[SOLVED] Openbox: Custom menu-entry ignored

l0p3n · 06-11-2015, 04:26 AM

I'm trying to add eclipse as a shortcut to the openbox menu. I have added the file ~/.menu/eclipse with the following content:

?package(local.eclipse):needs="X11" section="Applications/Programming"\
title="Eclipse" command="/home/user/eclipse/eclipse"

If I update the menu system with the command

$ update-menus -v

it gives me the output

update-menus[1609]: Update-menus is run by user.
update-menus[1609]: Dpkg is not locking dpkg status area, good.
update-menus[1609]: Reading installed packages list...
update-menus[1609]: Reading translation rules in /etc/menu-methods/translate_menus.
update-menus[1609]: Reading menu-entry files in /home/user/.menu.
update-menus[1609]: 1 menu entries found (1 total).
update-menus[1609]: Reading menu-entry files in /etc/menu.
update-menus[1609]: 0 menu entries found (1 total).
update-menus[1609]: Reading menu-entry files in /usr/lib/menu.
update-menus[1609]: 0 menu entries found (1 total).
update-menus[1609]: Reading menu-entry files in /usr/share/menu.
update-menus[1609]: 64 menu entries found (65 total).
update-menus[1609]: Reading menu-entry files in /usr/share/menu/default.
update-menus[1609]: 0 menu entries found (65 total).
update-menus[1609]: Running menu-methods in /home/user/.menu-methods.
update-menus[1609]: Running menu-methods in /etc/menu-methods.
update-menus[1609]: Running method: /etc/menu-methods/openbox

We can see from the output that the added file is found in /home/user/.menu. However, if I restart the computer the menu entry is not displayed in the openbox menu (opened by right-clicking the desktop). There isn't any file in in /usr/share/menu with the same name, so I don't understand why it is not working. Maybe someone else can spot what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks in advance!

l0p3n · 06-11-2015, 09:15 PM

A menu entry for eclipse is created by update-menus in ~/.config/openbox/debian-menu.xml. But still it does not show up in the openbox menu...

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!-- Automatically generated file. Do not edit (see /usr/share/doc/menu/html) -->

<openbox_menu xmlns="http://openbox.org/"
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://openbox.org/
                file:///usr/share/openbox/menu.xsd">

