mukstart - start menu like Cinnamon

[recobayu]

On puppy tarh 6.0.5

mukstart version 4.3.2.2

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 mukstart
rm: cannot remove ‘/usr/local/mukstart/pixmaps/*’: No such file or directory

** (gtkdialog:11320): ERROR **: gtkdialog: Error in line 1126, near token '</input>': syntax error

/usr/bin/mukstart: line 286: 11320 Trace/breakpoint trap   gtkdialog -f /usr/local/mukstart/gui --geometry +"0"+"0"

Thank you tenochslb.
Mukstart should be run in tahr 6.0.5. Please remove file /usr/local/mukstart/gui and then run mukstart again. I hope that works.

[recobayu]

Hi a couple of questions
What requirements need this software?
It works with lxpanel and openbox?
the terminal shows me this error with version 4.3.1

** (gtkdialog:24169): ERROR **: gtkdialog: Error in line 265, near token '</vbox>': syntax error

./mukstart: línea 180: 24169 Trace/breakpoint trap gtkdialog -p guimuks --geometry +"0"+"0"

btw. im using retro precise+openbox+lxpanel
gtkdialog --version
gtkdialog version 0.8.4 r514M (C) 2003-2007 Laszlo Pere, 2011-2012 Thunor
Built with support for: GTK+ 2, Glade

I am sorry nilson, I also have the same problem on lupu. I don't know why it happen. But mukstart run in tahrpup and xenialpup.

Maybe mukstart version 4.2 can run in every puppy. Because the newest version is grep from /root/.jwmrc, and the older version search directly from /usr/share/applications

[shadow of viper`]

On puppy tarh 6.0.5

mukstart version 4.3.2.2

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 mukstart 
rm: cannot remove ‘/usr/local/mukstart/pixmaps/*’: No such file or directory 

** (gtkdialog:11320): ERROR **: gtkdialog: Error in line 1126, near token '</input>': syntax error 

/usr/bin/mukstart: line 286: 11320 Trace/breakpoint trap   gtkdialog -f /usr/local/mukstart/gui --geometry +"0"+"0"

From my limited testing earlier, i noticed that the errors are because of missing icon files in the <input> tags for certain applications

I manually edited the /usr/local/mukstart/gui file and copied the path to a generic icon (gexec to be precise)

mukstart opened normally after that

I did not get a chance to test this more thoroughly

[shadow of viper`]

Hi a couple of questions
What requirements need this software?
It works with lxpanel and openbox?
the terminal shows me this error with version 4.3.1

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** (gtkdialog:24169): ERROR **: gtkdialog: Error in line 265, near token '</vbox>': syntax error 

./mukstart: línea 180: 24169 Trace/breakpoint trap gtkdialog -p guimuks --geometry +"0"+"0"

btw. im using retro precise+openbox+lxpanel
gtkdialog --version
gtkdialog version 0.8.4 r514M (C) 2003-2007 Laszlo Pere, 2011-2012 Thunor
Built with support for: GTK+ 2, Glade

I have tested this on lxpup which uses lxpanel+openbox and on compizpup which uses lxpanel+compiz

worked for me although with errors due to missing icon files (see previous posts)

can you confirm what shell you are using?

i suppose

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ls -l /bin/sh

would tell you

I remember having seen a post from learnhow2code where he indicated a similar error with non-bash shell and gtkdialog combination

Not really sure if your scenario is the same as his

Appreciate your help here

[recobayu]

Thank you Shadow..

[nilsonmorales]

thanks Shadow+recobayu
mukstart 4.3.2.2

** (gtkdialog:26387): ERROR **: gtkdialog: Error in line 384, near token '</vbox>': syntax error

/usr/bin/mukstart: línea 286: 26387 Trace/breakpoint trap gtkdialog -f /usr/local/mukstart/gui --geometry +"0"+"0"

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ls -l /bin/sh
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 mar 28  2014 /bin/sh -> bash

mukstart 4.2
run without icons

mukstart
widget_tree_input_by_command(): Couldn't open '/tmp/mukstart/sublistApps' for reading.
widget_tree_input_by_command(): Couldn't open '/tmp/mukstart/ketemu' for reading.
widget_notebook_input_by_file(): Couldn't open '/tmp/mukstart/inputfile' for reading.

[recobayu]

I plan to continue using tree on mukstart. And also add icon on that. XDG_DATA_DIRS. InsyaAllah on the next release. So hopely it runs in any puppy.[/i]

[tenochslb]

On puppy tarh 6.0.5

mukstart version 4.3.2.2

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 mukstart
rm: cannot remove ‘/usr/local/mukstart/pixmaps/*’: No such file or directory

** (gtkdialog:11320): ERROR **: gtkdialog: Error in line 1126, near token '</input>': syntax error

/usr/bin/mukstart: line 286: 11320 Trace/breakpoint trap   gtkdialog -f /usr/local/mukstart/gui --geometry +"0"+"0"

Thank you tenochslb.
Mukstart should be run in tahr 6.0.5. Please remove file /usr/local/mukstart/gui and then run mukstart again. I hope that works.

This did not work

Thanks @shadow of viper for the icons hack

[recobayu]

I make mukstart using tree now. I tested it on lupu and xenial. It should be can run on any puppies.
Because the code is too wide, i attach it. But remove fake .gz first.
Please comment and suggestion for better mukstart. Here is the screenshoot

[peebee]

I make mukstart using tree now. I tested it on lupu and xenial. It should be can run on any puppies.

