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6.1 Configuring the menus
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Users can specify their own menu entries in the `~/.menu' directory.
The files can have an arbitrary file name as long as the new syntax for
the menu entries is used. They should start with either

       ?package(installed-package):

or

       ?package(local.mystuff):

if it's something that isn't "debian-officially" installed. (Any
"package" that starts with "`local.'" is considered installed.)

If users want to have their own menu methods, they should create a
`~/.menu-methods' directory and put all their menu methods in it.  (If
`~/.menu-methods' exists, `/etc/menu-methods' will not be searched when
a user runs `update-menus').

A system administrator should place system-wide menu entries in
`/etc/menu' (not in `/usr/share/menu/package', since these files will
probably be overwritten by a package upgrade).