[Solved] Create a dmenu custom menu

rent0n · 2010-04-25 15:26:26

Hi,

I was wondering if it is possible to create a custom dmenu's menu.
For example I would like to have a special 'session' menu with logout, shutdown and reboot actions, with these actions bound to special commands like 'sudo shutdown -h now'.

Is this possible? How?

Thank you

Last edited by rent0n (2010-04-25 19:25:37)

orschiro · 2010-04-25 15:44:54

Create your own bash scripts where you start your programs or commands and put them in /usr/bin. dmenu will recognize them as /usr/bin is on the systempath.

Regards

Procyon · 2010-04-25 16:07:24

#! /bin/bash
actions="
logout killall X
shutdown halt
reboot reboot
new sed -i \"/^new/i\$(echo | dmenu -p \"Enter new name and action\")\" '$0'"
result=$(echo "$actions" | dmenu -l 10)
cmd=$(echo "$result" | cut -d' ' -f2-)
[ -n "$cmd" ] && eval setsid setsid "$cmd"

brisbin33 · 2010-04-25 16:59:33

I've been using this one for a while:

#!/bin/bash
#
# a simple logout dialog
#
###

kill_apps() {
  while read -r app; do
    wmctrl -i -c "$app"
  done < <(wmctrl -l | awk '{print $1}')
}

choice_by_zenity() {
  choice=$(zenity --title="Logout $HOSTNAME" \
                  --text="Logout $HOSTNAME:" \
                  --list --radiolist \
                  --hide-column=3 --print-column=3 \
                  --column='' --column='' --column='' \
                  TRUE Logout 0 FALSE Reboot 1 FALSE Shutdown 2)
}

choice_by_dmenu() {
  if [[ -f "$HOME/.dmenurc" ]]; then
    . "$HOME/.dmenurc"
  else
    DMENU='dmenu -i'
  fi

  choice=$(echo -e "0: Logout\n1: Shutdown\n2: Reboot" | $DMENU | cut -d ':' -f 1)
}

[[ -z "$DISPLAY" ]] && exit 1

#choice_by_zenity
choice_by_dmenu

[[ -z "$choice" ]] && exit 1

# gracefully close all open apps
kill_apps

# execute the choice in background
case "$choice" in
  0) kill $(pgrep X) &      ;;
  1) sudo shutdown -r now & ;;
  2) sudo shutdown -h now & ;;
esac

Last edited by brisbin33 (2010-04-25 17:02:06)

rent0n · 2010-04-25 18:16:57

brisbin33 wrote:

I've been using this one for a while:

#!/bin/bash
#
# a simple logout dialog
#
###

kill_apps() {
  while read -r app; do
    wmctrl -i -c "$app"
  done < <(wmctrl -l | awk '{print $1}')
}

choice_by_zenity() {
  choice=$(zenity --title="Logout $HOSTNAME" \
                  --text="Logout $HOSTNAME:" \
                  --list --radiolist \
                  --hide-column=3 --print-column=3 \
                  --column='' --column='' --column='' \
                  TRUE Logout 0 FALSE Reboot 1 FALSE Shutdown 2)
}

choice_by_dmenu() {
  if [[ -f "$HOME/.dmenurc" ]]; then
    . "$HOME/.dmenurc"
  else
    DMENU='dmenu -i'
  fi

  choice=$(echo -e "0: Logout\n1: Shutdown\n2: Reboot" | $DMENU | cut -d ':' -f 1)
}

[[ -z "$DISPLAY" ]] && exit 1

#choice_by_zenity
choice_by_dmenu

[[ -z "$choice" ]] && exit 1

# gracefully close all open apps
kill_apps

# execute the choice in background
case "$choice" in
  0) kill $(pgrep X) &      ;;
  1) sudo shutdown -r now & ;;
  2) sudo shutdown -h now & ;;
esac

Very nice!
I'm trying to make a very basic version of it, but I am probabling missing something obvious as I am only able to logout but I can't perform other actions: could you take a look at it and tell me what's wrong?

