diff --git a/README b/README index 1e8fcd4..9acb5fe 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,61 +1,59 @@ -===== ABOUT ===== -xdgmenumaker is a command line tool, written in python, that generates -application menus using xdg information, by scanning *.desktop files -in all $XDG_DATA_DIRS/applications directories. All applications are -sorted according to the main categories as specified by freedesktop.org -at: -http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/apa.html +**xdgmenumaker** is a command line tool, written in python, that generates +application menus using xdg information, by scanning `*.desktop` files +in all `$XDG_DATA_DIRS/applications` directories. All applications are +sorted according to the main categories as specified by +[freedesktop.org](http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/apa.html). The menu entries that are generated by xdgmenumaker are localised according to the running user locale settings. -xdgmenumaker currently supports generating menus for fluxbox, icewm, -jwm, pekwm and windowmaker. +xdgmenumaker currently supports generating menus for **fluxbox**, +**icewm**, **jwm**, **pekwm** and **windowmaker**. pyxdg and pygtk are required by xdgmenumaker, in addition to python 2. -======= + Fluxbox ======= To generate an application menu for fluxbox, run xdgmenumaker like this: - $ xdgmenumaker -f fluxbox > ~/.fluxbox/xdg_menu + $ xdgmenumaker -f fluxbox > ~/.fluxbox/xdg_menu and then change your main fluxbox menu to include this file as a submenu. For example, add this somewhere in your ~/.fluxbox/menu file: - [include] (~/.fluxbox/xdg_menu) + [include] (~/.fluxbox/xdg_menu) You can add the xdgmenumaker command as another item in your menu, if you want to update it, without having to run the command manually again: - [exec] (Update Fluxbox Menu) (xdgmenumaker -f fluxbox > ~/.fluxbox/xdg_menu) + [exec] (Update Fluxbox Menu) (xdgmenumaker -f fluxbox > ~/.fluxbox/xdg_menu) + -===== IceWM ===== To generate an application menu for icewm, run xdgmenumaker like this: - $ xdgmenumaker -f icewm > ~/.icewm/appmenu + $ xdgmenumaker -f icewm > ~/.icewm/appmenu or if you want icons in your menu: - $ xdgmenumaker -i -f icewm > ~/.icewm/appmenu + $ xdgmenumaker -i -f icewm > ~/.icewm/appmenu and you can then edit your ~/.icewm/menu file and add this line somewhere: - include appmenu + include appmenu You can add the xdgmenumaker command as another item in your menu, if you want to update it, without having to run the command manually again: - prog "Update Menu" _none_ xdgmenumaker -i -f icewm > ~/.icewm/appmenu + prog "Update Menu" _none_ xdgmenumaker -i -f icewm > ~/.icewm/appmenu NOTE: If you don't request icons in the menu, or if an icon is not found for a certain app, the icon name in the menu for that app is set to @@ -65,31 +63,30 @@ non existing icon, you essentially set it to use no icon. If you actually have an icewm icon named "_none_", that one will be used instead. -=== + JWM === You can edit your ~/.jwmrc file and add a line that generates the applications menu, like this: - exec: xdgmenumaker -n -i -f jwm + exec: xdgmenumaker -n -i -f jwm You need to put that line somewhere in the //RootMenu// section of the ~/.jwmrc file. You can update the menu with: - $ jwm -reload + $ jwm -reload Or you can restart JWM and the updated menu should appear. The menu will be recreated every time JWM is started, restarted, or when the menu is reloaded with the above command. You can even add a menu item that will refresh the menu, like this: - jwm -reload + jwm -reload -===== pekwm ===== @@ -104,7 +101,7 @@ Edit your ~/.pekwm/menu file with your favourite text editor and add a like like the following one in the location that you want the dynamically generated menu to appear: - Entry = "" { Actions = "Dynamic /usr/bin/xdgmenumaker -n -i -f pekwm --pekwm-dynamic" } + Entry = "" { Actions = "Dynamic /usr/bin/xdgmenumaker -n -i -f pekwm --pekwm-dynamic" } Restart pekwm and the generated menu should appear. The menu will be automatically generated every time you access it, so it will always be @@ -117,13 +114,13 @@ Static Menus Run: - $ xdgmenumaker -n -i -f pekwm > ~/.pekwm/appsmenu + $ xdgmenumaker -n -i -f pekwm > ~/.pekwm/appsmenu to create a file with the menu contents. Then edit your ~/.pekwm/menu file to include that menu, by adding a line like the following, in the location that you want the menu to appear: - INCLUDE = "/home/your_user_name/.pekwm/appsmenu" + INCLUDE = "/home/your_user_name/.pekwm/appsmenu" Restart pekwm and the generated menu should appear. The menu is static and if you add/remove any applications, you will have to run the @@ -131,7 +128,6 @@ xdgmenumaker command and restart pekwm all over again to update it. The advantage is that there will be no delay in displaying the menu. -============ Window Maker ============ @@ -151,7 +147,7 @@ Definition section, add a Generated Submenu in your menu, by dragging it in. Click on the menu item you just dragged in and in the preferences window, in Command, add: - xdgmenumaker -f windowmaker + xdgmenumaker -f windowmaker Save and close the preferences window. @@ -164,9 +160,9 @@ probably not anything considerable. Method 2 -------- -Run +Run: - $ xdgmenumaker -f windowmaker > ~/GNUstep/Defaults/xdg_menu + $ xdgmenumaker -f windowmaker > ~/GNUstep/Defaults/xdg_menu Then open the WindowMaker preferences tool and in the Application Menu Definition section, add an External Submenu by dragging it in your menu. @@ -174,7 +170,7 @@ Click on the menu item you just dragged in and in the preferences window, in Path for Menu, add the location of the menu file you just created: - ~/GNUstep/Defaults/xdg_menu + ~/GNUstep/Defaults/xdg_menu You can add the xdgmenumaker command as another item in your menu, if