Debian Menu System, localized entries and with sidebars!

[Michelle Konzack <linux4michelle@freenet.de>]

Attention:  Original Message to <fvwm@fvwm.org> and crossposted to
            <debian-user>, <debian-user-german> and <debian-user-french>

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Hello Fvwm-Debian users,

I have created a menu-method for FVWM which support localized
menuentries (whitout being kicked of by Hotkeys) and support
for sidebars.

If someone is interested?

For the sidebar there are two versions.

1)  The first one use a naming scheme

      20x200.debmenu.$[CC].$[_the_localized_menu_name].xpm

    which looks something like

      20x200.debmenu.en._debian_apps_net.xpm
    or
      20x200.debmenu.de._debian_anwendungen_netzwerk.xpm

    The default Debian sidebars are mostly complete en english (I must
    check ist with the lates CC.po files from Unstable) and now I am
    working on the german version following with french.

2)  The second one can be full customized because it use four variables

      $[SIDEBAR_BG]    = Background (e.g. 0...8, where 8 = transp.)
      $[SIDEBAR_FG]    = Foreground (e.g. 0...7)
      $[SIDEBAR_CC]    = two letter ISO CountryCode (e.g. de)
      $[SIDEBAR_COLOR] = a color like "^blue^" or "^#FF00FF^"
                         where the surounding "^" are obligatoire since
			 it is only used, if the menu is NOT transparent

   and use the naming scheme

      20x200.debmenu.$[SIDEBAR_BG].$[SIDEBAR_FG].$[SIDEBAR_CC].$[_the_localized_menu_name].xpm$[SIDEBAR_COLOR].

    which looks something like

      20x200.debmenu.4.5.en._debian_apps_net.xpm

I will upload the source soon to <http://mentors.debian.net/> and the
Debian Source Package name is "tdmenu-fvwm".  The produced binaries
are "tdmenu-common" and then "tdmenu-${CC}" where ${CC} is a two letter
ISO country code (I do not think, peoples want to install ALL languages
since each language requires arround 1 MByte of diskspace)

If you have any suggestions, or questions, please feel free to respond
to this E-Mail.

Greetings
    Michelle Konzack
    Systemadministrator
    Tamay Dogan Network
    Debian GNU/Linux Consultant


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