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How to add a menu entry for a Pupget package
Posted: Mon 01 Aug 2005, 11:55
by jcoder24
I've been poring over the pupget packaging instructions and i think i've got most of it covered now. The only thing i need now is to find out how to add an entry/entries in the wm menu? Also, can i add multiple menu entries for a package?
Posted: Mon 01 Aug 2005, 12:15
by rarsa
You can install multiple entries and register under different window managers:
You will have to include a section
like this in your dotpup.sh
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# Register with iceWM menu
if [ -f /root/.icewm/menu ]
then
egrep -i vncviewer /root/.icewm/menu >/dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? -ne 0 ]
then
cp -f /root/.icewm/menu /root/.icewm/menu.bak
awk '{if (/network24/) {print $0;print " prog \"TightVNC viewer\" pc-2x vncviewer"} else {print $0};} ' /root/.icewm/menu.bak > /root/.icewm/menu
fi
fi
# Register with fvwm95 menu
if [ -f /root/.fvwm95rc ]
then
egrep -i vncviewer /root/.fvwm95rc >/dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? -ne 0 ]
then
cp -f /root/.fvwm95rc /root/.fvwm95rc.bak
awk '{if (/AddToMenu "Network"/) {print $0;print "+ \"TightVNC viewer%pc-2x.xpm%\" Exec vncviewer"} else {print $0};} ' /root/.fvwm95rc.bak > /root/.fvwm95rc
fi
fi
# Register with JWM menu
if [ -f /root/.jwmrc ]
then
egrep -i vncviewer /root/.jwmrc >/dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? -ne 0 ]
then
cp -f /root/.jwmrc /root/.jwmrc.bak
awk '{if (/Menu label="Network"/) {print $0;print "<Program label=\"TightVNC viewer\" icon=\"pc-2x.xpm\">vncviewer</Program>"} else {print $0};} ' /root/.jwmrc.bak > /root/.jwmrc
fi
fi
Just replace with your application name and the execution command for each of the window managers.
I think that someone was working on a generic way of doing it for all window managers. I have some ideas but I haven't had the time to explore them.
So, there you have it.
Posted: Wed 03 Aug 2005, 19:47
by jcoder24
Thanks. I've gotten the menus sorted out.
The only other issue is --how can I have my menu entry load a script in a new xterm or rvxt console so its progress can be monitored?
I've tried 'exec sriptname' and 'exec sh scriptname' neither worked.
TIA
Posted: Wed 03 Aug 2005, 19:49
by doopdoop
great!!!
Posted: Wed 03 Aug 2005, 20:00
by klhrevolutionist
when you get one with this post it so others can use it for a template if you don't mind!!! great work!!!
Posted: Wed 03 Aug 2005, 21:17
by Lobster
would this be correct?
What about fluxbox?
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#!/bin/sh
mkdir /root/my-applications/welcome
cp welcome /root/my-applications/welcome/
cp communication.txt /root/my-applications/welcome/
cp imagewiki.txt /root/my-applications/welcome/
cp info.txt /root/my-applications/welcome/
xmessage -center "Welcome is installed"
exec /root/my-applications/welcome/welcome
# Register with iceWM menu
if [ -f /root/.icewm/menu ]
then
egrep -i vncviewer /root/.icewm/menu >/dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? -ne 0 ]
then
cp -f /root/.icewm/menu /root/.icewm/menu.bak
awk '{if (/network24/) {print $0;print " prog \"Welcome\" pc-2x vncviewer"} else {print $0};} ' /root/.icewm/menu.bak > /root/.icewm/menu
fi
fi
# Register with fvwm95 menu
if [ -f /root/.fvwm95rc ]
then
egrep -i vncviewer /root/.fvwm95rc >/dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? -ne 0 ]
then
cp -f /root/.fvwm95rc /root/.fvwm95rc.bak
awk '{if (/AddToMenu "Information Managers"/) {print $0;print "+ \"Welcome%pc-2x.xpm%\" Exec vncviewer"} else {print $0};} ' /root/.fvwm95rc.bak > /root/.fvwm95rc
fi
fi
# Register with JWM menu
if [ -f /root/.jwmrc ]
then
egrep -i vncviewer /root/.jwmrc >/dev/null 2>&1
if [ $? -ne 0 ]
then
cp -f /root/.jwmrc /root/.jwmrc.bak
awk '{if (/Menu label="Information Managers"/) {print $0;print "<Program label=\"Welcome\" icon=\"pc-2x.xpm\">vncviewer</Program>"} else {print $0};} ' /root/.jwmrc.bak > /root/.jwmrc
fi
fi
What do I do about this section - did not understand the 24?
awk '{if (/
network24/) {print $0;print " prog \"Welcome\" pc-2x
easy breezy
Posted: Fri 05 Aug 2005, 08:01
by klhrevolutionist
A light bulb appears from the top of the Revolutionist head!
Is there not a simpler way to minimize the menu structure
so that it is not as complicated? Or am I just complaining, and it seems easy to everyone else? I look at the menu structure of themes throughtout the lands of
megabytes, and see simpler solutions, or so it appears. I have glanced among the structures, and puppy's wm's are very good, very good, in that it wants everything to be structered. So that everything coincides with each other.
And notifies the menu so that it is easier to get to. Now, is there a way, has anybody looked since we have last posted aboot this subject. Take a look above this post, that is a hefty line, would'nt you agree?
So I challenge everyone interested to make a solution to simplify this procedure.
Yes we all, want everything to work together, pupgget, dotpup, and extensions
and so on. what is the simplest way is all I ask, a wikki for templates?
Something, Anything, let's work together!!! And be diverse at the same time!!!
Also, check my wikki this weeks and make suggestions to make it better!!
http://www.goosee.com/puppy/wikka/KlhRevolutionist
This week rc.local, the unknown
Posted: Fri 05 Aug 2005, 08:58
by doopdoop
See my message in "Cutting edge". The solution should not be inside the packages themselves, there has to be a "standard" way to add (and delete!) a menu entry. Otherwise we will run into big troubles in the long term:
- inconsistent menu structures.
- When a new wm comes up, EACH DotPup has to be updated to include new code.
- Puppy or WM updates are very hard to do without destroying the old things.
I am strongly in favour of a more centralized solution. I have revisited some possible solution and waiting for feedback (esp. how much space do we need for such a strcture ? Custom or already build Solutions? )
Posted: Fri 05 Aug 2005, 16:42
by rarsa
Lobster asked:
What do I do about this section - did not understand the 24?
network24 is the icon that shows in the network menu.
The semantic translation for that line of code is the following:
Under the line that contains text A Insert text B.
In this case:
- under the line that contains the workd
network24
- insert the text
prog "tightVNC viewer" pc-2x vncviewer
The line you insert, adds the menu entry with the text
thightVNC Viewer, shows the icon
pc-2x and executes the program
vncviewer
This is, the word
network24 is used only as a marker. If someone changes the icon, this script would stop working. That's why on one of the threads someone suggest to allways use as a marker a menu entry that is likelly to be present in Puppy (one of the preinstalled applications)..
As you can see this is not fool proof, but the alternative would be a much more complex algorithm.
Altough I working in a solution for this problem, I will ask for feedback once I have it clearer.