How to have WebStart create start menu items (on Linux)?

[Jiri Vanek]

On 03/14/2014 04:52 PM, Stefan Reich wrote:
> Hi Omair!
>
> On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 5:04 PM, Omair Majid <omajid at redhat.com <mailto:omajid at redhat.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     * Stefan Reich <stefan.reich.maker.of.eye at googlemail.com
>     <mailto:stefan.reich.maker.of.eye at googlemail.com>> [2014-03-09 11:13]:
>      > I have successfully deployed a WebStart app on both Windows and IcedTea.
>
>     Good to hear!
>
>
> Yes... it's a very important milestone! I want to conquer desktops all over the world :-) Build
> trust and such!
>
>
>      > Just about the only thing I'm missing (- apart from a certificate from a CA
>      > that I can afford - ) is to place entries in the start menu.
>      >
>      > But anyways - WebStart/IcedTea should be able to do it, right? I am getting a
>      > desktop short cut alright, just none in the start menu.
>
>     I think this feature is currently un-implemented [1]. If you can provide
>     patches, I am sure we will try and incorporate them.
>
>
> Oh. Yeah it looks unimplemented anyway.
>
>
>     The implementation of menus is described in the Desktop Menu
>     Specification [2].
>
>
> It looks... daunting :/ I'd love to do it, but I think I'll need to write an AI to solve this. Hah :-)
>
> Many greetings,
> Stefan

Just heads-up - the itw is now capable of offline work, so the Menu can logically follow.

J.