Edit fluxbox menu

Swift&Smart · 01-28-2006, 07:43 AM

Hello,everyone!

I am using Dropline GNOME on my laptop.And now,I would like to use fluxbox on my desktop and try things out.However,I got a menu edit program in GNOME,but how about fluxbox?How can I edit the menu?Add,Remove or Modify?

Another question,I discovered that fluxbox doesn't save much regarding the usage of memory.But I like the simplicity of its design.

Ilgar · 01-28-2006, 08:03 AM

It's a rather simple text file: ~/.fluxbox/menu. Pretty easy to edit by hand. There's also a program called fluxbox-generate-menu which you can use to generate an initial menu (it scans for programs and puts them into predefined categories). You can then tweak that the way you like.

everal · 01-28-2006, 04:14 PM

hello...

1 - In your home dir, try
cd .fluxbox

2 - then

ls

and you will see a text file named

menu

3 - If you open it you will see something like this:

[begin] (Fluxbox-0.9.12)
[exec] (rxvt) {rxvt}
[exec] (firefox) {/opt/firefox-installer/firefox}
[exec] (mozilla) {mozilla}
[exec] (thunderbird) {thunder/thunderbird/thunderbird}
[submenu] (Terminals)
[exec] (xterm) {xterm}
[exec] (gnome-terminal) {gnome-terminal}
[exec] (rxvt) {rxvt}
[end]
[submenu] (Net)
[submenu] (Browsers)
[exec] (netscape) {netscape}
[exec] (mozilla) {mozilla}
[exec] (links) {rxvt -e links fluxbox.org}
[exec] (lynx) {rxvt -e lynx fluxbox.org}
[end]
[submenu] (IM)
[exec] (gaim) {gaim}
[end]

4 - Now you just need to edit the file, including, removing, etc.

Just look the way thigs are and do what you need. It is realy very simple, like in

[exec] (firefox) {/opt/firefox-installer/firefox}

[exec] , to run the program,
(firefox) , its name , or name you prefer :-)
{/opt/firefox-installer/firefox} and here the path

A simple and easy sintax.

About the other question, I can't help you. I don't know how much menory it needs, in relation to others.

But I know that my KDE takes a lot to open, close and etc, while the fluxbox is very faster (well, I 'fell' it is faster).

bye

Swift&Smart · 01-30-2006, 10:39 PM

Ilgar,I really appreciate your help.

All you said works to me as expected.Fluxbox is faster because I have no icon on my desktop.The consumption of memory is about the same with Dropline GNOME I think.But definitely,fluxbox is way faster than GNOME.

Genesee · 01-30-2006, 11:44 PM

more on editing flux menus:

http://www.fluxbox.org/docbook/en/html/x745.html

Ilgar · 01-31-2006, 02:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Swift&Smart

Ilgar,I really appreciate your help.

All you said works to me as expected.Fluxbox is faster because I have no icon on my desktop.The consumption of memory is about the same with Dropline GNOME I think.But definitely,fluxbox is way faster than GNOME.

You're welcome

. fluxbox is certainly very fast. Its memory footprint is also very little, surely less than that of Gnome. Of course, if you run Gnome and KDE programs under fluxbox, the required Gnome/Gtk/Qt/KDE libraries will be loaded into the memory, so the usage will go up. But the window manager itself consumes very little memory.

MS3FGX · 01-31-2006, 02:17 AM

I am too lazy to edit it by hand, I use FluxConf.

There are other programs out there that do the same thing, but I have had problems with others. For instance, whiteBOX corrupted my menu file 6 out of 10 times I ran it.

Swift&Smart · 01-31-2006, 03:08 AM

Genesee,thanks for your useful link.

Ilgar,it's well-worth to try fluxbox.That's the WM which I like most.

catkin · 09-13-2009, 10:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Genesee

more on editing flux menus:

http://www.fluxbox.org/docbook/en/html/x745.html

"404 - Not Found". Now at old.fluxbox.org

wingevil · 09-13-2009, 11:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MS3FGX

I am too lazy to edit it by hand, I use FluxConf.

