Re: problem updating menus in fluxbox
On Mon, May 23, 2005 at 04:51:44PM -0400, mike@ejecta.net wrote:
> On Monday 23 May 2005 09:49, Ric Otte wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I noticed that fluxbox (.9.12-1) doesn't seem to update its menus (or
> > I am doing something wrong). I have added some menus to /etc/menu and
> > ran update-menus. The new menus show up on other windowmanagers, but
> > don't under fluxbox.
> >
> > They don't seem to be listed properly in either
> > /etc/X11/fluxbox/fluxbox-menu or in my .fluxbox/menu file. I tried
> > running update-menus while not running fluxbox, but that didn't make
> > any difference.
> >
> > Any suggestions? Thanks,
> > Ric
>
> Ric..
> Please man fluxbox because it gives you TONS of good documentation on fluxbox
> init file, menu file, apps file and style files..
>
> This File: -> $HOME/.fluxbox/init <- has all your flux settings for your
> menu, style, groups, etc.. etc...
>
> this session.styleFile: ~/.fluxbox/styles/Ant-Crazylikeafox
> session.groupFile: ~/.fluxbox/MYfbgroups
> session.slitlistFile: ~/.fluxbox/MYSlitList
> session.keyFile: ~/.fluxbox/MYkeys
> session.menuFile: ~/.fluxbox/MYmenufile
>
> The menu pointed to by YOUR init should be the one you edit.
>
> cheers..
> mike..
Mike,
I did read the man page, but it doesn't seem to address my problem.
I've tried having my init file set $HOME/.fluxbox/menu and
/etc/fluxbox/fluxbox-menu as the default, but I've discovered that
these files are not updated by running update-menus. So my files in
/etc/menu are simply ignored, although they are seen by other window
managers. Of course, I could simply edit the .fluxbox/menu file by
hand each time I add something to /etc/menu or when I install a
program using apt-get, but that eliminates one of the nice features of
Debian. But perhaps fluxbox doesn't look at /etc/menu for its basic
menu; if so, please let me know. I may have been expecting it to do
something it doesn't claim to do (I couldn't find anything in the man
page that settled this).
Thanks,
Ric
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