v. 0.8.2 - fixed the bug setting > 2 charactor language strings
;-*-sawfish-*- ;; (mk-saw-menu.jl (v0.5.8.2) --- sawfish wm menu generation -- librep) ;; (c) 2009 Matthew Love ;; Christopher Bratusek ;; This file will be part of Sawfish ;;; Description: ;; ;; Create a sawfish wm menu from .desktop files ;; in your /usr/share/applications folder. #| Usage: Make sure the mk-saw-menu.jl is in your load path (i.e. ~/.sawfish/lisp), then in your .sawfish[/]rc file add: ;; Optional Part, config bits, defaults listed below ;; can be savely skipped, if you're fine with the defaults ;; change xterm -e to your appropriate string (must have ;; a space at the end) (setq my-term-string "xterm -e ") ;; what locale for localized strings to use, if available ;; eg.: set to de to read Dokumentbetrachter instead of Documentviewer (setq my-lang-string '()) ;; if your .desktop files are located somewhere else than ;; /usr/share/applications, then change the desktop-directory (setq desktop-directory "/usr/share/applications")) ;; some entries are hidden from the menu, especially GNOME Apps ;; like eog, nautilus or evince & Co, if you want to have them ;; added to your menu, then replace '() by 't in the following (setq ignore-no-display '()) ;; if you don't want your menus to be sorted alphabetically ;; then replace 't by '() in the following (setq want-alphabetize 't) ;; Necessary part, can't be skipped ;; load our script (require 'mk-saw-menu) ;; generate the menu (write-saw-menu) ;; load our menu (require 'saw-menu) ;; set our menu as default (setq apps-menu saw-apps-menu) |# ;;; TODO: ;; adhere to the desktop entry file specifications. ;; http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/ ;; add support for field codes: <a href="http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/ar01s06.html"; target="_blank">http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/ar01s06.html</a> ;; add support for Comment=/Comment[lang]= ;; add support for Icon= ;;; Code: ;; Some defaults (setq my-name () ;my-comm () ;my-icon () my-disp () my-term () my-exec ()) ;; Variables that can be set in .sawfish[/]rc (if (not (boundp 'desktop-directory)) (setq desktop-directory "/usr/share/applications")) (setq desk-files (directory-files desktop-directory)) (if (not (boundp 'my-lang-string)) (setq my-lang-string '())) (if (not (boundp 'ignore-no-display)) (setq ignore-no-display '())) (if (not (boundp 'want-alphabetize)) (setq want-alphabetize 't)) (if (not (boundp 'my-term-string)) (setq my-term-string "xterm -e ")) ;; The Master Category List (setq menu-cat-alist '(("Desktop" . ("X-Desktop" "X-DesktopApplets" "X-DesktopCountry" \ "DesktopSettings" "GNOME" "KDE" "X-GNOME-PersonalSettings" \ "X-Xfce-Toplevel")) ("Personal" . ("X-Personal" "X-PersonalUtility" "Calendar" "ContactManagement")) ("Office" . ("Office" "WordProcessor" "Presentation" "X-Document" \ "TextEditor" "SpreadSheet" "Calculator" "X-Calculate" \ "Chart" "FlowChart" "Finance")) ("Internet" . ("Telephony" "Network" "Dialup" "VideoConference" \ "RemoteAccess" "News" "HamRadio" "FileTransfer" \ "X-Internet" "P2P" "Email" "WebBrowser" "IRCClient" "Chat" \ "InstantMessaging" "Chat" "WebDevelopment")) ("Games" . ("Game" "ActionGame" "AdventureGame" "ArcadeGame" "BoardGame" "Emulator"\ "BlocksGame" "CardGame" "KidsGame" "LogicGame" "RolePlaying" "Simulation")) ("Graphics" . ("RasterGraphics" "VectorGraphics" "X-GraphicUtility" \ "2DGraphics" "3dGraphics" "3DGraphics" "Scanning" "OCR" "Photography" \ "Viewer" "Publishing" "Art" "ImageProcessing")) ("Media" . ("AudioVideo" "Audio", "Video" "Midi" "Mixer" "Sequencer" "Tuner" \ "TV" "AudioVideoEditing" "Player" "Recorder" "DiscBurning" "Music")) ("Science" . ("Science" "Astrology" "ArtificialIntelligence" "Astronomy" \ "Biology" "Chemistry" "ComputerScience" "DataVisualization" \ "Electricity" "Robotics" "Physics" "Math" "Education" "Geography")) ("Development" . ("GUIDesigner" "IDE" "Profiling" "RevisionControl" \ "ProjectManagement" "Translation" "GTK" "Development" \ "Qt" "Development" "Documentation")) ("Utility" . ("X-SystemMemory" "Security" "Utility" \ "X-SetupEntry" "X-SetupUtility" "X-SystemMemory" \ "TextTools" "TelephonyTools" "Accessibility" "Clock" \ "ConsoleOnly")) ("Filesystem" . ("X-FileSystemFind" "X-FileSystemUtility" "Archiving" \ "FileManager" "X-FileSystemMount" "Compression")) ("System" . ("X-SystemSchedule" "System" "X-SystemMemory" \ "TerminalEmulator" "Dictionary" "Puppy" "Printing" "Monitor" "Security")) ("Settings" . ("Settings" "HardwareSettings" "PackageManager")))) ;; Some file-verifiers (defun desktop-file-p (directory-file) (let ((this-file (open-file directory-file 'read))) (let ((this-line (read-line this-file))) (if (string= (substring this-line 0 15) "[Desktop Entry]") 't '())))) (defun backup-file-p (input-file-name) (if (or (string= "~" (substring input-file-name (- (length input-file-name) 1))) (string= "#" (substring input-file-name 0 1))) 't '())) ;; Parse a .desktop file into a list suitable for a menu ;; ex. (parse-desktop-file "emacs.desktop") ==> ("Development" "Emacs Text Editor" (system "emacs &")) (defun parse-desktop-file (desktop-file) (let ((desktop-file-name (expand-file-name desktop-file desktop-directory))) ;desktop-file-name (if (and (file-exists-p desktop-file-name) (not (file-directory-p desktop-file-name))) ;(not (backup-file-p desktop-file-name)) ;(file-regular-p desktop-file-name)) (let ((new-file (open-file desktop-file-name 'read))) (while (setq file-line (read-line new-file)) (create-menu file-line)) (if ignore-no-display (setq my-disp '())) (if (not (string= my-disp "true")) (if (not (string= (string-downcase my-term) "true")) (cons my-cat (cons my-name (cons (list 'system my-exec) nil))) ;(cons my-cat (cons my-icon (cons my-name (cons my-comm (cons (list 'system my-exec) nil))))) (cons my-cat (cons my-name (cons (list 'system (concat my-term-string my-exec)) nil)))) ;(cons my-cat (cons my-icon (cons my-name (cons my-comm (cons (list 'system (concat my-term-string my-exec)) nil)))))) (setq my-disp ())))))) (if my-lang-string (setq name-string "Name[") (setq name-string "Name=")) ;; begining of parsing for (parse-desktop-file), feed a .desktop file line into this. ;; (create-menu "Name=Emacs ") ==> "Emacs" ;; (create-menu "Categories=Development;TextEditor;") ==> "Development" (defun create-menu (line) (cond ((parse-desk-line line "Categories=") (setq my-cat (parse-desk-line line "Categories="))) ((parse-desk-line line name-string) (setq my-name (parse-desk-line line name-string))) ;((parse-desk-line line "Comment=") ; (setq my-comm (parse-desk-line line "Comment="))) ;((parse-desk-line line "Icon=") ; (setq my-icon (parse-desk-line line "Icon="))) ((parse-desk-line line "Exec=") (setq my-exec (concat (parse-desk-line line "Exec=") " &"))) ((parse-desk-line line "Terminal=") (setq my-term (parse-desk-line line "Terminal="))) ((parse-desk-line line "NoDisplay=") (setq my-disp (parse-desk-line line "NoDisplay="))))) ;; Helper function for (create-menu), which will parse the string input there. ;; Will only give an output for specified lines (i.e. category, name, etc.) (defun parse-desk-line (line desk-value) (let ((line-len (length line))) (cond ; this section is for the multi-lingual name string ((and (> line-len 7) my-lang-string (string= desk-value (substring line 0 5)) (string= (substring line 4 5) "[") (string= my-lang-string (substring line 5 (+ (length my-lang-string) 5)))) (substring line (+ 4 (length my-lang-string) 3) (- line-len 1))) ; this section is for the exec and default name strings ((and (> line-len 5) (string= (substring desk-value 0 4) (substring line 0 4)) (string= (substring