# Custom app menu entries

These can be used for either `~/.local/share/applications` or
`/usr/local/share/applications` which are read by graphical desktop
environments for their app menus and default applications selections.

Additionally `~/.config/autostart` or `/etc/xdg/autostart` could symlink here
so graphical desktop environments started the apps on login.

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- [`a-*.desktop`](#a-desktop)
- [Refreshing the menus](#refreshing-the-menus)

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## `a-*.desktop`

These files are companions to my script repos `bash/usr-local-bin/*` belonging
to `/usr/local/share/applications` and are named so to
avoid masking package manager. They have clearly different names such as using
all caps.

## Refreshing the menus

```bash
update-desktop-database -v ~/.local/share/applications
sudo update-desktop-database -v /usr/local/share/applications
```