-category

With the Starbuntu program create-rm-category which requires root privileges you can create or delete a category of the applications menu. Thus you can restructure the applications menu in a finer or cruder way.

Initially you see the tree of all categories and you select the category which shall get the desired sub-category resp. which you want to delete. Of course you cannot delete a category if it still has a sub-category. In case you want to create a main category you select Main Category. Then you click either on 'OK' (case of creation) or on 'Del' (case of deletion). It's clear that you cannot delete the 'Main Category' level itself.

If you want to create a category you set the category parameters in the next window. The first field concerning the category identifier of course must be filled in. Here avoid special characters or white spaces and begin with an uppercase letter.

In the next window either you decide which desktop configuration files shall get the new category. Please notice that the displayed list allows a multiple selection. In the other case, seeing the tree of the categories after clicking on the arrow on the right side of the entry box, you select for the deleted category an alternate one which shall replace the deleted one in all concerning desktop configuration files listed above.

Finally the applications menu gets updated for all users.

/usr/local/bin/create-rm-category

Peter Starfinger <info@die-starfingers.de>