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Asked: 2016-12-04 12:27:46 +0800 CST

Alter the MATE menu bar to change text

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The Menu Bar of MATE in 16.04 text reads Applications Places System

How may I change that to read Apps GoTo Syst to release more panel space for other uses?

16.04

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    See - Change the text for “Applications, Places, System”

    1. get a copy of the PO file for mate-panel for your locale from the source code.

      (On GitHub, click on the file, then the Raw button, then Ctrl+S to save)

    2. Install poedit using sudo apt install poedit or from Boutique (under Programming).

    3. Open Poedit and find the "Applications", "Places", "System" lines and change them to what you want. Save the new PO file; this will also create a MO file.

    4. Copy the new MO file to the system locales folder (here using en_GB as an example locale):

      sudo cp en_GB.mo /usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/mate-panel.mo

    5. Restart the panel -- Press Alt+F2 and type:

      mate-panel --replace
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