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<H3><A NAME="s2">2. Concept</A></H3>

<P>Most systems use binary or ascii encoded configuration files to define
a menu structure. KDE takes a different approach. KDE uses a directory
hierarchy of kdelnk-files. Each submenu corresponds to a directory and
each menuentry corresponds to a kdelnk-file. (kdelnk-files are special
ascii files which names' end in '.kdelnk'.)
<P>One way to edit the menu is to move or copy the kdelnk-files to change
the menu hierarchy and to change each menuentry with the properties dialog
of KFM.
<P>The other way is to use KMenuedit.
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