Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

[musher0]

If anybody can double check ?

Features / bugs /shortcomings of deskmenu (sorry for being so frank!)

In the config file:
* the abreviation for /root "~/" doesn't work, you have to write /root/ in full.
* doesn't seem to load *.sh file, only executables
* you have to indicate the full path. Simply gexec won't work. You have to specify: /usr/bin/gexec

I learned, from reading an old post from harii on the antiX forum concerning firebox, that this Mr. Stephan is too busy to maintain or improve on deskmenu.

Conclusion: let's not bother any more with this one. I like thoroughness of implementation in a program, don't you?

Too bad, too. Because oroborus would really be a hit if there was an acceptable on-root menu for it.

Is there another "mouse click on root" menu program that will work with oroborus ? Let's be on the lookout.

BFN

[musher0]

Bingo! Success!

(Any oroborus lover who's got a good singing voice can sing a cheerful song now !!!)

1) In addition to the last posts on this page
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?search_id=1475475961&t=53930,
1.1) tick the blackbox hack item in ROX options, as per
http://roscidus.com/desktop/book/export/html/12
(see the note on blackbox/fluxbox, about 1/3 through the page)
1.2) UN-tick the pinboard item under the Desktop parameters in ROX Options.
1.2.1) You'll now need to use icewmbg or xli to set your background picture from .xinitrc. You'll still be able to use the Nathan wallpaper utility if you indicate

[harii4]

You could use MyGtkMenu (menu with icons) - stu90 made an editor for it.
or
SimplePuppyMenu - an auto puppy aemenu
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=51138
that way too

[musher0]

Hi, harii.

I don't know about myGtkMenu, I'll have to look it over. But I discovered that aragon's spm is broken under the new puppies. The parser he uses is a perl exec that doesn't hook properly on the newer puppies. (My understanding of it.) I suppose we could ask him to fix his script.

For the record, I've puit my creator script here :
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=75393

A two-legged puppy member on that thread asked me if I want to internationlize the script? Phew... That's big. Not sure what's involved. I'm fluent in only two languages. Thinking about it.

TWYL.

[harii4]

internationlize the aemenu sounds hard
Google Translate?

Check into Navig8or - an GnoMenu + Screenlets
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=66008

Really don't use an menu just an launcher and "rox /usr/share/applications"

Could use "app starter" from browser linux,
pupapps,pupcontrol and pupshutdown from radky - much like an menu

[`f00]

An advantage with rox is that dotdesktop files show the comment when hovered (for those who like extra detail when available in that value) and you can visually 'trim' the applications dir by hiding/rename with a dot-prefix for apps less-used. I usually do something a bit more drastic - comment out the Category=* line in those less used dotdesktops so the app is available but doesn't show normally in any menu that gets an update/fixmenus treatment like jwm, etc. Rox shows the icons as well but doesn't organize the apps by category value like a 'real' menu

@musher0 - generally I simply edit aemenu (or the clientrc file, to be sure) since it's so easy to do - even an extras section for backgrounds, panels, what-have-you. Haven't tried the xbindkeys thing for a traditional r-click on rootwindow launch yet, usually have aemenu launched from appbar (lightweight launchbar here) or wbar (wbar is a basic startup for all my wm along with conky for a sysmon, all the variations are in a script along with a background if needed in /root/Startup for each wm, the separate script helps to keep /root/.xinitrc a bit tidier and more foolproof).

Yeah, lots and lots of ways to set background - I'm kind of partial to hsetroot or whatever works nicely (like wmsetbg -s -S for those tiny 'minimal' bgs, see here). roxpins are another story - generally an on-demand item for me with a little 'kill rox' icon on 'em (some folk like a roxpin for the drag'n'drop or driveicons, for me it's just one more running process rather than a simple set-it-and-forget-it bg..).

Back to menu(s) - yep, internationalizing the text may be a chore (but some work has been done with .mo & .po localization, I think perhaps - more/better/recent in BK's blog). Next best is an iconified menu (like in the fb/lxpanel plugins), simple graphics are international by nature but can be a bit sparse for details

[aragon]

[musher0]

Oh, allo, aragon, "long time no see"

Well, thanks in advance for whatever update you can provide on your spm.
And you're right, there is nothing much we can do about internationalization until the comments[fr] and [de] and [pl], [it], etc. etc., are properly introduced in the *.desktop files.

As for me, I was thinking of my own needs when I produced my version base on icewm. I didn't think it would have even a small echo when I posted my script. There must be a need then, among average puppies (meaning : the average Puppy users), for customized menus.

TWYL.

Christian

[musher0]

Does anybody here remember Mark Ulrich (aka MU, of NYPup fame) mentioning a fix for oroborus, you know, the annoyance it is that you have to click on the background to get some programs to appear after launch in oroborus.

I thought I had read something from him about it a couple of years ago, but I can't find it anymore. I should have made a note at that time, but I was focusing on wmx back then... Anyway, thanks in advance for any lead.

TWYL

[musher0]

From `roo:
> Yeah, lots and lots of ways to set background -

I've recently rediscovered xli myself. Rather complete for such a small app. Not only can it set a background, it can do slideshows and lots of other things, such as modify the light intensity of a picture.

Thanks for providing your "recipe" concerning aemenu. I do pretty much the same. I've also created aemenus for directories, navigation in my work folders, etc. I even created with it sort of an organizer that points to calendars, months, a true PIM program, etc. Very versatile, this aemenu.

TWYL.

[harii4]

[musher0]

Thanks, harii, trying that.

[musher0]

Hello.

Here is a variant of the oroborus theme. It's made so the title bar disappears when program not in focus. Derived from the observation that when a program is not in focus, you never use its control buttons.

This theme can be used in conjonction with the parameter

borderless_windows=[the list of programs you wish to be borderless here, separated by commas (no space in between)]

in your /root/.oroborusrc-personal file to unclutter your screen a little.

See examples below. The scheme used in the pictures is "brick".

Important: the attached tar file has to be unpacked in directory:
/usr/share/oroborus/themes

Enjoy!

[musher0]

Hi, guys!

Just found this on http://ostatic.com/wmtile, which adds tiling to oroborus and other small wm's. Please see attached illustration.

If you don't like full-width, as you may know, you can resize any oroborus window with Alt-Shift-arrow (any arrow!)

Enjoy!

P.S. A cascade utility for oroborus windows would be nice too, but I came back empty-handed from my Internet search... Any leads, people?

[harii4]

@ musher0
EDIT--- they must use different names
debian uses tile not wmtile?
is it the same app?

how dose it compare to Tile 0.7.2?