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9menu - creates menus from the command line
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stu90


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PostPosted: Wed 23 May 2012, 07:47    Post subject:  9menu - creates menus from the command line  
Here is a .pet for the application 9menu
http://pwet.fr/man/linux/commandes/9menu
Quote:
9menu is a simple program that accepts a list of menu item and command pairs on the command line. It creates a window that consists of nothing but a menu. When a particular item is selected, the corresponding command is executed.


How to use:
9menu -file "/path/to/menu/file"

In menu file:
menu item : command
menu item : command

example:
9menu-1.8.5.pet
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pet

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Filename  9menu-1.8.5.pet 
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penguinpowerppp

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PostPosted: Thu 24 May 2012, 20:53    Post subject:  
This uses 9menu for an app menu
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=77660
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harii4


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PostPosted: Thu 24 May 2012, 22:14    Post subject:  
@stu90
Hope you don't mind if i post an 9menu example? Smile
examples of 9menu are hard to come by and someone might find them useful?

I start mine as scripts.
sample "inet.sh" place in my-applications/bin


Code:
#!/bin/sh

9menu -geometry 150x66+300+16 -bg "#000000" -fg "#F2EDD7" -font "-*-lucidatypewriter-*-*-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" -popup -label 'Internet' \
"links2":"xlinks2 &" \
"Dillo Browser":"dillo \"$@\" &" \
"Safer Browser":"SafeBrowse &" \
"FireFox":"/lib/firefox/firefox \"$@\" &" \
----------:inet.sh \
"gFTP":"gftp &" \
"PMirrorget":"pmwget &" \
"VOIP + IM":"psip &" \
"Podcast-Grab":"/usr/local/bin/ppg-gui.sh &" \
"downloader":"pwsget &" \
"Transmission":"transmission &" \
----------:inet.sh \
Close:exit


\ = line wrap around - system sees it as one long line of text.

thank you for the 9menu pet. Very Happy
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stu90


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PostPosted: Sat 26 May 2012, 11:13    Post subject:  
harii4 wrote:
@stu90
Hope you don't mind if i post an 9menu example? Smile
examples of 9menu are hard to come by and someone might find them useful?

I start mine as scripts.
sample "inet.sh" place in my-applications/bin


Code:
#!/bin/sh

9menu -geometry 150x66+300+16 -bg "#000000" -fg "#F2EDD7" -font "-*-lucidatypewriter-*-*-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" -popup -label 'Internet' \
"links2":"xlinks2 &" \
"Dillo Browser":"dillo \"$@\" &" \
"Safer Browser":"SafeBrowse &" \
"FireFox":"/lib/firefox/firefox \"$@\" &" \
----------:inet.sh \
"gFTP":"gftp &" \
"PMirrorget":"pmwget &" \
"VOIP + IM":"psip &" \
"Podcast-Grab":"/usr/local/bin/ppg-gui.sh &" \
"downloader":"pwsget &" \
"Transmission":"transmission &" \
----------:inet.sh \
Close:exit


\ = line wrap around - system sees it as one long line of text.

thank you for the 9menu pet. Very Happy


Hi harii4,
Yes feel free to post how you use 9menu Cool

I use it like this:

in script 9main located in /usr/bin i have:
Code:
#!/bin/sh
9menu -label "Main Menu" -warp -popdown -geometry "0+0"  -bg "#5A5A5A" -fg "#D4D4D4" -font "-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"  -file "$@" 


Then in a plain .txt file menu1.txt i have the menu some thing like this (you dont need to line break or escaped characters):
Code:

==============
| Terminal   |: urxvt
| Browser    |: defaultbrowser
| Links      |: urxvt -e links
| Editor     |: geany
| MOCP       |: urxvt -e mocp
| Streams    |: urxvt -e tradio
| Media      |: urxvt -e tmedia   
==============
 


to use i add an Alt + key bindings to openbox which is: 9main /path/to/menu1.txt

I do it this way so i can have different menus but with the same set up and colours.

thanks.
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PostPosted: Sat 02 Jun 2012, 19:55    Post subject:  
when -popdown option is used the script keeps running in the background long after it launches the picked app. to run?
when using -popup the script closes itself after launching the app.

Just an reminder for window managers that don't "iconify the menu"
- popdown
like evilwm and cwm

Code:
)    (( Archive  ))    (:file-roller %U
)    (( Calc.    ))    (:xcalc
)    (( Calendar ))    (:osmo
)    (( CLI apps ))    (:gedit ./cliapps
)    (( Clock    ))    (:xclock -digital -fg "#000000" -bg "#00ffff" -hl "#000000" -bd "#00ffff" -update 1 -twentyfour -padding 6
)    (( Education))    (:tuxtype
)    (( Files M  ))    (:nautilus
)    (( Image V  ))    (:mirage
)    (( Internet ))    (:./firefox/firefox
)    (( Media    ))    (:vlc
)    (( Search   ))    (:gnome-search-tool
)    (( prtScrn  ))    (:./pic
)    (( Sys Mon  ))    (:xterm -fn "-*-fixed-*-r-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" -fg cyan  -bg black -geometry 100x42+49+23 htop
)    (( Terminal ))    (:gnome-terminal
)    (( Text     ))    (:gedit
)    (( charact  ))    (:gucharmap
========================
)(Extra Browsers)(
========================
)    (( Chromium ))    (:chromium-browser
)    (( ChromiumI))    (:chromium-browser -incognito
)    (( Elinks   ))    (:xterm -fn "-*-fixed-*-r-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" -fg cyan  -bg black -geometry 100x42+49+23 elinks
)    (( Links2   ))    (:xlinks2
========================
)(Systems Tools)(
========================
)    (( Conky    ))    (:./conky
)    (( Ccsm     ))    (:ccsm
)    (( Disk Utl.))    (:gksu palimpsest
)    (( Gdmsetup ))    (:gksu gdmsetup
)    (( Gconf    ))    (:gconf-editor
)    (( Icons    ))    (:MagIcons
)    (( Synaptic ))    (:gksudo synaptic
)    (( Theme ch ))    (:/usr/bin/gtk-chtheme
========================
)(  LogOut  )(:killall compiz
)(  Wifi  )(:gksudo ./wifi
)(  Shutdown  )(:gdmflexiserver
========================
   ( Close )  :exit

you can really dress the 9menu up
from:
http://www.necopost.com/2011/11/awesome-lightweight-menu-for-your-linux.html
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stu90


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PostPosted: Sun 03 Jun 2012, 13:04    Post subject:  
Hi harii4,
Yes with the -popdown option after a menu item is selected the menu is minimized but not closed.
Also the -warp option will move the mouse into the menu over the last menu selection.
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PostPosted: Mon 04 Jun 2012, 00:20    Post subject:  
here is a static build against musl libc and tinyx11 with latest debian patches (The binary may be larger, but the resource usage is much lower)
9menu-1.8.tar.gz
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Gnuxo

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PostPosted: Mon 11 Jun 2012, 02:32    Post subject:  
I love this program.

The menus look so cool. I usually use it with oroborus.

Haven't installed any other WMs in a long time though.
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