More useable Xfce 4 Settings Manager

[zAchAry]

Question: Should the following be applied to the Salix (Admin) Tools?

A customized Settings Manager:


To add items to the Settings Manager of Xfce you need to add to the .desktop file the following parameters to the Categories entry:

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Categories=Settings;X-XFCE;DesktopSettings;

You can also add ;X-XfceSettingsDialog; too, but it has no effect, as it seems.

To rename an item in the Settings Manager you need to add:

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X-XfceSettingsName=ANY_NAME

Examples:

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file:///usr/share/applications/exo-preferred-applications.desktop
file:///usr/share/applications/thunar-volman-settings.desktop
file:///usr/share/applications/xscreensaver-properties.desktop

Copy /usr/share/applications/notification-properties.desktop
to $HOME/.local/share/applications/

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$ install /usr/share/applications/notification-properties.desktop .local/share/applications/

From:

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[Desktop Entry]
Name=Pop-Up Notifications
Comment=Set your pop-up notification preferences
Exec=notification-properties
Icon=notification-properties
Terminal=false
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
Categories=GNOME;GTK;Settings;

Add:

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Categories=Settings;X-XFCE;DesktopSettings;
X-XfceSettingsName=Notifications

To:

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[Desktop Entry]
Name=Pop-Up Notifications
Comment=Set your pop-up notification preferences
Exec=notification-properties
Icon=notification-properties
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=GNOME;GTK;Settings;X-XFCE;DesktopSettings;
StartupNotify=true
X-XfceSettingsName=Notifications

[gapan]

I either don't understand what you're prososing, or what you're proposing doesn't make sense.

[zAchAry]

Should the Salix Tools (and other system settings and configurations applications) be appear in the Settings Manager of Xfce?

[gapan]

No. These are all desktop (user) settings. Nothing to do with system tools and settings.