Creating custom GNOME menus with scripts

[Ignoramus1711]

Here's what I would like to do:

Write a script that adds (only if it does not exist) a custom GNOME
menu "My Custom Menu".

It would have the following structure:

My Custom Menu
Item 1
Sub-Item 1.1
Sub-Item 1.2
Item 2
Item 3

How can I populate menus using scripts? Is there something like
add-menu-to-gnome command, or some such. Thanks

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[noi ance]

On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:28:41 -0600, Ignoramus1711 typed this message:

> Here's what I would like to do:
>
> Write a script that adds (only if it does not exist) a custom GNOME menu
> "My Custom Menu".
>
> It would have the following structure:
>
> My Custom Menu
> Item 1
> Sub-Item 1.1
> Sub-Item 1.2
> Item 2
> Item 3
>
> How can I populate menus using scripts? Is there something like
> add-menu-to-gnome command, or some such. Thanks

That seems like a opportunity to learn the case statement
$ man bash

If you're using a desktop, you could use one of the menu editors, add a
custom menu or add a drawer to your panel, all containing your sub-items.

[Florian Diesch]

Ignoramus1711 <ignora...@NOSPAM.1711.invalid> wrote:

> Here's what I would like to do:
>
> Write a script that adds (only if it does not exist) a custom GNOME
> menu "My Custom Menu".
>
> It would have the following structure:
>
> My Custom Menu
> Item 1
> Sub-Item 1.1
> Sub-Item 1.2
> Item 2
> Item 3
>
> How can I populate menus using scripts? Is there something like
> add-menu-to-gnome command, or some such. Thanks

See <http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/> for how menus
are defined.

Florian
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[Ignoramus1711]

I want to write a bash script to set up a GNOME menu. I do not want to
do it via GUI such as a menu editor. The reason is that the same menu
will be used by many people on many desktops, and it is dynamic by its
nature (the example I provided was a simplification).

[Rob S]

Ignoramus1711 wrote:
> On 2009-01-23, noi ance <n...@siam.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:28:41 -0600, Ignoramus1711 typed this message:
>>
>>> Here's what I would like to do:
>>>
>>> Write a script that adds (only if it does not exist) a custom GNOME menu
>>> "My Custom Menu".
>>>
>>> It would have the following structure:
>>>
>>> My Custom Menu
>>> Item 1
>>> Sub-Item 1.1
>>> Sub-Item 1.2
>>> Item 2
>>> Item 3
>>>
>>> How can I populate menus using scripts? Is there something like
>>> add-menu-to-gnome command, or some such. Thanks
>> That seems like a opportunity to learn the case statement
>> $ man bash
>>
>> If you're using a desktop, you could use one of the menu editors, add a
>> custom menu or add a drawer to your panel, all containing your sub-items.
>
> I want to write a bash script to set up a GNOME menu. I do not want to
> do it via GUI such as a menu editor. The reason is that the same menu
> will be used by many people on many desktops, and it is dynamic by its
> nature (the example I provided was a simplification).
>

Have a gander at Zenity http://live.gnome.org/Zenity

You can write little guis that are called when certain parameters are
met in a script. I've only just started working with it and so far I'm
finding it quite useful.

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