Excellent - looking really promising - runs fine on LxPupSc

A few comments:
- config files should go into /root/.config/mukstart
- while resizing the window resizes the work area horizontally, the work area does not resize vertically
- a few application icons are not picked up or are wrong size

see screenie attached...
Thanks
peebee

[recobayu]

Thank You Peebee,
How to fill vertically in gtkdialog? anyone know?

a few application icons are not picked up or are wrong size

Yes, I also got the same, it is no picked up

[MochiMoppel]

How to fill vertically in gtkdialog? anyone know?

What do you mean by "fill vertically"?

[peebee]

How to fill vertically in gtkdialog? anyone know?

What do you mean by "fill vertically"?

It means that the space occupied by the 2 trees expands horizontally if the window is resized but does not expand vertically - it is fixed at the height of the left hand tree.

To see - open mukstart and then resize the window by dragging on the corner....

[MochiMoppel]

It means that the space occupied by the 2 trees expands horizontally if the window is resized but does not expand vertically - it is fixed at the height of the left hand tree.

To see - open mukstart and then resize the window by dragging on the corner....

I thought it was about adjusting window height to the tree height at startup (very tricky), not manual resizing. I can't see anything because I never was able to run mukstart. I now made my 3rd attempt with the newest version and I get this:

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** (gtkdialog:30092): ERROR **: gtkdialog: Error in line 325, near token '</vbox>': syntax error

./mukstart: line 286: 30092 Trace/breakpoint trap   gtkdialog -f /usr/local/mukstart/gui --geometry +"0"+"0"

BTW: The </vbox> error is cause by an empty vbox in /usr/local/mukstart/gui. Gtkdialog doesn't like that:

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			</button>
</vbox>
<vbox scrollable="true" width="300">
</vbox>
<vbox scrollable="true" width="300">
<button xalign="0">

[peebee]

It means that the space occupied by the 2 trees expands horizontally if the window is resized but does not expand vertically - it is fixed at the height of the left hand tree.

To see - open mukstart and then resize the window by dragging on the corner....

I thought it was about adjusting window height to the tree height at startup (very tricky), not manual resizing. I can't see anything because I never was able to run mukstart. I now made my 3rd attempt with the newest version and I get this:

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** (gtkdialog:30092): ERROR **: gtkdialog: Error in line 325, near token '</vbox>': syntax error

./mukstart: line 286: 30092 Trace/breakpoint trap   gtkdialog -f /usr/local/mukstart/gui --geometry +"0"+"0"

BTW: The </vbox> error is cause by an empty vbox in /usr/local/mukstart/gui. Gtkdialog doesn't like that:

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			</button>
</vbox>
<vbox scrollable="true" width="300">
</vbox>
<vbox scrollable="true" width="300">
<button xalign="0">

Latest version (not a .pet - just a shellscript) is at:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 953#921953

Works OK for me.....

[MochiMoppel]

The script works better.

To expand the tree vertically add:
Line 167: <notebook show-tabs="false" show-border="false" space-expand="true" space-fill="true">
Line 206:<text xalign="1" space-expand="false">

[peebee]

The script works better.

To expand the tree vertically add:
Line 167: <notebook show-tabs="false" show-border="false" space-expand="true" space-fill="true">
Line 206:<text xalign="1" space-expand="false">

Thank you @MochiMoppel - that does the trick - but also changing line 169 to:

<tree rules-hint="false" headers-visible="false" hover-selection="true" space-expand="false" space-fill="false">

makes it even better....

[recobayu]

Another exploration.

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#!/bin/sh
Pil='Accessibility|Desktop|Screensaver'
grep -El "^Categories=.*($Pil)" /usr/share/applications/*>lok
grep "^Name=" `cat lok`|cut -d\= -f2>nama
grep "^Icon=" `cat lok`|cut -d\= -f2>ikon
grep "^Exec=" `cat lok`|cut -d\= -f2>exe

buatbutton(){
	howmuchline=$(wc -l lok|cut -d" " -f1)
	for i in $(seq 1 $howmuchline);do
		ikonku=$(sed -n $i\p ikon)
		namaku=$(sed -n $i\p nama)
		exeku=$(sed -n $i\p exe)
		if [[ $ikonku != *\/* ]];then
			for i in mini-icons pixmaps;do
				if [ -f /root/puppy-reference/$i/$ikonku ];then 
					ikonku=/root/puppy-reference/$i/$ikonku
				fi
			done
		fi
		echo '
		<hbox space-fill="true" space-expand="true">
		<button space-fill="false" space-expand="false" relief="2">
			<input file>'$ikonku'</input>
			<label> '$namaku'</label>
			<action>'$exeku'&</action>
			<action>EXIT:exit</action>
			<width>24</width>
		</button>
		<text><label>""</label></text>
		</hbox>'
	done
		
}

export -f buatbutton

export gui='
<window>
	<vbox scrollable="true" width="300" height="500">
		'"`buatbutton`"'
	</vbox>
</window>'
gtkdialog -p gui

This code gave me a clue.. maybe using button is better

[peebee]

Here is my take on a menu app - heavily based on the excellent work by recobayu but with quite a lot of changes....mainly aimed at LxPup but also works on jwm based pups....

When I have time I'll probably add "Favourites" and "Recently Used" facilities....

Cheers
peebee

p.s. also works on xslacko (but is very similar to the XFCE menu)

[recobayu]

That is great, Peebee..
Thank you very much.