There are other programs out there that do the same thing, but I have had problems with others. For instance, whiteBOX corrupted my menu file 6 out of 10 times I ran it.

Another tiny menu-editor for fluxbox is fme

http://fme.rhymux.info/download/

...and this was helpful for me

http://linux.die.net/man/1/fluxbox
http://fluxbox-wiki.org/index.php?title=Fluxbox-wiki

and the awesome fluxbox-wiki from sleekmason at www.sidux.com (section wiki)

linuxpokernut · 09-13-2009, 11:23 AM

This thread is awesome, I saw that you can edit the wallpaper. I can't wait till i get home to try it.

linus72 · 09-13-2009, 12:12 PM

If you wanna see some nice fluxbox work
go get Hag-Linux-0.1-20, a grml remaster
http://hag-linux.eu.org/

I'm making Canabix-Fluxbox Edition for Canabix uusers now
http://community.canabix.org/smf/index.php
LOL
check out the menu, made up of submenus

heres my main fluxbox menu

Code:

[begin] (Fluxbox)
  [include] (~/.fluxbox/root-menu)
  [include] (~/.fluxbox/fluxbox-menu)
  [separator]
  [include] (~/.fluxbox/hag-mount-menu)
  [include] (~/.fluxbox/hag-xrandr-menu)
  [include] (~/.fluxbox/hag-baseconf-menu)
  [separator]
  [include] (~/.fluxbox/hag-exit-menu)
[end]

heres root-menu(not finished

Code:

[begin]
  [submenu] (Root programs)
    [exec] (XTerm) {grml-exec-wrapper xterm} </usr/share/pixmaps/xterm-color_32x32.xpm>
        [exec] (Root Eterm) {sudo /usr/bin/Eterm} <>
        [exec] (Root Xterm) {sudo x-terminal-emulator} <>
        [exec] (Root Leafpad) {sudo grml-exec-wrapper leafpad} <>
        [exec] (PCManFM) {sudo /usr/bin/pcmanfm} <>' >> /root/.fluxbox/statistics && /usr/bin/pcmanfm} <>
        [exec] (Synaptic Package Manager) {sudo /usr/sbin/synaptic} </usr/share/synaptic/pixmaps/synaptic_32x32.xpm>
        [exec] (Rox) {sudo /usr/bin/rox} <>' >> /root/.fluxbox/statistics && /usr/bin/rox} <>
        [exec] (Gimp) {/usr/bin/gimp} </usr/share/pixmaps/gimp.xpm>
        [exec] (Midori) {midori} <>
        [exec] (Iceweasel) {iceweasel} </usr/share/pixmaps/iceweasel.xpm>
        [exec] (Gparted) {sudo /usr/sbin/gparted} <>
        [exec] (Links 2) {/usr/bin/links2 -g /usr/share/doc/grml-docs/startpage.html} </usr/share/pixmaps/links2.xpm>
        [exec] (Scrot 05)  {scrot -cd 5} <>
    [end]
  [end]
[end]

heres fluxbox-menu
oh, its actually too big
LOL

heres hag-mount-menu

Code:

