mxfb-2025 development ideas

[Jerry3904]

which reminds me @Jerry3904 @Melber many of the fluxbox specific desktop files have a "ShowOnly" item. this is not correct usage, should be "OnlyShowIn". Also, possibly "NotShowIn" if you want something to not show on a particular desktop but do show on others.

Thanks, we'll put it on the list.

[dolphin_oracle]

lastest mxfb-menu-generator, with OnlyShowIn and NotShowIn processing, as well as some code cleanup

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#!/bin/bash

### mxfb-menu-generator: a tiny script to Create a (non dynamic) fluxbox menu using information on .desktop files, released by PPC, 7/10/2020, under GPLv3
### Modified by MX Linux Devs for use in MX-Fluxbox August 2021

### How to use this script:
### 1. Copy the script below and paste it into your text editor, saving it in your Home as MXFB_menu_generator.sh
### 2. Navigate to that file, right click it > Proprieties > "Permissions" tab > Check the last field, to allow this script to run as a program
### 3. Add the following entry to your menu to access "All Categories" anywhere you want
#######################################################################################
#[submenu] (All Apps)
#       [include] (~/.fluxbox/submenus/full_menu)
#       [separator]
#       [include] (~/.fluxbox/full_menu)
#   [end]
#######################################################################################
### 4.- Now click Menu > All apps > Update menu. Wait for some seconds while the menu is generated

#ensure subfolder menu exists
if [ ! -d "$HOME/.fluxbox/submenus" ]; then
	mkdir -p "$HOME/.fluxbox/submenus"
fi

#use a temp file for unsorted list
TEMPLIST="$(mktemp /tmp/mxfb-menu-generator.XXXXX)"

#preglobal file (can be removed)
PREGLOBAL="$HOME/.fluxbox/pre-global-menu.txt"

#target menu file
FILE="$HOME/.fluxbox/submenus/full_menu"

#exit if in chroot
if [ "$UID" = "0" ]; then
  echo "mxfb-menu-generator:  in a chroot, exiting..."
  exit 0
fi

#exit if menu generation toggled off
if [ "$1" = "auto" ]; then
    if [ -e "$HOME/.fluxbox/mxfb-menu-generator-disabled.chk" ]; then
    exit 0
    fi
fi

#check time since last build
time=0
now=$(date +"%s")
if [ -e "FILE" ]; then
   time=$(stat --format %Y $FILE)
fi

if [ $(($now-$time)) -lt 5 ]; then
	exit 0
fi

Encoding=UTF-8
#
# use session locale
SESSION_LANG=$(sed -n '/^Language=/{s///; s/[.].*/.UTF-8/;p;q}' ~/.dmrc 2>/dev/null) ;
LANG=${SESSION_LANG:=$LANG}

# i18n - Internationalization
#export TEXTDOMAIN=mxfb-accessories
export TEXTDOMAIN=mx-desktop-menu-l10n
export TEXTDOMAINDIR="/usr/share/locale"

CATEGORIES="Accessories Development Games Graphics Internet Multimedia MX-Tools MX-Live MX-Maintenance MX-Setup MX-Software MX-Utilities Office System Settings"
ALLAPPS=$(gettext "All Applications")
[ "$ALLAPPS" = "All Applications"  ] && ALLAPPS="All Apps"

echo "Please wait, creating menu file - stored in $FILE ..."

#echo
#echo If you want to insert this 'All categories'  sub-menu into your MXFB menu:
#echo 'rootMenu > Settings > Configure > Menu'
#echo and insert, anywhere you want, this code:
#echo  ' [submenu] (All apps)'
#echo  '  [include] (~/.fluxbox/submenus/full_menu)'
#echo  '  [separator] '
#echo  '  [exec] (Update Menu) {mxfb-menu-generator} '
#echo  ' [end]'
#echo


#Get system language (to allow localization):
lang=${LANG%%_*}

#Loop through all .desktop files in the applications folder
#lang=fr

LIST="/usr/share/applications/*.desktop"

if [ -n "$(find /var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/applications/ -name *.desktop 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
	LIST="$LIST /var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/applications/*.desktop"
fi

if [ -n "$(find $HOME/.local/share/applications/ -name *.desktop 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
    LIST="$LIST $HOME/.local/share/applications/*.desktop"
fi

if [ -n "$(find $HOME/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share/applications/ -name *.desktop 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
    LIST="$LIST $HOME/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share/applications/*.desktop"
fi

if [ -n "$(find /usr/share/applications/antix/ -name *.desktop 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
    LIST="$LIST /usr/share/applications/antix/*.desktop"
fi

