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><A
NAME="MAINMENU"
>The Main Menu</A
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><P
>     
    The footprint icon seen towards the left end of the example
    <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
> (see <A
HREF="panelbasics.html#EXAMPLEPANELFIG"
>Figura 1 nella la sezione <I
>Introduzione agli oggetti del pannello</I
></A
>) and in <A
HREF="mainmenu.html#MAIN-MENU-BUTTON-FIG"
>Figura 4</A
> is the   <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Main
    Menu</B
> (yes, you guessed  right, it is the footprint of
    the gnome). This menu provides access to almost all GNOME
    features  &#8212; all the applications, configuration tools,
    command line prompt, <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Logout</B
> and
    <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Lock Screen</B
> commands, and much more.
    To access any of these items, click on the <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Main
    Menu</B
> button. You should release the mouse after
    pressing the <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Main Menu</B
> button so that you
    can take advantage of other mouse-activated features in the
    <B
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>Main Menu</B
> such as right-click pop-up menus and
    drag-and-drop from the menu to the desktop or
    <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
>.
   </P
><DIV
CLASS="FIGURE"
><A
NAME="MAIN-MENU-BUTTON-FIG"
></A
><P
><IMG
SRC="./figures/mm-button.png"></P
><P
><B
>Figura 4. The Main Menu Button</B
></P
></DIV
><P
>   You can  have several <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Main
     Menu</B
> buttons on different
     <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panels</SPAN
>; all of them can be configured
     independently.
    </P
><DIV
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><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="GLOBALMENU"
>Global menu</A
></H2
><P
>     In addition to the <B
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>Main Menu</B
> which you get by
     clicking on the foot icon, GNOME also provides a <B
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>Global
     Menu</B
>, which contains the same commands but is not
     linked to any button. To access the  <B
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>Global
     Menu</B
>, right-click on any empty place on the
     <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
>. You can also  access  
     the <B
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>Global  Menu</B
> by  pressing 
     Alt-F1. (You can
     change the default key for activating the <B
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>Global 
     Menu</B
> in the <A
HREF="globalpanelprefs.html#MISCTAB"
><TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Miscellaneous</B
></TT
></A
> tab
     of the <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
><A
HREF="globalpanelprefs.html"
>Global Panel
     Preferences</A
> dialog</SPAN
>.)
    </P
><P
>     Note that the <B
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>Global Menu</B
> is configured
     independently from the <B
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>Main Menu</B
>, by using
     the <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Menu</B
></TT
> tab in the <A
HREF="globalpanelprefs.html"
><SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Global Panel
     Preferences</SPAN
></A
> dialog.
    </P
></DIV
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CLASS="SECT2"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="SUBMENUS"
>Components of the Main Menu</A
></H2
><P
>      The primary component of the <B
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>Main Menu</B
> is the
      <B
CLASS="GUISUBMENU"
>Programs</B
> submenu, which contains a list
      of preconfigured submenus and menu items. Here you will find all
      the GNOME applications, from the
      <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Gnumeric</TT
> spreadsheet to the
      <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Free Cell</TT
> game, as well as quite a
      few non-GNOME ones, such as the
      <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Netscape</TT
> web browser and the
      <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>emacs</TT
> text editor.  In addition, the
      <B
CLASS="GUISUBMENU"
>Programs</B
> submenu also contains the
      following commands:
     </P
><P
></P
><UL
><LI
><P
>        <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>File Manager</B
> &#8212;  launches the
        GNOME graphical file manager.
       </P
></LI
><LI
><P
>        <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Help system</B
> &#8212; launches the
        <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>GNOME Help Browser</TT
>. The
        <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>GNOME Help Browser</TT
> gives you access
        to most of the documentation installed on your system &#8212;
        not only GNOME documentation (the GNOME User's Guide,
        application manuals, &#8230;), but also other types of
        documentation (man pages, info pages, &#8230;).
       </P
></LI
></UL
><P
>    In addition to the <B
CLASS="GUISUBMENU"
>Programs</B
>
      submenu,  the <B
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>Main Menu</B
> also contains a
      number of other submenus and useful commands. Depending on your
      configuration, you may not see all of these. Also, some of them
      may be shown as submenus, and others included as part of the
      <B
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>Main Menu</B
>, separated by horizontal lines from
      the other parts. These additional submenus and commands are:
     </P
><P
></P
><UL
><LI
><P
>        <B
CLASS="GUISUBMENU"
>Favorites</B
>. This submenu, which is
        originally empty, is a place where you can put your favorite
        applications for quick access. You can edit this menu using
        the <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Menu Editor</TT
>, which can be
        accessed from the <B
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>Main Menu</B
> by choosing
        <B
CLASS="GUISUBMENU"
>Settings</B
>-&gt;<B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Menu editor</B
>. You can
        also add any item from any other menu (in particular, from the
        <B
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>Programs</B
> menu) to the
        <B
CLASS="GUISUBMENU"
>Favorites</B
> menu by clicking on the
        item with the right mouse button and selecting
        <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Add this to Favorites menu</B
>.