#!/bin/bash
#
# a simple dmenu session script 
# by brisbin33
#
###

DMENU='dmenu -i -b -fn -xos4-terminus-medium-r-*--12-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1 -nb #000000 -nf #999999 -sb #000000 -sf #31658C'
choice=$(echo -e "logout\n shutdown\n reboot\n suspend\n hibernate\n" | $DMENU | cut -f 1)

case "$choice" in
  logout) i3-msg exit    ;;
  shutdown) sudo shutdown -h now    ;;
  reboot) sudo shutdown -r now    ;;
  suspend) sudo pm-suspend    ;;
  hibernate) sudo pm-hibernate    ;;
esac

Thanks!

EDIT: fixed!

#!/bin/bash
#
# a simple dmenu session script 
#
###

DMENU='dmenu -i -b -fn -xos4-terminus-medium-r-*--12-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1 -nb #000000 -nf #999999 -sb #000000 -sf #31658C'
choice=$(echo -e "logout\nshutdown\nreboot\nsuspend\nhibernate" | $DMENU)

case "$choice" in
  logout) i3-msg exit & ;;
  shutdown) sudo shutdown -h now & ;;
  reboot) sudo shutdown -r now & ;;
  suspend) sudo pm-suspend & ;;
  hibernate) sudo pm-hibernate & ;;
esac

Thank you brisbin, this script is very cool!

Last edited by rent0n (2010-04-25 19:29:33)

sw2wolf · 2010-04-26 00:08:58

%cat ~/.dmenu.mnu
/home/sw2wolf/bin/xp.sh
firefox
thunderbird
screen
evince
roxterm
gedit
gqview
vinagre
nvidia-settings
sudo shutdown -r now
sudo shutdown -h now

%cat ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs|grep -i dmenu
dmenu = "exe=`cat /home/sw2wolf/.dmenu.mnu | dmenu -b -fn '-*-terminus-*-r-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*' -nb '#000000' -nf '#FFFFFF'` && eval \"exec $exe\""

In this way, i can customize the dmenu by myself.

Procyon · 2010-04-26 07:24:23

A small change to what I posted above (now it will auto-add new entries instead of having to select new)

#! /bin/bash
actions='firefox
kilall X
$(tty -s || echo xterm -e) bash -c "sudo shutdown -r now"
$(tty -s || echo xterm -e) bash -c "sudo reboot"' #mark

result=$(echo "$actions" | dmenu)
[ -z "$result" ] && exit
echo "$actions" | grep -Fxq "$result" || sed -i "s/' #mark/\n$result&/" "$0"
eval setsid setsid $result

Ogion · 2010-04-27 21:55:11

#!/bin/zsh
IFS=$'\t\n'
PATH=$PATH:/home/ogion/bin

mostused="firefox
i3statbar.sh
sylpheed"

$(echo $mostused | dmenu -fn fixed -nb '#100' -nf '#b9c0af' -sb '#000' -sf  '#afff2f' -i)

Just an app starting dmenu with a short list of apps, sort of a quickstartbar. I mean even with normal dmenu it is quick, but maybe i have some programs that would have long names or similar, and having only half a dozen or a dozen entries in dmenu speeds it up. Just add a new line with the name of the program to extent tthe mostused list.
(You could also make 'aliases' for programs. Make something in the list like aa and then make the long $() to app=$(...) and then make a case statement that resolves aa to something, and maybe a few other 'aliases' and the rest *) just pass it through, and then execute it).

Dmenu's nice

Ogion

Roman7 · 2022-05-06 02:01:17

#!/bin/sh
program="steam
sc-controller
gimp
PureRef
transmission-gtk
pacfinder
system-monitoring-center"

result=$(echo "$program" | dmenu -i)
$result

jasonwryan · 2022-05-06 02:45:29

Don't necrobump: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Genera … bumping%22

Last edited by jasonwryan (2022-05-06 02:46:11)

V1del · 2022-05-06 07:54:58

Closing this 12 year old thread.

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[Solved] Create a dmenu custom menu

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