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on3iropolos

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Registered: 2011-01-06

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Generic Dynamic Menu (on right-click or pluggable into wm of choice)

Switching over to some of the more lightweight tiling window managers, I have really missed the dynamic menu's from gnome/xfce/etc. Not needing to configure them after adding/removing programs. I understand there are some script-solutions out there, but I haven't found a sort of generic solution. I am particularly interested in one that I can plug into WMFS's titlebar or on right-click.

What is your solution to this?

For programs used most often, a hot-key or the run-menu/dmenu work great... But what about those you use rarely and don't remember the name of?

ninian

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Registered: 2008-02-24

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Re: Generic Dynamic Menu (on right-click or pluggable into wm of choice)

For programs used most often, a hot-key or the run-menu/dmenu work great... But what about those you use rarely and don't remember the name of?

I know the problem well, and decided to add a description field to my menus which dmenu can search for as well as program names.
My DeiMenu shows what I mean: each menu entry is of the form:

programname (description...)

Would this help you?

on3iropolos

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Registered: 2011-01-06

Posts: 2

Re: Generic Dynamic Menu (on right-click or pluggable into wm of choice)

Thanks ninian, it appears that would be good solution for many users. I however even do not want to take the time to add in descriptions.

alterecco

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Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 152

Re: Generic Dynamic Menu (on right-click or pluggable into wm of choice)

Have a look at dmenu-launch