[Xastir] make install / menus

[Dexter Muir]

Long-standing question: do linux distros follow a common convention in 
their menu file structure?
When mandrake/mandriva installs got altered by structure change in 
(image) magick, I migrated to (k)ubuntu. With gui tools to set up menus, 
this was quite easy, if time-consuming. I am now using a Raspberry Pi - 
like (?)ubuntu, debian-based - and basic xastir install is easy (from 
..deb in repository). The GUI menu item for xastir comes up under "other" 
however, an already-crowded list, and with no icon. Changing this is 
quite difficult given there is no gui menu-editor tool (well, not that I 
can find anyway).
I set up kubuntu with xastir (built from cvs - easy with the build 
script, thanks!) under a fresh sub-menu of "Amateur Radio" with its own 
icon (from /usr(/share)/xastir/symbols). I still haven't found an 
appropriate icon for the sub-menu though, and it's still a pain entering 
the description details.
....returning to the question: can all this be part of 'make install'?

hopefully helpfully,
Dex, ZL2DEX