1 be5b89f6 2018-05-18 omar.polo # MyMenu
3 eccc9e7a 2018-05-20 omar.polo > A replacement for dmenu, 'cause I was bored
5 be5b89f6 2018-05-18 omar.polo 
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11 be5b89f6 2018-05-18 omar.polo ## What?
13 eccc9e7a 2018-05-20 omar.polo This is a replacement for `dmenu(1)`.
15 be5b89f6 2018-05-18 omar.polo ## Why?
17 c1be85dd 2018-06-14 omar.polo This was the perfect excuse to learn how to use Xlib.
19 be5b89f6 2018-05-18 omar.polo ## How?
21 c1be85dd 2018-06-14 omar.polo Check out the [manpage](mymenu.1.md) for further documentation. Check
22 c1be85dd 2018-06-14 omar.polo out also the [template](Xexample) for the resources.
26 be5b89f6 2018-05-18 omar.polo ## Dependencies
29 c1be85dd 2018-06-14 omar.polo - Xinerama (optional) for multi-monitor support
30 c1be85dd 2018-06-14 omar.polo - Xft (optional) for TrueType font support
31 c1be85dd 2018-06-14 omar.polo - pkg-config (optional) used in the makefile to generate `LIBS` and
32 c1be85dd 2018-06-14 omar.polo `CFLAGS` correctly
34 be5b89f6 2018-05-18 omar.polo ## Build
36 75faf30e 2018-05-22 omar.polo As simple as `make` (or `make gnu` if you're using GNU libc). Keep in
37 75faf30e 2018-05-22 omar.polo mind that, by default, both Xft and Xinerama are enabled. So, you may
38 75faf30e 2018-05-22 omar.polo want to run:
40 75faf30e 2018-05-22 omar.polo - `make no_xft` to build without xft support;
41 75faf30e 2018-05-22 omar.polo - `make no_xinerama` to build without xinerama support;
42 75faf30e 2018-05-22 omar.polo - `make no_xft_xinerama` to build without xinerama *and* no xft support.
44 75faf30e 2018-05-22 omar.polo #### ignore case completion / don't have `strcasestr(3)`
46 75faf30e 2018-05-22 omar.polo If you want to build without the ignore case completion or on your
47 75faf30e 2018-05-22 omar.polo platform `strcasestr(3)` isn't available, you have to update the
48 75faf30e 2018-05-22 omar.polo `Makefile` and remove `-DUSE_STRCASESTR`. A simple
49 75faf30e 2018-05-22 omar.polo ``` shell
50 75faf30e 2018-05-22 omar.polo sed -i.orig 's/-DUSE_STRCASESTR//g' Makefile
52 75faf30e 2018-05-22 omar.polo should be enough.
57 9c241438 2018-05-20 omar.polo - Does not run / Hangs
59 9c241438 2018-05-20 omar.polo At the startup mymenu will read `stdin` for a list of item, only
60 9c241438 2018-05-20 omar.polo then it'll display a window. Are you sure that you're passing
61 9c241438 2018-05-20 omar.polo something on standard input?
63 9c241438 2018-05-20 omar.polo - Will feature $X be added?
65 c1be85dd 2018-06-14 omar.polo No. Or maybe yes. In fact, it depends. Open an issue and let's
66 9c241438 2018-05-20 omar.polo discuss. If it's something that's trivial to achieve in combo with
67 9c241438 2018-05-20 omar.polo other tool maybe is not the case to add it here.
69 9c241438 2018-05-20 omar.polo - Is feature $Y present? What $Z do? How to achieve $W?
71 c1be85dd 2018-06-14 omar.polo Everything is documented in the [man page](mymenu.1.md). To read
72 c1be85dd 2018-06-14 omar.polo it, simply execute `man -l mymenu.1` or `mandoc mymenu.1 | less`
73 c1be85dd 2018-06-14 omar.polo (depending on your system the `-l` option may not be present).
77 be5b89f6 2018-05-18 omar.polo ## TODO
79 75faf30e 2018-05-22 omar.polo - Improve UTF8 support
81 75faf30e 2018-05-22 omar.polo The whole UTF8 support is still kinda naïve and should definitely
82 75faf30e 2018-05-22 omar.polo be improved.
84 75faf30e 2018-05-22 omar.polo - Opacity support
86 be5b89f6 2018-05-18 omar.polo - Command line flags
88 be5b89f6 2018-05-18 omar.polo At the moment the X Resource Database is the only way to interact
89 be5b89f6 2018-05-18 omar.polo with the graphic appearance of MyMenu.
91 b836b1ec 2018-05-18 omar.polo ## Scripts
93 8880d5e3 2018-05-19 omar.polo I'm using this script to launch MyMenu with custom item
95 b836b1ec 2018-05-18 omar.polo ``` shell
96 b836b1ec 2018-05-18 omar.polo #!/bin/sh
98 b836b1ec 2018-05-18 omar.polo cat <<EOF | /bin/sh -c "$(mymenu "$@")"
99 b836b1ec 2018-05-18 omar.polo sct 4500
101 b836b1ec 2018-05-18 omar.polo connect ethernet
102 b836b1ec 2018-05-18 omar.polo connect home
103 b836b1ec 2018-05-18 omar.polo connect phone
110 8880d5e3 2018-05-19 omar.polo You can generate a menu from the `.desktop` file with something like
113 8880d5e3 2018-05-19 omar.polo ``` shell
114 8880d5e3 2018-05-19 omar.polo #!/bin/sh
116 8880d5e3 2018-05-19 omar.polo getname() {
117 8880d5e3 2018-05-19 omar.polo cat $1 | grep '^Name=' | sed 's/^.*=//'
120 8880d5e3 2018-05-19 omar.polo getexec() {
121 8880d5e3 2018-05-19 omar.polo cat $1 | grep '^Exec=' | sed 's/^.*=//'
124 8880d5e3 2018-05-19 omar.polo desktop_files=`ls /usr/local/share/applications/*.desktop`
127 8880d5e3 2018-05-19 omar.polo for i in $desktop_files; do
128 8880d5e3 2018-05-19 omar.polo getname $i
130 8880d5e3 2018-05-19 omar.polo } | mymenu "$@" | {
131 8880d5e3 2018-05-19 omar.polo read prgname
132 8880d5e3 2018-05-19 omar.polo for i in $desktop_files; do
133 8880d5e3 2018-05-19 omar.polo name=`getname $i`
134 8880d5e3 2018-05-19 omar.polo if [ "x$prgname" = "x$name" ]; then
135 8880d5e3 2018-05-19 omar.polo exec `getexec $i`
141 8880d5e3 2018-05-19 omar.polo or generate a list of executables from `$PATH` like this:
143 8880d5e3 2018-05-19 omar.polo ``` shell
144 8880d5e3 2018-05-19 omar.polo #!/bin/sh
146 8880d5e3 2018-05-19 omar.polo path=`echo $PATH | sed 's/:/ /g'`
149 8880d5e3 2018-05-19 omar.polo for i in $path; do
150 8880d5e3 2018-05-19 omar.polo ls -F $i | grep '.*\*$' | sed 's/\*//'
152 75faf30e 2018-05-22 omar.polo } | sort -f | /bin/sh -c "$(mymenu "$@")"
155 b836b1ec 2018-05-18 omar.polo Of course you can as well use the `dmenu_path` and `dmenu_run` scripts
156 b836b1ec 2018-05-18 omar.polo that (usually) comes with `dmenu`.
