Renaming applications in the Extras Menu
 

Hi,

I would like to know how to change application titles in the 'Extras' section. I want to change the titles to shorter, more concise titles if possible.

Anyhelp would be grateful, thanks.

Re: Renaming applications in the Extras Menu
 

In short: you can't.

In long: you can't... very easily. It is possible to do this by SSHing into your tablet (or using X-Term, and becoming root), and editing the files by hand (using nano, vim, or something else). All the files are stored in /usr/share/applications/hildon and end with ".desktop" You will want to edit what is after "Name=" in this file. Most applications have .desktop files that correspond to their application names (ex: xournal = xournal.desktop), but that can't be guaranteed for all applications. Good luck!

Re: Renaming applications in the Extras Menu
 

ok newb question: How do you change the location from one menu to another....ie...from extras to utilities. And how do you add menus..?

sorry if this is really newbish....

steve

Re: Renaming applications in the Extras Menu
 

You can organize your panels and menus in control panel.

Re: Renaming applications in the Extras Menu
 

Settings, Control Panel.
Look under Personalisation for Panels
Applications, and the little Organise button.

Re: Renaming applications in the Extras Menu
 

So basically, I need to install a package called' nano'.
Okay, once I do that, how do I enter the folder that the files are in, and how do I list the applications installed, then how to do get the xterm to open the file to edit the Name part.

Thanks.

Re: Renaming applications in the Extras Menu
 

Well, first you need a way to become root. Search the forums, there's several ways to get it.

Once you have that, then you need a text editor. I recommend "leafpad" because it is a nice friendly graphical text editor.

Once you have root access, and a text editor, then you open the terminal, gain root, change to the directory, and then edit the files.

Let's assume you've heeded my wise advice ;) and installed leafpad. Once you've gained root, you would do the following in the terminal:

all of the application .desktop files will be listed. Figure out which one you want (let's say you want to change the "Maemo Mapper" icon) and then edit it:

You will get a text file that starts with "[Desktop Entry]". Look for the line that starts with "Name=" and change this to the new shorter name. Some of the included apps are designed for internationalization, and so there will be a long meaningless name here. You just replace it as with any other name. For example, the "Get Started" icon has "Name=tuto_ti_get_started".

Remember that when working with the terminal, you can hit the tab key after typing a couple of letters, and it will usually fill in the rest of the word for you...

Re: Renaming applications in the Extras Menu
 

Hey, thanks for that, very good post!

Wasn't that hard overall, but I renamed a lot of applications to generic names, like Gnumeric to Excel.

Re: Renaming applications in the Extras Menu
 

That's generic?

Re: Renaming applications in the Extras Menu
 

Sure it is! I went around my house, changing the name on all my tissue boxes to the much more generic "Kleenex"!

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Eh, it's a standard program. If you want to be pedantic, then it is 'Spreadsheet'.

Re: Renaming applications in the Extras Menu
 

Ah, gotcha. It's like "Coke" in parts of the southern U.S. What kind of Word would you like? Ami Pro, please!

Re: Renaming applications in the Extras Menu
 

Or how about a useful thing instead? https://wiki.maemo.org/Root_access

Re: Renaming applications in the Extras Menu
 

That post is so ironic it makes my head hurt :D

But it's ironic in a good way. Thanks GA.

Re: Renaming applications in the Extras Menu
 

All that blab about making wiki pages for things that stemmed from the "don't tell people to search you stupid jerkface" finally went somewhere useful. ;)

Interestingly enough, it's the jerkfaces that actually stepped up and did something about it and not the people who were always so adamant about harassing them for telling people to search. :rolleyes:

That said, who wants to add some information on playing with .desktop files to this new article? :)

Re: Renaming applications in the Extras Menu
 

Hey, why not?

I could do it, though I'm not sure how I should word the tutorial.

Re: Renaming applications in the Extras Menu
 

It's a wiki. It's iterative. Quality will improve over time, as a side effect of existing and being looked at.

Re: Renaming applications in the Extras Menu
 

Well, after complaining about the fact that the most prominently listed Wiki is not the one considered the best, I took it on myself to put a link in that Wiki pointing to https://wiki.maemo.org/. If anyone wants to improve my style, help yourself.

It just seems weird to me to have the most important Wiki so difficult to find for someone stumbling on this site for the first time. Now, if they click on the above Wiki, they can also find the other one.

Re: Renaming applications in the Extras Menu
 

Spreadsheet is the generic name. Excel is a spreadsheet product by Microsoft, part of Microsoft Office. It is not a generic name.

Don't Google. Use a search engine.

Re: Renaming applications in the Extras Menu
 

Ah, you beat me. :(

I was fixing to come in with "I googled it on alta vista."

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Alta Vista? Sheesh. Why not flashback the whole way to Archie, grandpa?

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I don't look things up with a search engine, I prefer an edited, categorized list of all the good sites on the net, like that one, "Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web" ... no wait, they renamed that to "Yet Another Heirarchical Officious Oracle", didn't they?[1][2]