Thomas Adam <tho...@fvwm.org> writes: > On 16 July 2012 15:37, Thomas Funk <t.funk...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> 2012/7/16 Dan Espen <des...@verizon.net> wrote: >>> The code to generate all menus looks like it needs work. >>> I find the same menus repeated in multiple places. >> Yes I saw that but the multiple appearances are a result of the xml menus by >> themselve. Depending whether they are used for, the menus are generated as >> the sources were. > > Isn't this in the XDG spec as to which menus appear where, in > categories? I'm sure it is. > >> One possibility could be to create the menus and then search for double >> entries, eliminate them and if a menu is empty delete it. But the actual > > No. That's just admitting to not wanting to fix the problem. :) ? >> In the next days I will present a fvwm-menu-desktop config tool based on >> FvwmPerl which shows all founded menus on the system and let the user >> decide which menu/menus she/he wants to create and how. > > That might be useful longer-term, but I think I'd rather see the > basics of this menu generation working first of all.
The basics work pretty well. I really think the XDG folks have paid little attention to the concept of a main menu or any organization at that level. On my Fedora system I have Preferences as a top level menu now. I also have Settings at the same level. Inside Settings are Preferences and Administration. Which Preferences should be removed? Despite the duplication, the current default of generating everything at least gets me at all the menus the other desktops support. I hate hunting for the right GUI configuration tool when I can't figure out the right command line tool. -- Dan Espen