[begin]
  [submenu] (Devices)
    [submenu] (/dev/fd0)
      [exec] (Mount) {mount /dev/fd0 2>/tmp/mounterror || hag-error-notify -f /tmp/mounterror && rm -f /tmp/mounterror} <>
      [exec] (Unmount) {umount /dev/fd0 2>/tmp/mounterror || hag-error-notify -f /tmp/mounterror && rm -f /tmp/mounterror} <>
    [end]
    [submenu] (/dev/external)
      [exec] (Mount) {mount /dev/external 2>/tmp/mounterror || hag-error-notify -f /tmp/mounterror && rm -f /tmp/mounterror} <>
      [exec] (Unmount) {umount /dev/external 2>/tmp/mounterror || hag-error-notify -f /tmp/mounterror && rm -f /tmp/mounterror} <>
    [end]
    [submenu] (/dev/external1)
      [exec] (Mount) {mount /dev/external1 2>/tmp/mounterror || hag-error-notify -f /tmp/mounterror && rm -f /tmp/mounterror} <>
      [exec] (Unmount) {umount /dev/external1 2>/tmp/mounterror || hag-error-notify -f /tmp/mounterror && rm -f /tmp/mounterror} <>
    [end]
    [submenu] (/dev/cdrom)
      [exec] (Mount) {mount /dev/cdrom 2>/tmp/mounterror || hag-error-notify -f /tmp/mounterror && rm -f /tmp/mounterror} <>
      [exec] (Unmount) {umount /dev/cdrom 2>/tmp/mounterror || hag-error-notify -f /tmp/mounterror && rm -f /tmp/mounterror} <>
    [end]
    [submenu] (/dev/dvd)
      [exec] (Mount) {mount /dev/dvd 2>/tmp/mounterror || hag-error-notify -f /tmp/mounterror && rm -f /tmp/mounterror} <>
      [exec] (Unmount) {umount /dev/dvd 2>/tmp/mounterror || hag-error-notify -f /tmp/mounterror && rm -f /tmp/mounterror} <>
    [end]
    [submenu] (/dev/sda1)
      [exec] (Mount) {mount /dev/sda1 2>/tmp/mounterror || hag-error-notify -f /tmp/mounterror && rm -f /tmp/mounterror} <>
      [exec] (Unmount) {umount /dev/sda1 2>/tmp/mounterror || hag-error-notify -f /tmp/mounterror && rm -f /tmp/mounterror} <>
    [end]
    [submenu] (/dev/sda3)
      [exec] (Mount) {mount /dev/sda3 2>/tmp/mounterror || hag-error-notify -f /tmp/mounterror && rm -f /tmp/mounterror} <>
      [exec] (Unmount) {umount /dev/sda3 2>/tmp/mounterror || hag-error-notify -f /tmp/mounterror && rm -f /tmp/mounterror} <>
    [end]
    [submenu] (/dev/sda4)
      [exec] (Mount) {mount /dev/sda4 2>/tmp/mounterror || hag-error-notify -f /tmp/mounterror && rm -f /tmp/mounterror} <>
      [exec] (Unmount) {umount /dev/sda4 2>/tmp/mounterror || hag-error-notify -f /tmp/mounterror && rm -f /tmp/mounterror} <>
    [end]
    [submenu] (/dev/sda6)
      [exec] (Mount) {mount /dev/sda6 2>/tmp/mounterror || hag-error-notify -f /tmp/mounterror && rm -f /tmp/mounterror} <>
      [exec] (Unmount) {umount /dev/sda6 2>/tmp/mounterror || hag-error-notify -f /tmp/mounterror && rm -f /tmp/mounterror} <>
    [end]
    [submenu] (/dev/sda7)
      [exec] (Mount) {mount /dev/sda7 2>/tmp/mounterror || hag-error-notify -f /tmp/mounterror && rm -f /tmp/mounterror} <>
      [exec] (Unmount) {umount /dev/sda7 2>/tmp/mounterror || hag-error-notify -f /tmp/mounterror && rm -f /tmp/mounterror} <>
    [end]
    [submenu] (/dev/sda8)
      [exec] (Mount) {mount /dev/sda8 2>/tmp/mounterror || hag-error-notify -f /tmp/mounterror && rm -f /tmp/mounterror} <>
      [exec] (Unmount) {umount /dev/sda8 2>/tmp/mounterror || hag-error-notify -f /tmp/mounterror && rm -f /tmp/mounterror} <>
    [end]
    [submenu] (/dev/cdrom1)
      [exec] (Mount) {mount /dev/cdrom1 2>/tmp/mounterror || hag-error-notify -f /tmp/mounterror && rm -f /tmp/mounterror} <>
      [exec] (Unmount) {umount /dev/cdrom1 2>/tmp/mounterror || hag-error-notify -f /tmp/mounterror && rm -f /tmp/mounterror} <>
    [end]
    [submenu] (/dev/dvd1)
      [exec] (Mount) {mount /dev/dvd1 2>/tmp/mounterror || hag-error-notify -f /tmp/mounterror && rm -f /tmp/mounterror} <>
      [exec] (Unmount) {umount /dev/dvd1 2>/tmp/mounterror || hag-error-notify -f /tmp/mounterror && rm -f /tmp/mounterror} <>
    [end]
  [end]
[end]

it re-invents itself from whatever itas running from

heres hag-xrandr-menu

Code:

