diff -ur abi/src/af/ev/unix/ev_UnixMenu.cpp abi-dev/src/af/ev/unix/ev_UnixMenu.cpp
--- abi/src/af/ev/unix/ev_UnixMenu.cpp	Tue Sep 11 14:47:07 2001
+++ abi-dev/src/af/ev/unix/ev_UnixMenu.cpp	Wed Sep 12 11:24:35 2001
@@ -1051,29 +1051,24 @@
 }
 
 /*!
- * That will add the menu item with the specified id
- * to the menu.  In the LayoutSet there is (should be) a
- * LayoutItem with the same id as the menu id.
+ * That will add a new menu entry for the menu item at layout_pos.
  *
- * This LayoutItem contains useful information about the
- * menu item (as if it's a Normal menu item, or a Separator,
- * or a BeginSubMenu, etc.)
- *
- * By now we don't care about where to insert the menu
- * item.  I've just picked the position 30 randomly.
- *
- * @todo Calcule the real position of the menu item in function
- * of (for instance) the menu label ("Format/Blah" will indicate
- * that you will find it in the menu "Format", and that the item
- * label is "Blah").
+ * @param layout_pos UT_uint32 with the relative position of the item in the
+ * menu.
+ * @return true if there were no problems.  False elsewere.
  */
 bool EV_UnixMenu::_doAddMenuItem(UT_uint32 layout_pos)
 {
 	UT_DEBUGMSG(("JCA: layout_pos = [%d]\n", layout_pos));
 	if (layout_pos > 0)
 	{
+		UT_DEBUGMSG(("Trying to insert at [%d] in a vector of size [%d].\n", layout_pos, m_vecMenuWidgets.size()));
 		UT_sint32 err = m_vecMenuWidgets.insertItemAt(NULL, layout_pos);
-		return !err;
+
+		if (err != 0)
+			UT_DEBUGMSG(("Error [%d] inserting NULL item in a ut_vector.\n", err));
+
+		return (err == 0);
 	}
 
 	return false;
diff -ur abi/src/af/ev/unix/gnome/ev_UnixGnomeMenu.cpp abi-dev/src/af/ev/unix/gnome/ev_UnixGnomeMenu.cpp
--- abi/src/af/ev/unix/gnome/ev_UnixGnomeMenu.cpp	Tue Sep 11 14:47:07 2001
+++ abi-dev/src/af/ev/unix/gnome/ev_UnixGnomeMenu.cpp	Wed Sep 12 11:42:10 2001
@@ -1074,6 +1074,11 @@
 	aux->me->invokeMenuMethod(aux->me->m_pUnixFrame->getCurrentView(), pEM, 0, 0);
 }
 
+bool EV_UnixGnomeMenu::_doAddMenuItem(UT_uint32 layout_pos)
+{
+	return true;
+}
+
 /***********************************************************************/
 
 EV_UnixGnomeMenuBar::EV_UnixGnomeMenuBar(XAP_UnixApp * pUnixApp,
diff -ur abi/src/af/ev/unix/gnome/ev_UnixGnomeMenu.h abi-dev/src/af/ev/unix/gnome/ev_UnixGnomeMenu.h
--- abi/src/af/ev/unix/gnome/ev_UnixGnomeMenu.h	Tue Sep 11 14:47:07 2001
+++ abi-dev/src/af/ev/unix/gnome/ev_UnixGnomeMenu.h	Wed Sep 12 11:41:20 2001
@@ -52,11 +52,12 @@
 	void                _attachWidgetsAndSignals(GtkWidget * wMenuRoot, GnomeUIInfo * uiinfo);
 	GnomeUIInfo *       _generateMenuItem(UT_uint32 nLabelItemInLayout);
 	void                _addNewItemEntry(GtkWidget * wMenuRoot,
-					     GtkWidget * wParent, 
-					     UT_uint32 nLabelItemInLayout,
-					     gint nPositionInThisMenu);
-	bool             _refreshMenu(AV_View * pView, GtkWidget * wMenuRoot);
+										 GtkWidget * wParent, 
+										 UT_uint32 nLabelItemInLayout,
+										 gint nPositionInThisMenu);
+	bool				_refreshMenu(AV_View * pView, GtkWidget * wMenuRoot);
 	void                _convertString2Accel(const char *s, guint &accel_key, GdkModifierType &ac_mods);
+	virtual bool		_doAddMenuItem(UT_uint32 layout_pos);
 
 	// static functions
 	static void         s_getStockPixmapFromName (int id, const char *name, char *pixmap_name, int n);