for file in $LIST
do

if [ -f "$file" ]; then
name1=$(grep -o -m 1 '^Name=.*' "$file")
 ### localized menu entries generator (slows the script down, but produces nearly perfect localized menus):
    name2=$name1
	translated_name1=$(grep -o -m 1 "^Name\[$lang\]=.*" "$file")
	[ -z "$translated_name1" ] && note="No localized name found, using the original one" || name2=$translated_name1
	#if the desktop file has the string "Desktop Action" simple use the original untranslated name, to avoid using a translation that's not the name of the app, but the action it does
	grep -q "Desktop Action" "$file" && name2=$name1
    name1=$name2
### end of localized menu entries generator

name=$(echo $name1|sed 's/.*\=//')
command1="$(grep -o -m 1 '^Exec=.*' "$file")"
command=$(echo "$command1" |sed -E 's/Exec\=//g')
name=$(echo "$name" |sed 's/[()]//g')
terminal=$(grep -o -m 1 'Terminal=.*' "$file")
  if [[ $terminal == *"true"* ]]; then
   command=$(echo x-terminal-emulator -e $command)
  fi
 categories=$(grep -o -m 1 'Categories=.*' "$file")

 #process NoDisplay, OnlyShowIn, NotShowIn
 nodisplay=$(grep -o -m 1 'NoDisplay=.*' "$file")
 onlyshowin=$(grep -o -m 1 'OnlyShowIn=.*' "$file")
 notshowin=$(grep -o -m 1 'NotShowIn=.*' "$file")
 if [ -n "$onlyshowin" ]; then
	if [ -z "$(echo $onlyshowin |grep -i fluxbox)" ]; then
		nodisplay=true
	fi
 fi
 if [ -n "$notshowin" ]; then
	if [ -n "$(echo $notshowin |grep -i fluxbox)" ]; then
		nodisplay=true
	fi
 fi
 if [[ $nodisplay != *"rue"* ]]; then
    echo "[exec] ("$name ")" "{" $command "}" $categories
 fi
fi
done > "$TEMPLIST"

#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/" "$TEMPLIST"
sort "$TEMPLIST" > "$PREGLOBAL"
rm "$TEMPLIST"
#remove existing menu file, if it exists
if [ -e "$FILE" ]; then
	rm "$FILE"
fi

#fix for repeated synaptic menu entry- first instance does not run, so, delete it:
sed -i '/{ synaptic }/d' "$PREGLOBAL"

#### Now divide applications into categories:
#This array has all the available .desktop file categories we want to have on the menu (note: the "." is a quick and dirty workaround, so the script ignores entry nr 0):
array1=( . Utility Development Game Graphics Network AudioVideo MX-Tools MX-Live MX-Maintenance MX-Setup MX-Software MX-Utilities Office System Settings)
#This array corresponds to the previous one, but it's the "user friendly name" that shows on the menu- NOTE: this can be translated to any language!
array2=( . $CATEGORIES)

#Begin LOCALIZATION OF Category sub-menus to a language - pt, add equivalent section for other languages:
#    if [[ $lang == *"pt"* ]];
#    then
#		array2=( . Acessórios Desenvolvimento Jogos Graficos Internet Multimédia Escritório Sistema 'Definições globais')
#		echo A criar submenus em Português
#    fi
#End LOCALIZATION OF Category sub-menus

#Create the header of the file
echo "[begin] ($ALLAPPS)" >> $FILE
#Loop through the array- the last number below has to match the number of entries on $array1
for i in {1..15};
do
 #Create a submenu entry for the current item on $array2
 echo "[submenu] ($(gettext "${array2[$i]}"))"  >> $FILE
#Nested loop to check if the item on the current line of the "pre-global-menu.txt" file matches the current item on $array1, if it matches, add it to the "$FILE" file
 while read p; 	do
		if [[ $p =~ ${array1[$i]} ]]
			then
				echo $p >> $FILE
		fi
	done <"$PREGLOBAL" ;
 echo '[end]' >> $FILE ;
done

#Process only entries that don't fit anywhere else:
sed -i '/Utility/d' "$PREGLOBAL"
sed -i '/Development/d' "$PREGLOBAL"
sed -i '/Game/d' "$PREGLOBAL"
sed -i '/Graphics/d' "$PREGLOBAL"
sed -i '/AudioVideo/d' "$PREGLOBAL"
sed -i '/Office/d' "$PREGLOBAL"
sed -i '/System/d' "$PREGLOBAL"
sed -i '/Settings/d' "$PREGLOBAL"
sed -i '/Network/d' "$PREGLOBAL"
sed -i '/MX-Tools/d' "$PREGLOBAL"
sed -i '/MX-Live/d' "$PREGLOBAL"
sed -i '/MX-Maintenance/d' "$PREGLOBAL"
sed -i '/MX-Setup/d' "$PREGLOBAL"
sed -i '/MX-Software/d' "$PREGLOBAL"
sed -i '/MX-Utilities/d' "$PREGLOBAL"

