adding items to desktop menu

Forum: X and Fluxbox
Topic: adding items to desktop menu
started by: Big_Pc_Man

Posted by Big_Pc_Man on Aug. 22 2007,02:52

I looked around on the forum and couldn't find an explanation of how to add items to the desktop menu. I would like to add start, stop and restart apache menu items.

Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on Aug. 22 2007,03:14

did you check ~/.fluxbox/menu ?

Posted by Big_Pc_Man on Aug. 22 2007,12:44

Thank you.
I didn't find fluxconf anywhere on the dsl image. Is there an equivalent program on the system for configuring fluxbox?

Posted by mikshaw on Aug. 22 2007,13:20

Not on the system. There might be something in myDSL, but I don't remember seeing it.

It's actually quite easy to configure most parts of Fluxbox in a text editor. With the menu, there is mainly just one formula to remember:
[exec] (label) {command}

Posted by gammelmarakuja on Aug. 22 2007,16:41

Jarp there is WhiteBox. And fluxbox is hidden so you have to use Ctrl+H in emelfm or in the Aterm: beaver /home/dsl/.fluxbox/menu
and beaver /home/dsl/.fluxbox/mydsl.menu

2 ways to chande it ;)

Posted by Big_Pc_Man on Aug. 23 2007,01:24

Thanks to all for the responses. Looks like there are three config programs around: whitebox, fluxconf, and fluxmenu. I'll play with whitebox and see how it works.

Posted by lucky13 on Aug. 23 2007,01:31

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Looks like there are three config programs around

Four -- like mikshaw suggested, any text editor. Why resort to another app if you only want to add three lines in your menu?

Posted by cflorea on Sep. 18 2007,00:32