Help
Help using lxmed
How to install lxmed?
How to uninstall lxmed?
LXMed won't start?
What are those red, green and yellow colours in menu item list?
How to NOT run lxmed as superuser?
Why I see N/A instead of application icon?
Why are some menu items displayed in wrong category?
I can't see download link for latest version.
Why lxmed doesn't display .svg images in browse dialog?
What are possible values in .desktop file?
How to install lxmed?
Make sure you have java installed. Then follow these steps:
- To install lxmed, first download a .tar.gz file.
- Unpack archive in your home or desktop folder.
- In terminal, enter the lxmed folder and type
chmod +x install.shto make install script executable. - Install lxmed by typing
sudo ./install.sh - Go to main menu -> Preferences -> Main Menu Editor
How to uninstall lxmed?
To uninstall lxmed, type in terminal
sudo /opt/lxmed/uninstall.sh
If you receive an error message like sudo: /opt/lxmed/./uninstall.sh: command not found
try executing first
sudo chmod +x /opt/lxmed/uninstall.sh
and then running the uninstall command above.
LXMed won't start?
In order to run lxmed, you need to install JRE (Java Runtime Environment). You can use OpenJDK instead of Sun's java, altough I recommend using Sun's java.
If you are running Fedora, you need beesu to run lxmed:
sudo yum install beesu
What are those red, green and yellow colours?
If you start lxmed by typing
java -jar /opt/lxmed/LXMenuEditor.jar
you may see many red, green and some yellow color like in the picture bellow:
Items in bold represent visible menu items.
Green items - editableRed items - not editable (need to be superuser to edit)
Yellow items - wine applications; advised not to touch
How to NOT run lxmed as superuser?
By default, lxmed is launched as sudo application. To run lxmed as regular user run
java -jar /opt/lxmed/LXMenuEditor.jar
in terminal or Run dialog.
Why I see N/A instead of application icon?
For now, lxmed only displays an icon if full path is given. Usually, this is not the case, because most of menu items only define icon's name and LXDE resolves an icon depending on selected theme.
Why are some menu items displayed in wrong category?
LXmed reads 'Categories' property in .desktop file to determine in which category should menu item be displayed. Often, this property contains more than one category, so it is up to lxmed to determine in which category item will be placed. However, an effort has been invested to minimize this kind of error.
I can't see download link for latest version.
If you don't see download button for the latest version of lxmed, press F5 or Ctrl+F5 at download page to refresh it.
Why lxmed doesn't display .svg images in browse dialog?
lxmed does not show .svg images because if it would, then it wouldn't be lightweight. In order to lxmed show .svg images, we would have to include Batik SVG Toolkit which is pretty much heavyweight, and that is not what LXDE is all about.
This does not meen that lxmed will never display .svg images. In some future version it probably will, using some light library that enables rendering svg images. If you have any ideas or suggestions on how to solve this problem, they are more than welcome.
What are possible values in .desktop file?
Full documentation for desktop entry specification can be found here.