       </P
></LI
><LI
><P
>        <B
CLASS="GUISUBMENU"
>Applets</B
>. This submenu contains all
        the applets installed on your system. Selecting an applet will
        add it to your <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
>.
       </P
></LI
><LI
><P
>        <B
CLASS="GUISUBMENU"
>KDE menus</B
>. This shows the menus of
        the K Desktop Environment (KDE) if you have it installed on
        your system.
       </P
></LI
><LI
><P
>        <B
CLASS="GUISUBMENU"
>AnotherLevel menus</B
> and
        <B
CLASS="GUISUBMENU"
>Debian menus</B
>. These submenus show the
        default application menus for Red Hat Linux and Debian
        GNU/Linux, respectively. These will only appear for users of
        the particular distributions.
       </P
></LI
><LI
><P
>        <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Panel</B
>. This submenu can be used to
        change <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
> properties (both for <A
HREF="panelproperties.html"
>        <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>individual Panels</SPAN
></A
> and <A
HREF="globalpanelprefs.html"
>global</A
>, i.e. for all
        <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panels</SPAN
>), <A
HREF="appletadd.html#ADD"
>add an
        object</A
> to the <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
>, <A
HREF="panelmove.html#PANELREMOVING"
>remove the whole
        <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
></A
>, <A
HREF="panelmove.html#PANELADD"
>create a new
        <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
></A
>, or view the
        <I
CLASS="CITETITLE"
>Panel Manual</I
>.
       </P
></LI
><LI
><P
>        <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Desktop</B
>&#8212; This submenu contains
        <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Log out</B
>, which ends your GNOME
        session (see <A
HREF="panelbasics.html#LOGGINGOUT"
>la sezione <I
>Terminare la sessione</I
></A
>), and
        <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Lock screen</B
> (see <A
HREF="panelbasics.html#LOCKSCREEN"
>la sezione <I
>Locking the Screen</I
></A
>). 
       </P
></LI
><LI
><A
NAME="RUNCOMMAND"
></A
><P
>        <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Run &#8230;</B
> &#8212; This menu item
        opens the <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Run Program</SPAN
> dialog for
        executing shell commands (see <A
HREF="specialobjects.html#RUNBUTTON"
>la sezione <I
>The Run Button</I
></A
>). 
       </P
></LI
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CLASS="SECT2"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="MAINMENUCONFIG"
>Configuring the Main Menu</A
></H2
><P
>      To change the configuration of the <B
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>Main Menu</B
>,
      right-click on the <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Main Menu</B
> button
      (shown in <A
HREF="mainmenu.html#MAIN-MENU-BUTTON-FIG"
>Figura 4 nella la sezione <I
>The Main Menu</I
></A
>) and select
      <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Properties &#8230;</B
>  from the pop-up
      menu. This will show the <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Menu Properties</SPAN
>
      dialog. In this dialog, for each of the submenus of the
      <B
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>Main Menu</B
> listed above
      (<B
CLASS="GUISUBMENU"
>Programs</B
>,
      <B
CLASS="GUISUBMENU"
>Favorites</B
>, &#8230;) you can choose
      whether you want it  to be shown as part of the <B
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>Main
      Menu</B
>, as a submenu, or not at all.
     </P
><DIV
CLASS="FIGURE"
><P
><IMG
SRC="./figures/mainmenu_properties.png"></P
><P
><B
>Figura 5. Menu Properties Dialog</B
></P
></DIV
><P
>      You can also edit the contents of the
      <B
CLASS="GUISUBMENU"
>Favorites</B
> submenu (or, if you are the
      system administrator, also of the
      <B
CLASS="GUISUBMENU"
>Programs</B
> submenu) using the
      <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>GNOME Menu Editor</TT
>. To start it,
      right-click on the <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Main Menu</B
> button and
      select <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Edit Menus
      &#8230;</B
>. Alternatively, you can start
      <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>GNOME Menu Editor</TT
> by selecting
      <B
CLASS="GUISUBMENU"
>Programs</B
>-&gt;<B
CLASS="GUISUBMENU"
>Settings</B
>-&gt;<B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Menu
      editor</B
> from the <B
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>Main
      Menu</B
> itself.
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