IceWM Tutorial on how to convert JWM menu

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jundis
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IceWM Tutorial on how to convert JWM menu

#1 Post by jundis »

GuestToo YOU ROCK!!!! I just started using puppy and got jwm configured but i went to the dotpup to get puppybasic but i saw icewm and i tried it. Took me a while to figure how to convert my JWM menu to icewm but i got it. Thanks again.

For all you newbs/noobs like me here's a tutorial on how to set your jwm menu stuff to icewm:

Note: I made this while using puppy 1.0.7 so if it doesn't work for 2.13 convert it or shut up! :)

:arrow: Open Home
:arrow: Make hidden files visible
:arrow: Goto .icewm
:arrow: Make a backup of menu
:arrow: Go back to root
:arrow: Goto .usr
:arrow: Goto local
:arrow: Goto the folder called jwm2icewm-menu
:arrow: And finally open jwm2icewmmenu and press yes(make sure you have a backup).

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#2 Post by darkerror05 »

For all you newbs/noobs like me here's a tutorial on how to set your jwm menu stuff to icewm:
You forgot n00bs ;) Good tutorial too :)
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#3 Post by rarsa »

Great. Hopefully this will no longer be necessary as of Puppy 2.14. It will include XDG menus that take care of this for most window managers.
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#4 Post by BarryK »

Puppy, including older versions, has /root/.icewm/menu built-in.
It's in the live-CD, even though IceWM isn't installed. If the IceWM DotPup
doesn't overwrite that, then you already have a menu, no need to
convert anything.
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#5 Post by GuestToo »

my Icewm dotpup package has menus for earlier versions of Puppy ... newer versions of Puppy come with an Icewm menu, my package should not remove or over write that menu

i don't know whether MU's Ultra package over writes the menu or not

i thought that this tutorial might have been on how to convert a personally customized JWM menu to an Icewm menu
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#6 Post by KJ »

Thanks Easy to follow .... works great
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how to convert

#7 Post by cegil »

I did these steps but I have no jwm2icewm-menu folder,
am I using the wrong version of icewm??
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#8 Post by MU »

thats a small script I wrote for my icewm-ultra dotpup:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=9404

It is the default desktop in my Puplet "Muppy"
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=14558

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#9 Post by cegil »

Thanks, I found the icewm 128 pup and downloaded that.
It works, but now i am going to get the ultra version installed.
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#10 Post by cegil »

Now I have the icewm-ultra package up and running
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#11 Post by WhoDo »

cegil wrote:Now I have the icewm-ultra package up and running
Great! Now here is a link to some cool effects with Icewm themes. 8)
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 6&start=15

Enjoy! You can also download extra Icewm theme packs using MU's excellent Puppy Software Installer (PSI)

Cheers
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