#check if the file is not empty, create last submenu and populate it
file="$PREGLOBAL"
if [ -s "$file" ]
then
 note="empty file, do nothing"
else
  echo "[submenu] ($(gettext "Other"))"  >> $FILE
  while read p; 	do
		echo $p >> $FILE
  done <"$PREGLOBAL" ;
echo '[end]' >> $FILE
fi

###Fix menu errors, so Libreoffice, etc, work without errors
delete="%U"
sed -e s/$delete//g -i $FILE
delete="%u"
sed -e s/$delete//g -i $FILE
delete="%F"
sed -e s/$delete//g -i $FILE
delete="%f"
sed -e s/$delete//g -i $FILE

##add [end] to the end, to match the very first [begin]
echo "[end]" >> $FILE

#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

echo Menu file created and ready to be used

#cleanup preglobal
rm "$PREGLOBAL"

#if fluxbox running, reload menu
test=$(ps -aux)
if [[ "$test" == *"startfluxbox" ]]; then
	fluxbox-remote restart
  killall -SIGUSR1 conky 2>/dev/null
fi
exit 0

this is all on github now.

[Jerry3904]

Works well (once I enabled to run).

Before MX-25 would it be possible to get a similar entry "MX Fluxbox Tools" for the apps listed under "USER" in the MXFB Settings manager? (/etc/custom-toolbox/mxfb-settings.list)? Probably wouldn't be as straightforward...

[dolphin_oracle]

Works well (once I enabled to run).

Before MX-25 would it be possible to get a similar entry "MX Fluxbox Tools" for the apps listed under "USER" in the MXFB Settings manager? (/etc/custom-toolbox/mxfb-settings.list)? Probably wouldn't be as straightforward...

not straightfoward at all, but they do show up in the MX Tools menu. It would be easy if you had a "X-mxfb-tools" category added to your desktop files. very easy. no sub categories though, please. If I had it to do over again, I would have had a MX-Tools main category.

**edit**
not everything in there is a "mxfb" tool.
**edit**

BTW, this script would be an easy update now...

[dolphin_oracle]

easy add, if you do category additions to the desktop files (see screenshot)



script is at github.

[Melber]

easy add, if you do category additions to the desktop files (see screenshot)

so, for us slow ones up the back: Categories in mxfb specific .desktop files need to be amended thus?

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Categories=Whatever;Whatever-else;X-MXFB-Tools;

[dolphin_oracle]

easy add, if you do category additions to the desktop files (see screenshot)

so, for us slow ones up the back: Categories in mxfb specific .desktop files need to be amended thus?

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Categories=Whatever;Whatever-else;X-MXFB-Tools;

to work with the special fluxbox menu, yes.

the category will be ignored everywhere else.

[i_ri]

hello dolphin_oracle

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if [ -n "$onlyshowin" ]; then
	if [ -z "$(echo $onlyshowin |grep -i fluxbox)" ]; then
		nodisplay=true
	fi
 fi
 if [ -n "$notshowin" ]; then
	if [ -n "$(echo $notshowin |grep -i fluxbox)" ]; then

Cannot do that. fluxbox is not a valid Value. just as you said about ShowOnly, "fluxbox" Value will never exist.

That is the logic: if something does exist for OnlyShowIn= then it is not fluxbox, it is other-than fluxbox, because "fluxbox" is impossible.

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onlyshowin=$(grep -o -m 1 'OnlyShowIn=.*' "$file")
if [[ $onlyshowin != "" ]]; then
nodisplay=rue

[dolphin_oracle]

hello dolphin_oracle

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if [ -n "$onlyshowin" ]; then
	if [ -z "$(echo $onlyshowin |grep -i fluxbox)" ]; then
		nodisplay=true
	fi
 fi
 if [ -n "$notshowin" ]; then
	if [ -n "$(echo $notshowin |grep -i fluxbox)" ]; then

Cannot do that. fluxbox is not a valid Value. just as you said about ShowOnly, "fluxbox" Value will never exist.

That is the logic: if something does exist for OnlyShowIn= then it is not fluxbox, it is other-than fluxbox, because "fluxbox" is impossible.

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onlyshowin=$(grep -o -m 1 'OnlyShowIn=.*' "$file")
if [[ $onlyshowin != "" ]]; then
nodisplay=rue

in our situation, fluxbox may be possible. as we have custom files and can do what we want.

The case is only checked in the event that OnlyShowIn exists already, then checked. I think I can speed that up with some bash substitution as well, so even the grep isn't used.

The nice thing about OnlyShowIn is that the menus of the various desktops check to see if a current desktop is in use and if the field matches. If it doesn't they don'ts how. So it only matters for the fluxbox menu generation script, which being custom can deal with the addition since the fluxbox menu is only generated for fluxbox.

[dolphin_oracle]

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