<menu id='/Debian' label='Debian'>
  <menu id='/Debian/Applications' label='Applications'>
    <menu id='/Debian/Applications/Accessibility' label='Accessibility'>
      <item label='Xmag'>
        <action name='Execute'><execute>xmag</execute></action>
      </item>
    </menu>
    <menu id='/Debian/Applications/Editors' label='Editors'>
      <item label='LeafPad' icon='/usr/share/pixmaps/leafpad.xpm'>
        <action name='Execute'><execute>/usr/bin/leafpad</execute></action>
      </item>
      <item label='Nano' icon='/usr/share/nano/nano-menu.xpm'>
        <action name='Execute'><execute>x-terminal-emulator  -T &quot;Nano&quot; -e sh -c &quot;/bin/nano&quot;</execute></action>
      </item>
      <item label='Xedit'>
        <action name='Execute'><execute>xedit</execute></action>
      </item>
      <item label='xpad' icon='xpad.xpm'>
        <action name='Execute'><execute>/usr/bin/xpad</execute></action>
      </item>
    </menu>
    <menu id='/Debian/Applications/Education' label='Education'>
      <item label='Anki' icon='/usr/share/pixmaps/anki.xpm'>
        <action name='Execute'><execute>/usr/bin/anki</execute></action>
      </item>
    </menu>
    <menu id='/Debian/Applications/Emulators' label='Emulators'>
      <item label='VirtualBox' icon='/usr/share/pixmaps/virtualbox.xpm'>
        <action name='Execute'><execute>/usr/bin/virtualbox</execute></action>
      </item>
    </menu>
    <menu id='/Debian/Applications/File Management' label='File Management'>
      <item label='gmrun'>
        <action name='Execute'><execute>/usr/bin/gmrun</execute></action>
      </item>
      <item label='ROX Filer'>
        <action name='Execute'><execute>/usr/bin/rox</execute></action>
      </item>
    </menu>
    <menu id='/Debian/Applications/Graphics' label='Graphics'>
      <item label='X Window Snapshot'>
        <action name='Execute'><execute>xwd | xwud</execute></action>
      </item>
    </menu>
    <menu id='/Debian/Applications/Network' label='Network'>
      <menu id='/Debian/Applications/Network/Communication' label='Communication'>
        <item label='Telnet'>
          <action name='Execute'><execute>x-terminal-emulator  -T &quot;Telnet&quot; -e sh -c &quot;/usr/bin/telnet&quot;</execute></action>
        </item>
        <item label='weechat' icon='/usr/share/pixmaps/weechat.xpm'>
          <action name='Execute'><execute>x-terminal-emulator  -T &quot;weechat&quot; -e sh -c &quot;/usr/bin/weechat&quot;</execute></action>
        </item>
        <item label='Xbiff'>
          <action name='Execute'><execute>xbiff</execute></action>
        </item>
      </menu>
      <menu id='/Debian/Applications/Network/Monitoring' label='Monitoring'>
        <item label='WICD' icon='/usr/share/pixmaps/wicd-gtk.xpm'>
          <action name='Execute'><execute>/usr/bin/wicd-gtk</execute></action>
        </item>
      </menu>
    </menu>
    <menu id='/Debian/Applications/Programming' label='Programming'>
      <item label='Eclipse'>
        <action name='Execute'><execute>/home/user/eclipse/eclipse</execute></action>
      </item>
      <item label='GDB'>
        <action name='Execute'><execute>x-terminal-emulator  -T &quot;GDB&quot; -e sh -c &quot;/usr/bin/gdb&quot;</execute></action>
      </item>
      <item label='Python (v2.7)' icon='/usr/share/pixmaps/python2.7.xpm'>
        <action name='Execute'><execute>x-terminal-emulator  -T &quot;Python (v2.7)&quot; -e sh -c &quot;/usr/bin/python2.7&quot;</execute></action>
      </item>
      <item label='Python (v3.4)' icon='/usr/share/pixmaps/python3.4.xpm'>
        <action name='Execute'><execute>x-terminal-emulator  -T &quot;Python (v3.4)&quot; -e sh -c &quot;/usr/bin/python3.4&quot;</execute></action>
      </item>
    </menu>
    <menu id='/Debian/Applications/Science' label='Science'>
      <menu id='/Debian/Applications/Science/Mathematics' label='Mathematics'>
        <item label='Xcalc'>
          <action name='Execute'><execute>xcalc</execute></action>
        </item>
      </menu>
    </menu>
    <menu id='/Debian/Applications/Shells' label='Shells'>
      <item label='Bash'>
        <action name='Execute'><execute>x-terminal-emulator  -T &quot;Bash&quot; -e sh -c &quot;/bin/bash --login&quot;</execute></action>
