mxfb-2025 development ideas

[Melber]

@Melber migth be good to include in app-categories for the rofi thing as well.

Great minds...
Just checked editing a few desktop files and adding an MXFB-Tools category to mxfb-appfinder, seems to work

241029-appfinder-mxfbtools.png

[Jerry3904]

This is awesome, you guys!

[dolphin_oracle]

added not showing empty submenus in the all apps menu

[i_ri]

menu-generator, remove empty submenu version on demo

[i_ri]

Hello Jerry3904
mxfluxbox Settings Manager custom-toolbox on fluxbox rootmenu
add this to rootmenu

[submenu] (mxfbox of settings)
[include] (~/.fluxbox/submenus/mxfbox)
[end]

and run this command

grep -v [#=] /etc/custom-toolbox/mxfb-settings.list | sort | sed 's/.*/[exec] (&) {&}/g' > ~/.fluxbox/submenus/mxfbox

lxappearance, no appearance
is not installed.

[Jerry3904]

Thanks.

[i_ri]

Hello Jerry3904
With the window open to mx-tools 24.10.01
clicking on "Tour" mx-tour does not open;
giving this message.
"mx-tools
The Window Manager found being used is Fluxbox
Unable to parse command line: Cannot parse integer value “mx-tour” for --active-tab"
same for kde
"mx-tools
The Window Manager found being used is KWin
Unable to parse command line: Cannot parse integer value “mx-tour” for --active-tab"

[i_ri]

Hello
With the old version playing with special searchstring inserted into .desktop files to create a submenu item. After manual edit to get this, i do not see an easy way to automate this. manual method certainly high maintenance. After this bit of practice i go into the new version of menu-generate to play. Thanks dolphin_oracle.

[siamhie]

Hello Jerry3904
With the window open to mx-tools 24.10.01
clicking on "Tour" mx-tour does not open;
giving this message.
"mx-tools
The Window Manager found being used is Fluxbox
Unable to parse command line: Cannot parse integer value “mx-tour” for --active-tab"
same for kde
"mx-tools
The Window Manager found being used is KWin
Unable to parse command line: Cannot parse integer value “mx-tour” for --active-tab"

The issue has a temporary fix. viewtopic.php?p=796558#p796558

[i_ri]

Hello Jerry3904, hello dolphin_oracle, and everyone
mxfb-menu-generator

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# Loop through the array- the last number below has to match the number of entries on $array1. One too many is an ALL submenu. All is always nice. 
# ALL drains the file; When there is ALL, then there be not "Other." Other will be on All. 
for i in {1..16};

Change (was line 228) if [ -n $(grep Exec "$PREGLOBAL") ]
did not do the job on installed. Seemingly okay on live session;
Some mystery about the word live. Is live a reserved word?
Changed the "Other" submenu mechanism.

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# check if the file is not empty, create last submenu and populate it
if [ -s "$PREGLOBAL" ]
then
  echo "[submenu] ($(gettext "Other"))"  >> $FILE
  while read p; 	do
		echo $p >> $FILE
  done <"$PREGLOBAL" ;
echo '[end]' >> $FILE
fi

Of live. Introduced a test for live environment
will suppress mx-remaster and live-kernel-updater when not live.

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# test for live environment. remove remaster and live kernel update
[[ -d /live/linux ]] || sed -i '/{ mx-remastercc }/d' "$PREGLOBAL"
[[ -d /live/linux ]] || sed -i '/kernel-updater/d' "$PREGLOBAL"
# fix for repeated synaptic menu entry- first instance does not run, so, delete it:
sed -i '/{ synaptic }/d' "$PREGLOBAL"

Categories not used are not shown; Game is an example.
so menu-gen is running with all the "remove empty" wiped out , commented,
and works as expected (?)

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#modify menu to remove empty mx-tools entries
# sed -i '0,/\[submenu\] (MX-Live)/{//!b; :a; n; /\[end\]/d; ba;}' ~/.fluxbox/submenus/full_menu
# sed -i "/\[submenu\] (MX-Live)/d" ~/.fluxbox/submenus/full_menu
# sed -i '0,/\[submenu\] (MX-Maintenance)/{//!b; :a; n; /\[end\]/d; ba;}' ~/.fluxbox/submenus/full_menu
# sed -i "/\[submenu\] (MX-Maintenance)/d" ~/.fluxbox/submenus/full_menu
# sed -i '0,/\[submenu\] (MX-Setup)/{//!b; :a; n; /\[end\]/d; ba;}' ~/.fluxbox/submenus/full_menu
# sed -i "/\[submenu\] (MX-Setup)/d" ~/.fluxbox/submenus/full_menu
# sed -i '0,/\[submenu\] (MX-Software)/{//!b; :a; n; /\[end\]/d; ba;}' ~/.fluxbox/submenus/full_menu
# sed -i "/\[submenu\] (MX-Software)/d" ~/.fluxbox/submenus/full_menu
# sed -i '0,/\[submenu\] (MX-Utilities)/{//!b; :a; n; /\[end\]/d; ba;}' ~/.fluxbox/submenus/full_menu
# sed -i "/\[submenu\] (MX-Utilities)/d" ~/.fluxbox/submenus/full_menu

Categories edited in temp file is almost fun. i told it to put Game into Office and it did.
Dislike of the word Maintenance, yes put that as Tools.
The rest of the mx categories i asked for a category, by not converting to MX-Tools, each category separate; and it did.
Asked for a special searchstring be put as MXFB-Tools and it did.

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#process MX-Tools categories in temp list
# sed -i "s/MX-Live/MX-Tools/" "$TEMPLIST"
sed -i "s/MX-Maintenance/MX-Tools/" "$TEMPLIST"
# sed -i "s/MX-Setup/MX-Tools/" "$TEMPLIST"
# sed -i "s/MX-Software/MX-Tools/" "$TEMPLIST"
# sed -i "s/MX-Utilities/MX-Tools/" "$TEMPLIST"
sed -i "s/Game/Office/" "$TEMPLIST"
sed -i "s/fBox/MXFB-Tools/" "$TEMPLIST"

The whole file in zip shows the data trialed here.
On an MXkde having vanilla fluxbox, plugged in this sample
and got the mx menu. First time that ever had an apps menu.
synaptic package manager is MX repository. Does that qualify synaptic aptitude, discover, nala, pac age managers, as MX-Software menu?
Does this sample provide the menu you expect?