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Chapter 3. Menu Reference

File->New Item

Adds new menu item.

File->New Submenu

Adds new submenu.

File->Quit (Ctrl+Q)

Quits kmenuedit.

Edit->Cut (Ctrl+X)

Cuts the current menu item to the clipboard. If you want to move menu item, you should first cut it to the clipboard, move to the destination place using the left panel, and use the Paste function to paste the menu item from the clipboard.

Edit->Copy (Ctrl+C)

Copies the current menu item to the clipboard. You can later use the Paste function to paste the copied menu itemfrom the clipboard to its destination. You can paste the same item many times.

Edit->Paste (Ctrl+V)

Paste menu item from the clipboard to currently selected place in the Main menu. You must first use Cut or Copy before you can Paste.

Edit->Delete

Deletes currently selected menu item.

Help->kmenuedit Handbook (F1)

Invokes the KDE Help system starting at the kmenuedit help pages. (this document).

Help->What's This? (Shift+F1)

Changes the mouse cursor to a combination arrow and question mark. Clicking on items within kmenuedit will open a help window (if one exists for the particular item) explaining the item's function.

Help->Report Bug...

Opens the Bug report dialog where you can report a bug or request a “wishlist” feature.

Help->About kmenuedit

This will display version and author information.

Help->About KDE

This displays the KDE version and other basic information.

Glossary

Terminal emulator

Terminal emulator is simply a windowed shell; this is known as “command line window” in some other environments. If you want to use the shell, you should know at least a few of the system-level commands for your operating system.

Applet

A small application that occupies very little memory and screen space, and at the same time gives you some useful information or provides a control shortcut. For instance the Clock applet shows current time and date (and even a month diary if you click it), and System Monitor applet shows how busy your machine currently is in real-time.

Legacy Application

An X-window application which was not written with KDE in mind. Such applications run fine in KDE. However, they are not warned automatically when you shut down your KDE session. You therefore must not forget to save documents open in these applications before you log out from KDE.

Additionally, many of these applications do not support copying and pasting from KDE compliant applications. Netscape® 4.x browser is a prominent example of such application [1].

Console Application

Application originally written for non-graphic, text oriented environment. Such applications run fine in KDE. They must run within console emulator, like Konsole. They are not warned automatically when you shut down your KDE session. You therefore must not forget to save documents open in these applications before you log out from the KDE.

Console applications support copying and pasting from KDE-compliant applications.Simply mark the text in the console application with your mouse, switch to the KDE-compliant application and press Ctrl+V to paste the text. If you want to copy from KDE application to a console application, first mark the text with your mouse, press Ctrl+C, switch to the console application and press the middle button on your mouse[2].



[1] Some GNOME applications may provide limited interoperability with the KDE.

[2] If your mouse does not have a middle button, you must press left and right button at the same time. This is called “middle button emulation” and it must be supported by your operating system to work.



[1] Some GNOME applications may provide limited interoperability with the KDE.

[2] If your mouse does not have a middle button, you must press left and right button at the same time. This is called “middle button emulation” and it must be supported by your operating system to work.

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