Mod and hack the GNome main menu with automated scripts to create a menu of the directory.

Problem:
I had a directory with very good collection of my scripts and very organized in folders. The structure is something like this, first I have the broad classification of the category. Then I have the name of the tool/script as the name of the directory. All these are perl/python or shell scripts and luckily labelled so with the extension. I want to add these to the GNome main (Applications) menu.
Solution:
Lets take it stepwise:
1)  Add new menu tools to the Applications menu. Go to /etc/xdg/menus
Open the file applications.menu and add the following before