      </item>
      <item label='Dash'>
        <action name='Execute'><execute>x-terminal-emulator  -T &quot;Dash&quot; -e sh -c &quot;/bin/dash -i&quot;</execute></action>
      </item>
      <item label='Sh'>
        <action name='Execute'><execute>x-terminal-emulator  -T &quot;Sh&quot; -e sh -c &quot;/bin/sh --login&quot;</execute></action>
      </item>
    </menu>
    <menu id='/Debian/Applications/Sound' label='Sound'>
      <item label='volumeicon'>
        <action name='Execute'><execute>/usr/bin/volumeicon</execute></action>
      </item>
    </menu>
    <menu id='/Debian/Applications/System' label='System'>
      <menu id='/Debian/Applications/System/Administration' label='Administration'>
        <item label='Debian Task selector'>
          <action name='Execute'><execute>x-terminal-emulator  -T &quot;Debian Task selector&quot; -e sh -c &quot;su-to-root -c tasksel&quot;</execute></action>
        </item>
        <item label='DSL/PPPoE configuration tool' icon='/usr/share/pixmaps/pppoeconf.xpm'>
          <action name='Execute'><execute>x-terminal-emulator  -T &quot;DSL/PPPoE configuration tool&quot; -e sh -c &quot;/usr/sbin/pppoeconf&quot;</execute></action>
        </item>
        <item label='Editres'>
          <action name='Execute'><execute>editres</execute></action>
        </item>
        <item label='Openbox Configuration Manager' icon='/usr/share/pixmaps/obconf.xpm'>
          <action name='Execute'><execute>/usr/bin/obconf</execute></action>
        </item>
        <item label='pppconfig'>
          <action name='Execute'><execute>x-terminal-emulator  -T &quot;pppconfig&quot; -e sh -c &quot;su-to-root -p root -c /usr/sbin/pppconfig&quot;</execute></action>
        </item>
        <item label='UCK' icon='/usr/share/pixmaps/uck.xpm'>
          <action name='Execute'><execute>/usr/bin/uck-gui --wait-before-exit</execute></action>
        </item>
        <item label='UNetbootin' icon='/usr/share/pixmaps/unetbootin.xpm'>
          <action name='Execute'><execute>/usr/bin/unetbootin</execute></action>
        </item>
        <item label='Xclipboard'>
          <action name='Execute'><execute>xclipboard</execute></action>
        </item>
        <item label='Xfontsel'>
          <action name='Execute'><execute>xfontsel</execute></action>
        </item>
        <item label='Xkill'>
          <action name='Execute'><execute>xkill</execute></action>
        </item>
        <item label='Xrefresh'>
          <action name='Execute'><execute>xrefresh</execute></action>
        </item>
      </menu>
      <menu id='/Debian/Applications/System/Hardware' label='Hardware'>
        <item label='Xvidtune'>
          <action name='Execute'><execute>xvidtune</execute></action>
        </item>
      </menu>
      <menu id='/Debian/Applications/System/Monitoring' label='Monitoring'>
        <item label='Pstree' icon='/usr/share/pixmaps/pstree16.xpm'>
          <action name='Execute'><execute>x-terminal-emulator  -T &quot;Pstree&quot; -e sh -c &quot;/usr/bin/pstree.x11&quot;</execute></action>
        </item>
        <item label='Top'>
          <action name='Execute'><execute>x-terminal-emulator  -T &quot;Top&quot; -e sh -c &quot;/usr/bin/top&quot;</execute></action>
        </item>
        <item label='Xconsole'>
          <action name='Execute'><execute>xconsole -file /dev/xconsole</execute></action>
        </item>
        <item label='Xev'>
          <action name='Execute'><execute>x-terminal-emulator -e xev</execute></action>
        </item>
        <item label='Xload'>
          <action name='Execute'><execute>xload</execute></action>
        </item>
      </menu>
      <menu id='/Debian/Applications/System/Package Management' label='Package Management'>
        <item label='Aptitude Package Manager (text)'>
          <action name='Execute'><execute>x-terminal-emulator  -T &quot;Aptitude Package Manager (text)&quot; -e sh -c &quot;/usr/bin/aptitude-curses&quot;</execute></action>
        </item>
      </menu>
    </menu>
    <menu id='/Debian/Applications/Terminal Emulators' label='Terminal Emulators'>
      <item label='Rxvt-Unicode' icon='/usr/share/pixmaps/urxvt_32x32.xpm'>
        <action name='Execute'><execute>urxvt</execute></action>
      </item>
