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chomwitt

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Registered: 2019-09-24

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Desktop app menu between different windows managers.

Version: Daedalus

In XFCE installing a programs like Hexchat , Firefox i can see them in the app menu .
If a switch to a wm like pekwm or jwm i can see a Debian menu with some apps but i neither Hexchat or Firefox are in the app menu.

I know there is a related standard Desktop Entry Specification.
I wonder jwm and pekwm are the ones that dont follow the standard.

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stopAI

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Registered: 2023-04-04

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Re: Desktop app menu between different windows managers.

I wonder jwm and pekwm are the ones that dont follow the standard.

It is because jwm and pekwm is a very simple wm. It is like constructor, a.k.a. do it by yourself. By the way, you can try  menumaker  https://menumaker.sourceforge.net/

Camtaf

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Registered: 2019-11-19

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Re: Desktop app menu between different windows managers.

With most window managers, additional programs need to be added manually, it's not hard, just one more step....

chomwitt

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Registered: 2019-09-24

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Re: Desktop app menu between different windows managers.

stopAI thanks for the link to the Menumaker. Camtaf i will try it!.

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JWM-Kit

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Re: Desktop app menu between different windows managers.

I've created 3 version of JWMKit's EasyMenu that will creates a menu for JWM. You can find all 3 version in my Extras repository.

https://codeberg.org/JWMKit/EXTRAS

• JWMKit_EasyMenu - Python Version. Full Featured Version.

• JWMKit_EasyMenu_bash - Bash Version

• jwmkit_easymenu_cpp - C++ Version

Instructions are provided as a readme for each version include how to add it to your JWM config, and how to compile the C++ Version.

You could also use JWMKit, but I am amusing assuming you were looking for a menu only solution.

EDIT : Fixed silly typo.as pointed out by stargate-sg1-cheyenne-mtn

Last edited by JWM-Kit (2025-02-22 12:49:51)

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stargate-sg1-cheyenne-mtn

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Registered: 2023-11-27

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Re: Desktop app menu between different windows managers.

re above post "amusing" should be "assuming"(just sayin')

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chomwitt

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Registered: 2019-09-24

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Re: Desktop app menu between different windows managers.

I tried menumaker and in daedalus and the configure script cant see python3 and python2 is not available.

The python script  mmaker works in Daedalus if we change the first line to #!/usr/bin/env python3

$ ./mmaker -f PekWM    worked.

Last edited by chomwitt (2025-03-28 17:20:48)

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stopAI

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Re: Desktop app menu between different windows managers.

Another option would be to use j4-dmenu-desktop. It is a very fast program that can be "hung" on the jwm keyboard keys.

sudo apt install dmenu  j4-dmenu-desktop

And then in .jwmrc

<Key mask="C" key="space">exec:j4-dmenu-desktop</Key>