Personal Menu tips and tricks

This page is a collection of tips and tricks for Personal Menu and Personal Launcher.

Adding entry for Web address

To add a entry for either a web address or any file that is location on your tablet that opens in browser use the following tip.

  • Step 1: Open Settings for Pmenu or PLauncher
  • Step 2: Click add new entry
  • Step 3: Name your entry
  • Step 4: Enter into Command to execute: browser --url=<location to file>*
  • Step 5: Choose Icon
  • Step 6: Click Ok and Close Settings window.
*<location to file> would be either the web address or the location of the file on your tablet


Adjust Volume using Personal Launcher

  • Step 1: Open Settings for Personal Launcher
  • Step 2: Adding Volume Down
    • Step 2.1: Click add new entry
    • Step 2.2: Name your entry
    • Step 2.3: Enter into Command to execute: gconftool -t int -s /apps/osso/sound/master_volume `expr $(gconf-tool -g /apps/osso/sound/master_volume) - 10`
  • Step 3: Adding Volume Down
    • Step 3.1: Click add new entry
    • Step 3.2: Name your entry
    • Step 3.3: Enter into Command to execute: gconftool -t int -s /apps/osso/sound/master_volume `expr $(gconf-tool -g /apps/osso/sound/master_volume) + 10`

Taken from itT Thread[1]