MainMenuCommon.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!--
-->

<mainMenu>
  <!-- menuDocument can only contain 1 menu element, whose id is 
         implicitly "root_menu"
      -->
  <menu>

    <!-- Set external editor -->

    <addScriptItem id="set_external_editor">
      <label>Set External Text Editor</label>
      <parent>preferences_submenu</parent>
      <insertAfter>h.prefs_scripting</insertAfter>
      <scriptCode>
        <![CDATA[
import houdini_external_editor
reload(houdini_external_editor)
houdini_external_editor.set_external_editor()]]>
      </scriptCode>
    </addScriptItem>




  </menu>

  <menuBar>


    <!-- An example of how to add a new submenu at the beginning of the 
         window menu. 
    -->
    <subMenu id="file_menu">

     <scriptItem id="open_crashfile">
        <label>Open Crashfile</label>
        <insertAfter>recent_files</insertAfter>
        <scriptCode>
        <![CDATA[
import restore_backup
reload(restore_backup)
restore_backup.recoverFile()
]]>
      </scriptCode>
      </scriptItem>


    </subMenu>

  </menuBar>


</mainMenu>