Re: [rox-users] Bug? Menu refresh does not work correctly

[Ken H. <ke...@ha...>]

Peter Nabbefeld wrote:
> Ken Hayber wrote:
>> Peter Nabbefeld wrote:
>>> ke...@ha... wrote:
>>>> On Wed, July 25, 2007 1:12 pm, Peter Nabbefeld wrote:
>>>>> Hello!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I've set my icon set using ~/.gtkrc-2.0 (because Gentoo does not provide
>>>>> an ebuild for the lookandfeel-applet yet). Refreshing does not show the
>>>>> icons, only restart. IMO, it should be able to use other apps to set the
>>>>> look and feel, so refreshing should work.
>>>>>
>>>>> Kind regards
>>>> Sorry, could you be more specific?  Are you talking about the 'Menu'
>>>> applet (which has a refresh option) or some other application?
>>>>
>>> Please excuse me - yes.
>> OK.  Hmmm.  None of the icons in the Menu applet have any relation to 
>> GTK icon themes or Filer icon themes.  These are just .DirIcons found in 
>> the AppDirs.
>>
> As I've had installed Gnome before, I've got directory files such as
> "/usr/share/desktop-directories/Internet.directory" which in turn
> reference icons to be displayed; no .DirIcons are used.

Well, then I still don't understand the problem.  Menu does not look at 
.desktop or .directory files, so you'd only get a generic icon.  It only 
looks into AppDirs and only displays .DirIcons.

How are you using these .directory files?