My dear illustrious leaders and senior list members of Debian user list, I now use OpenBox extensively. Learning its ways. Growing comfortable with it.
I had the following interactions with OpenBox List members on the subject: [quote] [openbox] How can I add an arbitrary String with an associated Script/Command in the Right Click Drop Down Menu List in OpenBox WM? Also, autostart applications every session? [/quote] http://icculus.org/pipermail/openbox/2023-May/009637.html <i>Susmita/Rajib</i> http://icculus.org/pipermail/openbox/2023-May/009638.html <i>Mathias Dufresne</i> http://icculus.org/pipermail/openbox/2023-May/009639.html <i>Susmita/Rajib</i> http://icculus.org/pipermail/openbox/2023-May/009644.html <i>Mathias Dufresne</i> What I want is explained in http://icculus.org/pipermail/openbox/2023-May/009639.html, and is as follows: [ ... ] My target is "Right Click Drop Down Menu List" and objective is to enter a "a link to a customised script/command kept in a directory elsewhere to be displayed as a menu-item within the Right Click Drop Down Menu List that could be clicked for the linked script/command to be executed". I placed an identical copy of a MyScript.desktop file, linking a script file, in both ~/Desktop and in ~/.local/share/applications. OB tint2 panel set-up has drawn info from the MyScript.desktop file to be displayed on the "Application Available" right Launcher selectable window, based on data in Launcher maintained as "launcher_item_app = ~/.local/share/applications/MyScript.desktop", in the file ~/.config/tint2/tint2rc. But my present objective is to have the script link added as a menu/sub-menu within the Right click Drop-down menu-list as a list item. [ ... ] Further information is posted at http://icculus.org/pipermail/openbox/2023-May/009637.html, which is as follows: [ ... ] I have a working debian-menu reflecting the stored menu file in /var/lib/menu-xdg/menus/debian-menu.menu I read the page http://openbox.org/wiki/Help:Menus. Searching the internet, I tired to add a menu in extraScripts.xml in ~/.config/openbox/. But failed to have it displayed upon right click with $sudo update-menus. -------------------Begin Lines---------------------- <menu id="extras" label="ExtraScripts"> <menu id="my-scripts-menu" label="My Scripts"> <item label="My Script"> <action name="Execute"> # <command>~/my_script.sh</command> <command>true</command> </action> </item> </menu> </menu> -------------------Begin Lines---------------------- Right clicking on the desktop I find /var/lib/menu-xdg/menus/debian-menu.menu being executed and the right click drop down menu, sub-menu list appearing. I want to add my personal scripts in this list. I also want to autostart some applications upon every session. [ ... ] It appears that I can't explain myself to the OpenBox mailing list senior members. Please assess if my explanation is adequate for you and if it is, please help me. Best wishes, Rajib
