It was so obvious... :-) ...yet nobody saw it!

[musher0]

Hi musher0,

It would take you only seconds to try it and see how and if it works for
you by displaying a single list of apps ending with the "chooser".

I'm happy and pleased.

My regards and thanks

Hi, jasper.

Yeah, it's ok, but it's still a syntax error to have the beginning menu
command and not the end command. Error notices may pile up in the
/tmp/xerrs.log error log.

You may also want to try this, which provides a straight 1-column list
with no header.

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#!/bin/sh 
# /usr/local/bin/progs-default.sh 
# But : créer un aemenu des logiciels par défaut 
# dans PuppyLinux pour le gest. de fen. aewm, echinus ou autre. 
# Dépendance : aemenu 
# (c) musher0, 30 mai 2015.(English only version with small changes for Jasper) 
#### 
cd /usr/local/bin/ 
ls -Algoh --file-type defau* | awk '$1 !~ /lrw/ && $7 !~ /.cdr/ && $7 !~ /.bak/ && $7 !~ /han/ { print $7 }' > liste-progs 
# echo "menu "Default apps"" 
> progs-default 
for i in `cat liste-progs`;do 
	echo "cmd ${i#*t} $i" >> progs-default 
done 
echo "cmd ">        chooser" /usr/bin/defaults-chooser" >> progs-default 
aemenu -rc /usr/local/bin/progs-default 
rm -f liste-progs

Please note that I remarked the "menu" line.

BFN.

musher0

[Jasper]

Hi musher0,

Thank you for taking the time and trouble to not only correct my code, but to also improve it.

My regards

PS My changing the title to "Default apps" may seem petty - so I'm sending you an explanatory PM.

[musher0]

Hi musher0,

Thank you for taking the time and trouble to not only correct my code, but to also improve it.

My regards

PS My changing the title to "Default apps" may seem petty - so I'm sending you an explanatory PM.

Hi, Jasper.

Glad to see that my little script is being used. That's why I write them!
About the change in title : don't worry about it!

BFN.

musher0

[Puppus Dogfellow]

Hi, Puppus.

Sorry for the late reply. I was really tired yesterday.

About your implementation of an aemenu two posts up: yep, you got it!
Works well. Now you know everything there is to knoiw about aemenu!

BFN.

musher0

well, if there's a way to change the font size to override the rox or gtk settings it's using, it's not readily apparent, so, not quite. also not so sure what to make of the results of my help query:

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sh-4.3# aemenu -h
usage: aemenu [--switch|-s] [--config|-rc <file>]

that aside, it's a fun and cool/nice and easy syntax--i've been using it to automate menu making, or, i've been playing around to see if it's possible and it appears it is.

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 menu "jwm menu maker" # beginning of menu
cmd "jwmxx-leafpad-grab executables" "cd  /usr/share/applications; grep Exec= *.desktop | grep -o 'Exec=.*' | cut -f2- -d'=' > /root/my-documents/Text/jwmxx; leafpad /root/my-documents/Text/jwmxx
cmd "jwmxx-geany-grab executables" "cd  /usr/share/applications; grep Exec= *.desktop | grep -o 'Exec=.*' | cut -f2- -d'=' > /root/my-documents/Text/jwmxx; geany /root/my-documents/Text/jwmxx
 cmd "make a menu entry" "jwmkr"
cmd "add the menu template" "jwmenuplate"

 menu "ae menu maker"
cmd "ae menu item maker" "aeae"
cmd "ae menu slot maker" "aeaem"
end


end # end of menu 

i wasn't able to get the jwmkr, jwmenuplate, aeae, or aeaem scripts to work correctly from either a jwm menu or an ae menu as bare code, but they all work fine if you call them from /root/my-applications/bin by the titles the above ae menu uses.

aeae

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#! /bin/sh
# name aeae
# turn an executable into a menu item (aemenu) 

xclip -o | sed 's/^/cmd "title-here" "/' | sed 's/$/"/' | xclip -selection clipboard
xdotool type "`xclip -out -selection clipboard`"

aeaem

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#! /bin/sh
# name aeaem
# ae menu slot template


xdotool type 'menu "title" 
(your menu here)
end
' 

jwmkr

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#! /bin/sh
# name jwmkr
#  use on executables/ paths to executables
# adds jwm menu tags around a selection of text in any text editor
xclip -o | sed 's/^/<Program label="" icon="">/' | sed 's/$/<\/Program>/' | xclip -selection clipboard
xdotool type "`xclip -out -selection clipboard`"

jwmenuplate

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#! /bin/sh
 #name jwmenuplate 

xdotool type "<Menu label="pick a better title" icon="/path/to/img_wots_opt_icon.jpgpngsvg" height="16">


[delete this and place your entries here]

</Menu> 
"

the two jwmxx entries (jwmxx-leafpad/geany-grab executables) strip the executable commands from the .desktop files in usr/share/applications. to make an off PATH executable, program, or script into a menu item for either aemenu or jwm, highlight its full path and click the appropriate menu-item maker. works for individual commands/paths or batches, separated by line break or space doesn't seem to matter though i usually rely on the former and i'm relying on memory to attest the latter works. you can mix commands and paths--the script (based on miriam's ht-b) appears to be looking for breaks in the continuity of text...

and, as i said, appears to work.

[musher0]

Hi Puppus.

It's always great to see your work, but you lost me at jwmkr and sed.

(Is it an allergy? Do I have a couple of neurones missing? But I just can't
understand sed, sorry... )

TWYL.

musher0

[Puppus Dogfellow]

Hi Puppus.

It's always great to see your work, but you lost me at jwmkr and sed.

