Hello Martcelo,
Thank you for the info.
I will go check the link.
Eugene
--- "Marcelo E. Magallon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> >> "Eugene C." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I agree with you, it is so frustrating to have to
> rewrite it when
> > people change wm. Mine is not very protable yet,
> but I am also
> > thinking to do it. I temporarely solved the
> probelem, by
> > installing only the wm that we have a menu or app
> bar ready.
>
> abstract the concept of a menu, put a middle layer,
> and have a tool
> that converts your meta information into something
> usable by your
> window manager -- or whatever.
>
> This has already been done and tested in Debian's
> menu system.
> Debian 2.1 includes about 15 window managers, and
> everyone of them
> has support for this menu system. Each package
> supplies a file like
> this:
>
> ?package(gv):\
> needs="x11" \
> section="Apps/Viewers" \
> title="GV" \
> icon="mini-gv.xpm" \
> command="/usr/bin/X11/gv"
>
> this information is parsed by a tool that feeds the
> information to a
> `menu method', which is responsable for converting
> it to the format
> each window managers needs.
>
> if you are interested, take a look at the menu
> package in Debian.
> http://packages.debian.org/menu; this will take
> you to a page that
> links to the source package in .tar.gz format.
>
>
> Marcelo
> ---
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