line 4 5) "=")) (if (string= (aref line (- line-len 3)) 37) (substring line 5 (- line-len 4)) (substring line 5 (- line-len 1)))) ; this section is for the category string ((and (> line-len 10) (string= desk-value (substring line 0 11))) (let ((cat-string (parse-cat-list (build-cat-list (substring line 11))))) cat-string)) ; this section is for the terminal string ((and (> line-len 8) (string= desk-value (substring line 0 9))) (substring line 9 (- line-len 1))) ; this section is for the nodisplay string ((and (> line-len 9) (string= desk-value (substring line 0 10))) (substring line 10 (- line-len 1)))))) ;; Helper for (parse-desk-line) - specifically, for categories. (defun build-cat-list (line) ; line must be excluding the \ ; categories= part -> (substring line 11) (if (> (length line) 1) (let ((line-len (length line)) (this-cat (prin1-to-string (read-from-string line)))) (cons this-cat (build-cat-list (substring line (+ 1 (length this-cat)))))))) ;; Helper for (parse-desk-line) ;; Determine best category to use... :| (defun parse-cat-list (cat-list) (if (cdr cat-list) (let ((this-cat (car cat-list))) (if (or (string= this-cat "GNOME") (string= this-cat "GTK") (string= this-cat "KDE") (string= this-cat "Qt") (string= this-cat "X-XFCE") (string= this-cat "Application")) (parse-cat-list (cdr cat-list)) ; to do specific things for the above entries (uncomment below, \ ; and comment out the above (parse-cat-list (cdr cat-list)): ;(let ((dm-specific this-cat)) ; (if (or (string= dm-specific "Application") ; (string= dm-specific "Qt") ; (string= dm-specific "GTK")) ; (parse-cat-list (cdr cat-list)) ;"Settings")) this-cat)) (car cat-list))) ;; Second Part of process, after (parse-desktop-file) has run \ ; through and generated the *loc-menu*. ;; Will run through the Category alist and assign menu values accordingly, and \ ; will output the base of the menu, to \ ; be fed into (build-saw-menu) (defun fix-cats (cat-list) (if cat-list (let ((cat-val (car (car cat-list))) (c-list (fix-sub-cats (car cat-list) *loc-menu*))) (if (car c-list) (cons (cons cat-val c-list) (fix-cats (cdr cat-list))) (fix-cats (cdr cat-list)))))) ;; Helper function for (fix-cats) (defun fix-sub-cats (cat-list loc-list) (if cat-list (let ((cat-val (car cat-list))) (if (assoc cat-val loc-list) (cons (cdr (assoc cat-val loc-list)) (fix-sub-cats cat-list (remove (assoc cat-val loc-list) loc-list))) (fix-sub-cats (cdr cat-list) loc-list))))) ;; Format the menu for sawfish (defun build-saw-menu (entry) `(defvar saw-apps-menu ',entry)) ;; Alphabetize the entries in the category menus (defun alphabetize-entries (saw-menu) (if saw-menu (cons (cons (car (car saw-menu)) (sort (cdr (car saw-menu)) string<)) (alphabetize-entries (cdr saw-menu))))) ;; Write the sawfish menu to file (defun write-saw-menu () (setq *loc-menu* '()) ; generate a list (*loc-menu*) from a (parse-desktop-file) call on all the .desktop files (mapc (lambda (x) (setq *loc-menu* (append *loc-menu* (list (parse-desktop-file x))))) desk-files) ; check if ~/.sawfish/lisp exists, and if not, create it (if (not (file-exists-p "~/.sawfish/lisp")) (if (file-exists-p "~/.sawfish") (make-directory "~/.sawfish/lisp") (lambda () (make-directory "~/.sawfish") (make-directory "~/.sawfish/lisp")))) (setq menu-file (open-file "~/.sawfish/lisp/saw-menu.jl" 'write)) ; generate the sawfish compatible menu file from the *loc-menu* list (if want-alphabetize (prin1 (build-saw-menu (alphabetize-entries (fix-cats menu-cat-alist))) menu-file) (prin1 (build-saw-menu (fix-cats menu-cat-alist)) menu-file)) (close-file menu-file)) ;(write-saw-menu) ;;;; testing ;;;; ;(setq new-file (open-file "/usr/share/applications/tmw.desktop" 'read)) ;(create-menu (read-line new-file)) ;(read-line new-file) ;(setq line "Exec=tmw\012") ;(parse-desk-line line "Exec=")
-- Matthew Love