[begin]
  [submenu] (Set resolution)
    [exec] (1024x768) {xrandr -s 1024x768  2>/tmp/xrandrerror || hag-error-notify -f /tmp/xrandrerror && rm -f /tmp/xrandrerror && fbsetbg -l} <>
    [exec] (928x696) {xrandr -s 928x696  2>/tmp/xrandrerror || hag-error-notify -f /tmp/xrandrerror && rm -f /tmp/xrandrerror && fbsetbg -l} <>
    [exec] (896x672) {xrandr -s 896x672  2>/tmp/xrandrerror || hag-error-notify -f /tmp/xrandrerror && rm -f /tmp/xrandrerror && fbsetbg -l} <>
    [exec] (840x525) {xrandr -s 840x525  2>/tmp/xrandrerror || hag-error-notify -f /tmp/xrandrerror && rm -f /tmp/xrandrerror && fbsetbg -l} <>
    [exec] (800x600) {xrandr -s 800x600  2>/tmp/xrandrerror || hag-error-notify -f /tmp/xrandrerror && rm -f /tmp/xrandrerror && fbsetbg -l} <>
    [exec] (720x450) {xrandr -s 720x450  2>/tmp/xrandrerror || hag-error-notify -f /tmp/xrandrerror && rm -f /tmp/xrandrerror && fbsetbg -l} <>
    [exec] (700x525) {xrandr -s 700x525  2>/tmp/xrandrerror || hag-error-notify -f /tmp/xrandrerror && rm -f /tmp/xrandrerror && fbsetbg -l} <>
    [exec] (680x384) {xrandr -s 680x384  2>/tmp/xrandrerror || hag-error-notify -f /tmp/xrandrerror && rm -f /tmp/xrandrerror && fbsetbg -l} <>
    [exec] (640x512) {xrandr -s 640x512  2>/tmp/xrandrerror || hag-error-notify -f /tmp/xrandrerror && rm -f /tmp/xrandrerror && fbsetbg -l} <>
    [exec] (640x480) {xrandr -s 640x480  2>/tmp/xrandrerror || hag-error-notify -f /tmp/xrandrerror && rm -f /tmp/xrandrerror && fbsetbg -l} <>
    [exec] (576x432) {xrandr -s 576x432  2>/tmp/xrandrerror || hag-error-notify -f /tmp/xrandrerror && rm -f /tmp/xrandrerror && fbsetbg -l} <>
    [exec] (512x384) {xrandr -s 512x384  2>/tmp/xrandrerror || hag-error-notify -f /tmp/xrandrerror && rm -f /tmp/xrandrerror && fbsetbg -l} <>
    [exec] (400x300) {xrandr -s 400x300  2>/tmp/xrandrerror || hag-error-notify -f /tmp/xrandrerror && rm -f /tmp/xrandrerror && fbsetbg -l} <>
    [exec] (320x240) {xrandr -s 320x240  2>/tmp/xrandrerror || hag-error-notify -f /tmp/xrandrerror && rm -f /tmp/xrandrerror && fbsetbg -l} <>
  [end]
[end]

heres the exit menu

Code:

[begin]
    [reconfig] (Reconfigure)
    [restart] (Restart)
    [exec] (Exit) {hag-exit-fluxbox} <>
[end]

it all works off scripts and stuff, symlinks
heres the end results

http://multidistro.com/canabix/canaflux1.png

http://multidistro.com/canabix/apps.png

http://multidistro.com/canabix/root.png

http://multidistro.com/canabix/devices.png

I should ahve it ready for download maybe tomorrow