Fw: Re: xfdesktop menu question

[Linus Fagerberg]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Juraj Ziegler" <e at hq.sk>
To: <xfce4-dev at xfce.org>
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 12:11 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: Re: xfdesktop menu question

On Mon, 5 May 2003 12:11:28 +0200, Juraj Ziegler wrote:
> Depends on your startx and associated scripts. As already mentiond, I
> use Debian, and I have a .xsession-errors file. The standard (or error?
> i'm not sure right now) output of the X server process is redirected into
it.
> And start X through startx as well.

I'll try to find my error log and I guess it should be possible to redirect
the output from the shell I run starx from to a file. If I log our directly
after trying left-clicking the desktop the prevously posted messages are
displayed.
DBG[menu.c:360] ??(): Root Element: xfdesktop-menu

DBG[menu.c:382] ??(): //Desktop Menu (type=3) (term=0)

DBG[menu.c:382] ??(): //No Name (type=1) (term=0)

DBG[menu.c:382] ??(): //Terminal (type=0) (term=0)

DBG[menu.c:382] ??(): //Run Program... (type=0) (term=0)

DBG[menu.c:382] ??(): //Settings (type=2) (term=0)

DBG[menu.c:382] ??(): //Settings/All Settings (type=0) (term=0)

DBG[menu.c:382] ??(): //Settings/Background (type=0) (term=0)

DBG[menu.c:382] ??(): //File manager (xffm) (type=0) (term=0)

DBG[menu.c:382] ??(): //Midnight Commander (type=0) (term=1)

DBG[menu.c:382] ??(): //No Name (type=1) (term=0)

DBG[menu.c:382] ??(): //Help (type=0) (term=0)

> Debian, and I assume other distros as well, uses a package called "menu"
> to dynamically create menus for various window managers. Each package
> which wants to have a menu entry includes a file with the definition of
> this entry. The menu package knows how to convert these definitions into
> a menu-file, that can be used by specific window managers (i.e. one
> conversion for WindowMaker, another conversion for xfce4, etc.). If a
> new package is installed, the menu is regenerated automatically. And
> most window managers keep an eye on the resulting file, and re-read it
> if it has changed. This way, your menu (provided by the window manager)
> is always up-to-date.

> I hope this was clear enough :)

Ok, I think I understand it but shouldn't this mean that the root menu would
be identical in different window managers?

> I personally don't believe it has anything in common with the version of
> gtk.

Great, this is great news for me and I was worried for a while.

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Linus Fagerberg