Creating and Administering General Application Groups

A general application is an application group (directory) that is not associated with one particular application product. For example, the built-in Desktop_Tools application group is a general group containing icons for a large number of applications that are related but not part of a single product.

You can create additional general application groups. For example, you might want to create a group called Games to group together the various games available on the system.

A general application group can be system-wide or personal in scope.

To Create a System-Wide General Application Group

1. Log in as root.

2. Create a directory in /etc/dt/appconfig/appmanager/language.

   The name of the directory becomes the name of the application group.

3. Double-click Reload Applications in the Desktop_Tools application group.

To Create a Personal General Application Group

1. Create a directory in HomeDirectory/.dt/appmanager.

   The name of the directory becomes the name of the application group.

2. Double-click Reload Applications in the Desktop_Tools application group.

To Customize a Built-In Application Group

1. Log in as root.

2. If the application group is located in /usr/dt/appconfig/appmanager/language, copy the application group to /etc/dt/appconfig/appmanager/language.

   For example, the following command copies the Desktop_Tools application group:

   	cp -r /usr/dt/appconfig/appmanager/C/Desktop_Tools \
    	/etc/dt/appconfig/appmanager/C

   The new copy of the application group will have precedence over the built-in version.

3. Modify the copy of the application group. For example, you can add new action files (executable files with the same name as actions).

4. To see the changes, log out and back in.