Virtual Keyboard installed, how to put it in the menu?

[paschall67]

RE: Slacko Puppy 6.3.0

I installed xvkbd-3.7-i686_s630 via the Package Manager. How do I start the Virtual Keyboard? Xvkbd does not appear in the Utility or any other Menu. How do I get the Virtual Keyboard to show in the Menu?

Note: I can start the Virtual Keyboard from the Terminal by entering xvkbd so I know the package is installed and works.

Thanks

[bigpup]

If this was a Slacko Pet package, it should be making a menu entry.

First try this:

menu->Exit->Rebuild Menu

Did that help to make a menu entry, probably in Utility?

Also, look on the tray. Some of these pet packages for xvkbd put an icon on the tray. So, you click on that to run it.

[paschall67]

Entering "menu" in the terminal returns: bash: menu: command not found

From the start menu I do not see the options menu->Exit->Rebuild Menu

Can you elaborate?

Thanks

[bigpup]

You do not see this if you click on menu in the tray, Go down to Exit and click on that?

[paschall67]

My menu does not have the rebuild menu option.

[Pelo]

xvkbd 3.3 appears in herramientas with Shiba Inu.. try this version, perhaps it will go where it has to go..
Jump here for package, and explanations

[Médor]

My menu does not have the rebuild menu option.

So to rebuild menu from the Terminal try the command: fixmenus
Check if you realy have the x-keyboard.desktop file: ls -l /usr/share/applications/x-keyboard.*
To print the content: cat /usr/share/applications/x-keyboard.desktop

Slacko-6.9.6.4 now include xvkbd-3.7 on Menu » Utility » X Virtual Keyboard

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# cat /usr/share/applications/x-keyboard.desktop 
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=X Virtual Keyboard
Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/puppy/keyboard.svg
Comment=X Virtual Keyboard
Exec=x-keyboard
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Utility;
GenericName=X Virtual Keyboard
NoDisplay=false
# 

Cheers,
Médor.

[paschall67]

fixmenus command did not resolve the issue. Other commands yielded the following:

# ls -l /usr/share/applications/x-keyboard.*
ls: cannot access /usr/share/applications/x-keyboard.*: No such file or directory
# cat /usr/share/applications/x-keyboard.desktop
cat: /usr/share/applications/x-keyboard.desktop: No such file or directory
#

Thanks

[souleau]

I am running Precise Puppy myself, so I am not entirely sure that what I say applies to Slacko, but with me, the main executable of xvkbd can be located in the /usr/X11R7/bin/ folder.

The .jwmrc xml file which contains all menu entries has it listed under Utilities like this:

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<Program label="XVkbd virtual keyboard" icon="mini-keyboard.xpm">xvkbd</Program>

I know there's supposed to be a more elegant and proper manner to manage the menu, and so I will be corrected for saying this, but you could open the .jwmrc file in a text editor and add that line where you feel it should show up.

That should make it appear in your menu.

[theru]

It looks like you've installed xvkbd but not the wrapper script x-keyboard. Only x-keyboard comes with a desktop file.

However when I checked x-keyboard.desktop in a text editor I noticed that it contained the line NoDisplay=true which means it won't show up in the menu.

To get it to show in the menu you can try the following:

- Install x-keyboard and open /usr/share/applications/x-keyboard.desktop in a text editor.
- Comment out the line NoDisplay=true or change the value to false.
- Run fixmenus and restart the window manager

After this it should show up under Utility

[Mike Walsh]

Hi, paschall67.

You could always try my 're-packing' of muggins' 3.1:-

http://www.mediafire.com/file/nfa4evdit ... bd-3.1.pet

I got the idea for it when reading muggins' thread about it a few months back. The whole thing involved adding first one bit, then installing something else, etc... I just put all the steps, libs, etc, together into one package, together with a menu entry.

Not taking credit from muggins; I was just trying to make the whole thing a bit easier to use. Of course, you may not wish to use an older version...

The choice is yours.


Mike.

[Médor]

Well, there is no desktop file into the xvkbd-3.7-i686_s630.pet and no wrapper script...

So the /usr/share/applications/xvkbd.desktop should be:

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[Desktop Entry] 
Encoding=UTF-8 
Name=X Virtual Keyboard 
Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/puppy/keyboard.svg 
Comment=X Virtual Keyboard 
Exec=xvkbd 
Terminal=false 
Type=Application 
Categories=Utility; 
GenericName=X Virtual Keyboard 
NoDisplay=false 

Médor.

[paschall67]

Thank You theru, the problem is now corrected!!! Also, thanks to everyone else for their contribution.

[Pelo]

Try colors (or black & White) thanks to Argolance pets (successful Slacko 6.3.0) from french creators here
Hungarian and Polish added.

[Pelo]

Rather than utility, i prefer XVkbd in documents
in usr/share/applications just modify desktop (Utilitye replaced by TextEditor)