obmenugen: OpenBox dinamic/static menu generator

NeOnsKuLL · 2008-11-11 18:23:41

Version 0.5 released. Most importante feature for this version is the port to D 1.x, which finally cuts the head of the compilation nightmare of D 2.x. So, there os no need for *-bin package anymore.

WWW: https://launchpad.net/obmenugen
Release page: https://launchpad.net/obmenugen/0.5/0.5
Announcement: https://launchpad.net/obmenugen/+announcement/9369
AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=54195

For information about usage see html/obmenugen.html in download file, or simply `obmenugen --help`

I'm providing a PKGBUILD for binary, since compilation is not trivial, needs DMD and Phobos 2.0. In a short time I will sumbit dmd2 and libphobos2 pkgbuilds, and of course, a from source PKGBUILD.

See you, I really hope you found it useful.

NeOnsKuLL

Last edited by NeOnsKuLL (2011-12-16 21:14:53)

Diaz · 2008-11-11 18:40:30

why don't you just put the links for it?

NeOnsKuLL · 2008-11-11 18:49:43

why don't you just put the links for it?

Because

I can't put the PKGBUILD in AUR 'cause I don't have where to host the sources or the binaries

Sorry

Last edited by NeOnsKuLL (2008-11-11 18:51:04)

Daenyth · 2008-11-11 18:55:22

Have I missed something, or is that the same as the script Xyne wrote? http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=55204

Xyne · 2008-11-11 19:09:45

Daenyth wrote:

Have I missed something, or is that the same as the script Xyne wrote? http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=55204

My script doesn't actually generate a menu.xml file, it just checks which desktop files are there and optionally compares them against the openbox menu so that users can update it manually. It wouldn't be difficult to extend that to generate the menu, but my aim was more to provide a tool for users who customize their own menu rather than autogenerate it.

Daenyth · 2008-11-11 20:00:17

NeOnsKuLL wrote:

By now it is pretty functional and stable, thought not very tested (just my machine and 2 or three of my friends'). I can't put the PKGBUILD in AUR 'cause I don't have where to host the sources or the binaries (stattically compiled, with dmd and libphobos2) (119 kbytes).
NeOnsKuLL

Put the code on github.com and make a -git PKGBUILD

NeOnsKuLL · 2008-11-13 15:12:22

Hi, I've found a free file hosting. To get a .tar.bz2 with the PKGBUILD, the binary and the source, go here:

http://hidemyass.com/files/4MaIR/

See you

Zariel · 2008-11-13 15:49:45

you could always host it on github or so

cwjiof · 2008-11-14 04:16:28

Why not use Google Code？

http://code.google.com/

NeOnsKuLL · 2008-11-15 00:58:28

I can't use Google Code, because I'm cuban, and Google blocks the access from here. I will explore the posibility of putting my code on github, but, I surf behind a proxy, I don't know if I can put code via git through a web proxy.

See you

PS: I have fixed a little bug which prevent "in terminal" apps (like htop) to run. If anyone wants it, before I can put it on any host, just send me a message.

MindTooth · 2008-11-15 02:10:00

What about SF? Promising project.

Birger

NeOnsKuLL · 2008-11-18 14:37:23

I'm organizing the sources a little to request a new project in dsources.org and/or sf.net.

http://hidemyass.com/files/rckJG/

There is a new revision, now the entries in the categories menus (accesories, office, etc.) are alphabetically sorted.

Here is the auto proposed TODO for the next revisions. When I finished this, I will publish the 0.2 version:
- Refactorice the code in an object oriented way. It's time for that now. I need to improve the maintainability before the code grows more.
- Add the posibility to left empty any of the top menu items (terminal, editor, filemanager, run command) in config to not show. (Sorry for my bad english)
- Add and "Extras" menu entry, which will read a user custom "menu_extras.xml" if it exists.
- Add the posibility for define some exclusions.
- Add the posibility to configure "labels" for some section separators.

See you

PS: Any feedback will be really useful.

NeOnsKuLL · 2008-12-02 14:18:38

Hi all:
Finally I released the first public version (0.2beta) of obmenugen. You could se more information about the project and downloads at http://obmenugen.sourceforge.net

I hope you find it useful and enjoy using it.

See you

NeOnsKuLL

NeOnsKuLL · 2009-06-15 19:43:18

Hi all, I'm back.

I have registered the project in launchpad.net, because sourceforge needs access through rsync and ssh, and I'm behind a firewall/proxy.

Version 0.3rc1 released. Now I can upload the source and binary to the projects page. There is a PKGBUILD in the AUR. See first post for more info.

See you

knedlyk · 2009-10-21 18:16:11

Nice application, I definitely like it!

Proposition: can users add more custom items in openbox menu? Or can add one more optional item like "item:messenger" and pidgin or something else executable.

NeOnsKuLL · 2009-10-21 19:13:28

Yes, but "item" is a type of recognized entry. You can use the "raw" feature (see comments inside obmenugen.schema file) to include any item you want in the "top menu zone" (or anywhere). If you want, I could include a "messenger" item type in the future.

See you and thanks a lot for using obmenugen and send me some feedback.

NeOnsKuLL

knedlyk · 2009-10-21 19:29:59

Oh, I didn't notice raw option. Thank you for pointed me out!

NeOnsKuLL · 2009-10-21 20:47:50

knedlyk wrote:

Oh, I didn't notice raw option. Thank you for pointed me out!

Don't even mention it. It's my pleasure.

Thank you for using obmenugen.

NeOnsKuLL

NeOnsKuLL · 2009-12-08 19:59:30

Version 0.4 released.
New: Internalization support
New: New 'item' type: Instant Messaging

See first thread's post.

See you

NeOnsKuLL

knedlyk · 2010-02-07 15:27:10

Don't know what happened, but obmenugen doesn't generate menu.xml anymore! Can somebody confirm it?
Steps to reproduce:
1. Make a copy of your openbox configuration directory: mv ./config/openbox ./config/openbox.orig
2. Create a new openbox directory: mkdir ./config/openbox
3. try to create menu.xml and other files: obmenugen
4. check if files appeared: ls ./config/openbox

You have to see autostart.sh rc.xml and menu.xml.

NeOnsKuLL · 2010-02-08 04:07:55

For everybody:
knedlyk and I are we trying to find what's the cause of the problem. Any advance we get, we'll tell you about it here.

See you

knedlyk · 2010-02-08 10:15:17

I found a problem. It was a broken symbolic link to a desktop file in /usr/share/applications/ . I simply removed it and now everything runs well, I can generate menu.xml by means of obmenugen.

NeOnsKuLL · 2010-02-08 16:04:29

Thanks to kndelyk for telling us about this situation. I hope it'll help others to find and solve problem in the future.

See you

NeOnsKuLL · 2011-12-16 21:18:07

Hey fellows, I just released version 0.5. This are really good news. It's been a log since last release, but it worth it.

See first post

Hope you enjoy it, and please, provide some feedback.

See you

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