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MENUFILE !!!MENUFILE NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION Examples FORMAT MENU LAYOUT NOTES FILES AUTHOR SEE ALSO ---- !!NAME menufile - entry in the Debian menu system !!SYNOPSIS __~/.menu/*__ __/etc/menu/*__ __/usr/lib/menu/*__ __/usr/lib/menu/default/*__ !!DESCRIPTION Menu files add entries to the Debian menu system. The system administrator can place menu files in /etc/menu/ to override menu files that packages add to /usr/lib/menu/ . The user can place menu files in ~/.menu/ to override all other menu files. This man page may be out of date in some places. Look at /usr/doc/menu/html for more up-to-date info. The menu files are usually named after the Debian package that contains the programs listed in them. In it, you can list several update-menus(1)__. (In a menu entry you can specify pseudo-packages that start with __ !!Examples Dosemu could install the following menu file as /usr/lib/menu/dosemu: ?package(dosemu):needs=text section=Apps/Emulators title= The system administrator wants to override this file to change how dosemu is run, so /etc/menu/dosemu is created: ?package(dosemu):needs=text section=Apps/Emulators title= A user does not want Dosemu to appear on his menus at all, so he creates an empty file named ~/.menu/dosemu . !!FORMAT A menu file consists of 0 or more lines of the following format: __?package(package-name):var1=value var2=varlue2__ ... needs= What type of display will the program run on? This variable must be defined, and should be one of the following: needs=text any text display needs=x11 X11 displays needs=vc At the Linux console (i.e.: svgalib programs) needs=wm A window manager. needs=fvwmmodule A fvwm version 1.x compatible module. needs=fvwm2module A fvwm version 2.x compatible module. section The section in which the menu entry should appear. See __MENU LAYOUT__ for preferred section names. icon An icon for this menu entry. If no icon is available, just don't define this. (icon= title The title of the program that will appear on the menus. Keep it short. If two menu entries share the same title and section, the one that bests fits the available display will be used. So in the example above with two menu entries that both have the menu id command The command to be executed when this menu entry is selected. !!MENU LAYOUT This is the preferred layout of the menus. Currently it is a suggestion only. Use `/' to separate sub-menu names, for example, ''Apps'' -- all normal apps ''Editors'' -- editors ''Emulators'' -- Dosemu, ... ''Graphics'' -- xpaint, xfig, xtiff, ''Math'' -- Math apps: gnuplot, octave, oleo,.. ''Net'' -- mail, news, web, irc, etc ''Programming'' -- debuggers, etc ''Shells'' -- Different shells, like bash, zsh, ... ''Sound'' -- ''System'' -- system administration and monitoring ''Tools'' -- other tools: xclock, xmag, xman, ''Viewers'' -- Picture viewers, gs, ... ''Games'' -- games and recreations ''Adventure'' -- walk around virtual space, zork, MOO's, etc ''Arcade'' -- (any game where reflexes count) ''Board'' -- Like: Gnuchess, pente, gnugo ''Card'' -- solitaire, etc ''Puzzles'' -- Stuff from xpuzzles, ... ''Sports'' -- Games derived from ''Tetris-like'' -- games involving falling blocks ''Toys'' -- (oneko, xeyes, etc.) ''Screen'' -- ''Lock'' -- xlock, etc. ''Screen-saver'' -- ''Root-window'' -- things that fill the root window ''Window-managers'' -- (change between fvwm, afterstep, etc) ''Modules'' -- fvwm modules, etc. ''XShells'' -- shells (like xterm, rxvt, ...) !!NOTES If you want to specify an icon or hotkey for a sub-menu (for example, the Editors sub-menu), just use the same syntax but leave the command empty: ?package(mypackage):needs=X11 section=Apps icon=icon.xpm hotkey=E title= Whenever any menu files are changed, you must run update-menus(1) !!FILES (Earlier listed files override later files with the same names.) ''~/.menus/*'' Menu files added by the user. ''/etc/menu/*'' Menu files added by the system administrator. ''/usr/lib/menu/*'' Menu files provided by other Debian packages. ''/usr/lib/menu/default/*'' Menu files provided by the menu package. !!AUTHOR Joost Witteveen (Man page by Joey Hess, !!SEE ALSO update-menus(1), __/usr/doc/menu/html/index.html__ ----
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