      <item label='Rxvt-Unicode (Black, Xft)' icon='/usr/share/pixmaps/urxvt_32x32.xpm'>
        <action name='Execute'><execute>urxvt -fn &quot;xft:Mono&quot; -rv</execute></action>
      </item>
      <item label='XTerm' icon='/usr/share/pixmaps/xterm-color_32x32.xpm'>
        <action name='Execute'><execute>xterm</execute></action>
      </item>
      <item label='X-Terminal as root (GKsu)' icon='/usr/share/pixmaps/gksu-debian.xpm'>
        <action name='Execute'><execute>/usr/bin/gksu -u root /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator</execute></action>
      </item>
      <item label='XTerm (Unicode)' icon='/usr/share/pixmaps/xterm-color_32x32.xpm'>
        <action name='Execute'><execute>uxterm</execute></action>
      </item>
    </menu>
    <menu id='/Debian/Applications/Viewers' label='Viewers'>
      <item label='Xditview'>
        <action name='Execute'><execute>xditview</execute></action>
      </item>
      <item label='Xpdf' icon='/usr/share/pixmaps/xpdf.xpm'>
        <action name='Execute'><execute>/usr/bin/xpdf</execute></action>
      </item>
    </menu>
  </menu>
  <menu id='/Debian/Games' label='Games'>
    <menu id='/Debian/Games/Toys' label='Toys'>
      <item label='Oclock'>
        <action name='Execute'><execute>oclock</execute></action>
      </item>
      <item label='Xclock (analog)'>
        <action name='Execute'><execute>xclock -analog</execute></action>
      </item>
      <item label='Xclock (digital)'>
        <action name='Execute'><execute>xclock -digital -update 1</execute></action>
      </item>
      <item label='Xeyes'>
        <action name='Execute'><execute>xeyes</execute></action>
      </item>
      <item label='Xlogo'>
        <action name='Execute'><execute>xlogo</execute></action>
      </item>
    </menu>
  </menu>
  <menu id='/Debian/Help' label='Help'>
    <item label='Info'>
      <action name='Execute'><execute>x-terminal-emulator  -T &quot;Info&quot; -e sh -c &quot;info&quot;</execute></action>
    </item>
    <item label='Xman'>
      <action name='Execute'><execute>xman</execute></action>
    </item>
  </menu>
  <menu id='/Debian/Screen' label='Screen'>
    <menu id='/Debian/Screen/Locking' label='Locking'>
      <item label='Lock Screen (XScreenSaver)'>
        <action name='Execute'><execute>/usr/bin/xscreensaver-command -lock</execute></action>
      </item>
    </menu>
    <menu id='/Debian/Screen/Saving' label='Saving'>
      <item label='Activate ScreenSaver (Next)'>
        <action name='Execute'><execute>/usr/bin/xscreensaver-command -next</execute></action>
      </item>
      <item label='Activate ScreenSaver (Previous)'>
        <action name='Execute'><execute>/usr/bin/xscreensaver-command -prev</execute></action>
      </item>
      <item label='Activate ScreenSaver (Random)'>
        <action name='Execute'><execute>/usr/bin/xscreensaver-command -activate</execute></action>
      </item>
      <item label='Demo Screen Hacks'>
        <action name='Execute'><execute>/usr/bin/xscreensaver-command -demo</execute></action>
      </item>
      <item label='Disable XScreenSaver'>
        <action name='Execute'><execute>/usr/bin/xscreensaver-command -exit</execute></action>
      </item>
      <item label='Enable XScreenSaver'>
        <action name='Execute'><execute>/usr/bin/xscreensaver</execute></action>
      </item>
      <item label='Reinitialize XScreenSaver'>
        <action name='Execute'><execute>/usr/bin/xscreensaver-command -restart</execute></action>
      </item>
      <item label='ScreenSaver Preferences'>
        <action name='Execute'><execute>/usr/bin/xscreensaver-command -prefs</execute></action>
      </item>
    </menu>
  </menu>
  <menu id='/Debian/Window Managers' label='Window Managers'>
    <item label='Openbox' icon='/usr/share/pixmaps/openbox.xpm'>
      <action name='Restart'><execute>/usr/bin/openbox</execute></action>
    </item>
  </menu>
</menu>

</openbox_menu>

l0p3n · 06-11-2015, 09:53 PM

The menu file /var/lib/openbox/debian-menu.xml was not changed when running update-menus as a regular user nor changed between the reboots of the system.

I ran the commands

# update-menus
# update-menus --menufilesdir /home/user/.menu

and now the custom menu entry is visible in the openbox menu.