#794521 update-menus not recognizing or using entry in ~/.menu

Package:
menu
Source:
menu
Description:
generates programs menu for all menu-aware applications
Submitter:
"Michael"
Date:
2015-08-04 09:30:07 UTC
Severity:
normal
#794521#5
Date:
2015-08-04 02:56:28 UTC
From:
To:
Kernal: Linux 3.2.0-4-486 #1 Debian 3.2.68-1+deb7u2 i686 GNU/Linux

I am using X11 LDXE

I am experiencing the same problem as former unresolved bug#:
196379 (closed): update-menus is not recognizing or using my entry
in ~/.menu

Example:
I'm trying to remove the menu item Galculator from 'Accessories'. I
have placed an empty file named 'galculator' in ~/.menu with the
command:

echo -n > ~/.menu/galculator

Then from the user command prompt I run update-menus. No error is
occurs. User prompt returned with no error reported.

When I mouse over to Menu:Accessories, Galculator is still visible.

Thank you for your attention.

Michael
#794521#10
Date:
2015-08-04 09:26:57 UTC
From:
To:
Hello Michael,
Menu:Accessories is not part of the Debian menu, but of the XDG menu hierarchy,
which is not managed by update-menus.
There are XDG specific tools to update the XDG menu hierarchy.
I do not know what is the best tool for LXDE, but I would suggest menulibre.

Thanks for using Debian,