#!/bin/sh # shell (hopefully dash!) places menu for openbox # Usage: add # # to your .config/openbox/menu.xml (you don't need a final slash after the ~) # or, if you want the "recent files" menu incorporated at the top, use: # # make sure you have recently_opened_menu.sh somewhere, and enter its path below. # path to your "recent files" script, if you want to incorporate it: recent_script="$HOME"/scripts/recently_opened_menu.sh # Command to open folders at "Browse here..." - any file manager open_folder_cmd=thunar # Default command to open files with - others might be xdg-open, gnome-open, pcmanfm... default_open_cmd=exo-open # exo-open comes with thunar # Text editor of choice text_editor=gedit # function to open files with default open command, or alternative command for certain files # - add other conditions to choice open_file() { [ -x "$1" ] && exec "$text_editor" "$1" # comment out this line if you don't want to edit executables instead of executing #[ -x "$1" ] && exec "terminator -e" "$1" # uncomment this and comment out previous line to run executables in terminal instead of editing [ "${1##*.}" = desktop ] && exec "$text_editor" "$1" # comment out this line if you don't want to edit .desktop files instead of executing exec "$default_open_cmd" "$1" # use default open command if above conditions not satisfied } # extra dotfiles to display in HOME folder (dotfiles are hidden by default) # edit the list (space separated, surrounded by single quotes) or comment this line out, to taste: shown_dotfiles='.config .local .Xdefaults .bash_aliases .bashrc .fonts.conf .gtkrc-2.0.mine .profile .xsession-errors' # By default, this script will display directories separately, before files. # To change this behaviour, see NOTE1, NOTE2 and NOTE3 below. ####################################################################### # if "--open" option is sent as $1, open file ($2) instead of generating menu [ "$1" = '--open' ] && { open_file "$2" echo "$0 : failed to open $2" >&2 exit # in case exec command fails } output=' ' # if "--recent" option is sent, incorporate "recent files" menu [ "$1" = '--recent' ] && { shift if [ -x "$recent_script" ] then output="$output"' ' else echo "$0 : cannot find executable script $recent_script" >&2 fi } path="${1:-$HOME}" # default starting place is ~, otherwise $1 path="$( echo "${path}"/ | tr -s '/' )" # ensure one final slash [ -d "$path" ] || { echo "$0 : $path is not a directory" >&2; exit 1; } # escape xml special characters escape() { case "$1" in # only escape if string needs it *\&*|*\<*|*\>*|*\"*|*\'*) sed "s/\&/\&/g;s//\>/g;s/\"/\"/g;s/'/\'/g;" < '$open_folder_cmd' "'$(escapos "$pathe" )'" ' unset extra_entries directories_menu files_menu [ "$path" = "$HOME"/ ] && extra_entries="$shown_dotfiles" for i in "$path"* $extra_entries do [ -e "$i" ] || continue # only output code if file exists shortname="$(escape "${i##*/}")" ie="${pathe}${shortname}" [ -d "$i" ] && { # NOTE1 If you want directories and files listed together # change next line (directories_menu=$directories_menu') to read: files_menu=$files_menu' (note the one single quote at the end) directories_menu="$directories_menu"' '; continue; } files_menu="$files_menu"' ''"$0"'' --open ''"$(escapos "$ie")"'' ' done [ -n "$directories_menu" ] && { # NOTE2 comment out next 2 lines if you don't want "Directories" label output="${output}"' ' output="${output}${directories_menu}"' '; } [ -n "$files_menu" ] && { # NOTE3 comment out next 2 lines if you don't want "Files" label output="${output}"' ' output="${output}${files_menu}"' '; } output="${output}"' ' printf '%s' "$output" exit