(Is it an allergy? Do I have a couple of neurones missing? But I just can't
understand sed, sorry... )

TWYL.

musher0

i don't understand/am first becoming familiar with sed awk or grep myself--i mostly just reuse bits and pieces of other people's code. the sed usage above (reused an embolden this text script by miriam) is just to help surround whatever has been highlighted (mouse click or cursor shift, doesn't matter how) with the rest of the code for a menu entry, jwm in one case and ae in the other. i couldn't get the xdotool "type this thing with line breaks" command to work correctly on the menus, so i made separate scripts for them and call those instead. those basically print out a sandwich--label your bread, pick your filling.

jwmkr--make a jwm menu item
aeae --same for ae wm
the two menu scripts are mostly just spitting out what i figured i may be too lazy to type/i may not remember with enough confidence to forgo the second guess and double check.

the only thing that's really a tremendous time saver (assuming you can't type jwm syntax like it's your name) are those little grep and cut deals that give you the executables and open a file for you to work in. despite the names, they're not really jwm specific--a run command's a run command.

[musher0]

@Jasper

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>simplest;for i in `ls -1 --file-type /usr/local/bin/default* | egrep -v '@|han|NON|non'`;do echo "cmd \"${i#*t}\" \"$i\"" >> simplest; done; aemenu -rc simplest

In regular script form it reads like this:

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#!/bin/ash
# $MBINS/simplest.sh
####
# As a one-liner:
# > simplest;for i in `ls -1 --file-type /usr/local/bin/default* | egrep -v '@|han|NON'`;do echo "cmd \"${i#*t}\" \"$i\"" >> simplest; done; aemenu -rc simplest;rm -f simplest

# In regular script form:
> simplest

for i in `ls -1 --file-type /usr/local/bin/default* | egrep -v '@|han|NON'`
	do 
		echo "cmd \"${i#*t}\" \"$i\"" >> simplest
	done

aemenu -rc simplest

rm -f simplest

# Note. The interesting thing about this little script is that you can call 
# it from any folder, use it, and it doesn't leave a trace in the folder.

With this script, you can launch the Puppy defaults menu in whichever
folder your console is in, and when finished, it erases the temporary
menu file.

It's not fancy, it just displays the apps alphabetically, but it does the job.
And it leaves your folder clean.

BFN.

musher0

[musher0]

Hello, people.

On the other hand, some may prefer a solution with sub-menus.
(Note: don't be fooled. The picture there is in French, but English is built-in.)

Enjoy!

musher0

[musher0]

@Puppus

> despite the names, they're not really jwm specific -- a run command's a run command.

Ah. I see. Thanks for pointing it out. BFN.

musher0

[musher0]

Hello,

Just a quick note to say that I've updated my 3rd post up with a true script
form and a zip file.

Best regards.

musher0

[Puppus Dogfellow]

musher, any chance you can get aemenu working in Quirky April 64 7.0.4.1 and/or verify it doesn't?

/thanks

[musher0]

musher, any chance you can get aemenu working in Quirky April 64 7.0.4.1 and/or verify it doesn't?

/thanks

Hello, Puppus.

I don't have a 64-bit machine to test it on. But it should work, shouldn't it?
It's written everywhere that you can run 32-bit apps on a 64-bit machine.

Also, as Shakespeare said, a menu by any other name is still a menu!

BFN.

musher0

[Puppus Dogfellow]

musher, any chance you can get aemenu working in Quirky April 64 7.0.4.1 and/or verify it doesn't?

/thanks

Hello, Puppus.

I don't have a 64-bit machine to test it on. But it should work, shouldn't it?
It's written everywhere that you can run 32-bit apps on a 64-bit machine.

Also, as Shakespeare said, a menu by any other name is still a menu!

BFN.

musher0

he also said shouda couda wouda--i get a "cannot execute binary" error message.

...not sure why it won't work and am beginning to get superstitious regarding the whole thing, almost considering redoing the installation and leaving out the bad luck steps or whatever i can construe as such...

[musher0]

Have you tried compiling aemenu under your 64-bit Puppy?

[Puppus Dogfellow]

Have you tried compiling aemenu under your 64-bit Puppy?

all i've been able to track down is that .bz that's just an already executable file. is there some sort of .gz or .src folder somewhere?

[musher0]

Hi, Puppus.

The source code is here, but you'll need the "hg" utility to access the
Mercurial depot system at -- https://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki -- in
order to download it.

Here's a 64-bit package for the entire aewm window manager.

I've extracted the aemenu executable from the latter and attached it
below. Let me know if it works? * Thanks.

musher0

~~~~~~~~~
* If it doesn't, there are similar ones at http://pkgs.org/search/aewm for
various versions of Debian and Ubuntu.

[Puppus Dogfellow]

Hi, Puppus.

The source code is here, but you'll need the "hg" utility to access the
Mercurial depot system at -- https://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki -- in
order to download it.

Here's a 64-bit package for the entire aewm window manager.

I've extracted the aemenu executable from the latter and attached it
below. Let me know if it works? * Thanks.

musher0

~~~~~~~~~
* If it doesn't, there are similar ones at http://pkgs.org/search/aewm for
various versions of Debian and Ubuntu.

works, musher (checked the park for the chess sets, but the royalty was all tied up. long story short, i didn't need tables-- periodic tables nor any other--cos one of mike tyson's (maybe bert's--can't tell the sets apart) pigeons (a little birdy, as they say) told me how and where to get it.

thanks again, musher0!

[musher0]

Haha, aemenu works on 64-bits too! I knew it, I knew it!

[Pelo]

AEmenu 64 installed in the french Puppy ASRIedu310, only within one pupsave, due to security rules at home. Nothing explode.
on test bench... prudence !

[musher0]

Hi, pelo.

Nothing exploded, eh? Shucks.

BFN.

musher0