[mythtv-users] How to Add Custom Menu Items

[Roger Siddons]

On Mon, 03 Nov 2014 17:31:15 -0000, Jay Foster <jayf0ster at roadrunner.com>  
wrote:

> In my MythTV 0.21-fixes system, I added a custom menu item to the main  
> menu.  I did this by editing the /usr/share/mythtv/library.xml file and  
> added a <button> </button> section.  This file does not exist in  
> 0.27.4.  What is the accepted method for adding a custom menu item?  Is  
> there a way to do so that will not get overwritten with an update?
>
> Jay

library.xml is in the  /usr/share/mythtv/themes/defaultmenu.

Copy it to your themes directory & edit it there, ie.

mkdir ~/.mythtv/themes/defaultmenu
cp /usr/share/mythtv/themes/defaultmenu/library.xml  
~/.mythtv/themes/defaultmenu/

Myth will use it automatically & it won't get overwritten.