I’ve recently been working on two new fluxbox scripts and both are concerned with menu generation. First up is mengen -

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#!/bin/bash
#: Title            : mengen
#: Date             : November 2013
#: Author           : Sharon Kimble, James Morris
#: Version ...

If you want to have a system menu that is generated by the system rather than you, it is possible like this -

You need to move the current fluxbox menu out-of-the-way so that you don’t overwrite it, and you can save it with today’s date so it’s ...

I now think that I have the perfect usermenu! Its got absolutely loads of styles, and also backgrounds, and they’re all available from the menu. And here it is -

[begin] (FluxBox)
         [exec] (Claws-Mail)    {claws-mail} 
         [exec] (google-chrome) {google-chrome} 
        [exec] (TEA Text Editor) {tea}
        [exec] (Pogo music ...

As this is such a large subject I’ve split it into three, and this part just deals with the menus, the ones you get if you ‘Right+Click’ with your mouse on the desktop.

## menu generated by 'menumaker 0.99.7' on 15/06/13
[begin] (FluxBox)
    [submenu] (Development ...

Using the KDE 4.4.5 of Debian 6 the default menu shows as a series of opening folders of various contents, which if you’re not quick enough or don’t know where to look, close too quickly on you locking you out of them. I much prefer what ...