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So i instaled a typeing program on my crunchbang and i couldnt find it on my comp for the life of me. then i came acrossed another post with similer problems found the file it was in but how to i add it to the shortcut menu (i think thats what its called when you right click) so anybody know how i could run this file without finding location and clicking on the exe?
Last edited by Anarchy-life (2012-01-28 01:11:12)
@Anarchy.. I believe that you can just add the path to the directory (typing program exe) by configuring the menu.xml by
sudo gedit ~/.config/openbox/menu.xml@Anarchy.. I believe that you can just add the path to the directory (typing program exe) by configuring the menu.xml by
sudo gedit ~/.config/openbox/menu.xml
He will still need to make sure he has the absolute path to enter for the new entry.
Make sure you know where the program is located, locate %program name%, and be specific on typing in the correct /path/ into the xml entry.
Schlzm
I just did this with another program this afternoon. You can do it with the command line, but you can also do it through
Settings > Openbox > GUI Menu
Which brings up something called Obmenu (I think). From there, you can add a new menu or a new item to a menu (I don' t know under which category you'd put Wine, but that's up to you), but you need to know what you want to call the menu item -- to put under the label -- and the name/path of the file to put in the field under execute.
If you want a menu that automatically adds installed applications with icon support (and a bunch of other cool features) try marchobmenu.
HTH
^ just remember that when you don't do it through the terminal you won't officially classify as a l33t h4xx0r. as long as you're fine with that you just do whatever works best for you.
That may be true, rhowaldt, but you know those guys and gals who make the tools in Openbox like Obmenu make them for a reason. And while I could do this from the command line, I'd like to give those who made the effort to make our lives easier a nod and a tip of the hat, and use their stuff when I can -- to say nothing of giving the new users a break by letting them know they have options.
Does that make me less l33t? Well, OK, but that's not terribly important to me.
So thanks, development folks, for menu-driven stuff that does all the command-line work in the background.
Last edited by lcafiero (2012-01-27 16:52:27)
^ sorry lcafiero, i was joking there. i figured being considered 'l33t' was not something most folks around here were seriously aspiring too, which is why i figured it would be interpreted as the joke it was. this once again proves how difficult it is to pull off digital sarcasm 
Joke taken, rhowalt -- I should have inserted some smileys there myself. Anyway, I leave the l33t-ness to you and others
When are we going to just remove all the GUI menu editors -- who needs GUI? (it even sounds silly...) [SARCASM]
We're not as bad as Arch (apparently) where they set the bar so high you can't even register unless you pass the test.
(edited to remove broken link)
Last edited by 2ManyDogs (2012-01-29 00:56:01)
Pity. I was looking forward to taking "the test." 
2ManyDogs, you know that the link is dead (or it might be outdated), right?
Last edited by lcafiero (2012-01-28 18:28:28)
Pity. I was looking forward to taking "the test."
Sorry, I did not realize that the link only worked when I was logged in to the Arch forum. It worked for me when I posted it
It was a link to someone complaining about the sign-up procedure. At the end of the sign-up, it asks
"What is the output of "date -u +%W$(uname)|sha256sum|sed 's/\W//g'"?"The OP felt this was too difficult for newbies 
Last edited by 2ManyDogs (2012-01-29 00:55:16)
@Anarchy.. I believe that you can just add the path to the directory (typing program exe) by configuring the menu.xml by
sudo gedit ~/.config/openbox/menu.xml
Just my 2¢ worth here but sudo is not required to edit ~/.config/openbox/menu.xml
gedit ~/.config/openbox/menu.xmlworks just fine, and in fact I'd simply not recommend using 'sudo' where it is not required. But that's me. Any l33t h4xx0r's agree with me?
I just did this with another program this afternoon. You can do it with the command line, but you can also do it through
Settings > Openbox > GUI Menu
Which brings up something called Obmenu (I think). From there, you can add a new menu or a new item to a menu (I don' t know under which category you'd put Wine, but that's up to you), but you need to know what you want to call the menu item -- to put under the label -- and the name/path of the file to put in the field under execute.
Yup, you get 33 l33t h4xx0r points for pointing that out too.
There is a "gotchya" though. OBMenu cannot create the
<separator label="SR11 Ops Centre"/>
<separator label="SR11 Cockpit"/>
<separator label="Ground Crew"/>
<separator label="Debriefing"/>section titles I have in my OB Menu, it only sees them as a common separator.
The top one:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<openbox_menu xmlns="http://openbox.org/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://openbox.org/ file:///usr/share/openbox/menu.xsd">
<menu id="root-menu" label="Openbox 3">
<separator label="SR11 Ops Centre"/>
<menu id="s12" label="SR12 Ops Rm">
As you see in the image, the highlighted separator is in fact: <separator label="SR11 Cockpit"/>
Since coming to Linux I have learned not to be afraid of the command line and not to be embarrassed bu using GUI's. I agree with you 100% someone created them to make a computer easier to use, and besides a TRUE l33t h4xx0r still uses "punch cards" ... we all know that. 
I recall when I was still running Win 3.11 for WorkGroups some guy on the Internet was crapping all over people in a forum that was a support forum for HomeSite HTML Editor. He was telling everyone that they were NOT "Web Masters" if they used any "dedicated web authoring tool" to create a web sites. TRUE web masters used "Notepad"
My response was:
YEA! RIGHT! And I suppose you've told your boss that all his secretaries must stop using Word, or WordPerfect and start using Notepad for his office correspondence too. Get real, a computer is a "tool" to make our lives easier, and if John Q. Programmer wants to spend hundreds of hours perfecting a "tool" to help me make HTML pages, organize them into sites, check the code, just WHO are you to tell me I have to use something as archaic as Notepad or I'm not a "Web Master". I guess I'll have to tell my boss that he has to change my job description when I get my next paycheck.
He never did respond and in fact disappeared from the forum, the stupid twit! He's probably out there using a hammer and chisel working on his CV because it finally dawned on him Notepad was written by John Q. Programmer's cousin.
I recommend a nice blend of both, terminal & GUI, whatever you're comfortable with when you're comfortable with it.
Since coming to Linux I have learned not to be afraid of the command line and not to be embarrassed bu using GUI's....
...I recommend a nice blend of both, terminal & GUI, whatever you're comfortable with when you're comfortable with it.
Exactly!
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