[Lancaster] Linux Mint Menu Problem

[andy baxter]

Hi ken,

elif :

is a syntax error in python. The colon should come immediately after the 
elif, with no space. Not sure how far this gets you though. You could 
try something like:

# go to the relevant directory

cd /var/lib/python-support/python2.6/xdg

# search for any files which have that 'elif :' in them
grep -r 'elif :' *

Then edit the relevant file to correct that line (you'll have to do this 
as root) and see what happens.

andy

Ken Walton wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Don't know if any of you know anything about the Linux Mint menu, but
> mine's severely messed up at the moment. I installed Wine yesterday
> (in Linux Mint Gloria, the latest version) and after the install, the
> menu was so tall it went off the top of the screen; on the left hand
> side, the quit button is just visible at the top of the screen (it
> should be at the bottom) and on the right hand side, where the program
> icons should be, it says:
>
> ===============================================================================
>
> __mergeFile(os.path.join(value, item), child, parent)
>
>   File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.6/xdg/Menu.py", line 791, in __mergeFile
>     __parse(child,filename,parent)
>
>   File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.6/xdg/Menu.py", line 537, in __parse
>     __parseMenu(child, filename, parent)
>
>   File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.6/xdg/Menu.py", line 691, in __parseMenu
>     __parse(child, filename, m)
>
>   File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.6/xdg/Menu.py", line 571, in __parse
>     parent.Rules.append(Rule(child.tagName, child))
>
>   File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.6/xdg/Menu.py", line 284, in __init__
>     self.compile()
>
>   File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.6/xdg/Menu.py", line 303, in compile
>     """ % self.Rule) in self.__dict__
>
>   File "<string>", line 6
>
>     elif :
>
>          ^
>
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>
> ===============================================================================
>
> I've tried completely uninstalling mintmenu (including config files),
> rebooting and reinstalling, but it's exactly the same. I can install
> the standard Gnome menu instead, but I like the Mint menu better.
>
> I asked on the Linux Mint forum yesterday, but responses have been
> conspicuous by their absence. Anyone here any ideas?
>
> --
> Ken Walton
>
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