Tiny Core Linux
Tiny Core Extensions => TCE Q&A Forum => Topic started by: Paulo on March 27, 2013, 12:48:45 PM
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Hi all
I tried to add an entry to /home/tc/.wbar, it worked but once I rebooted (did backup), I saw a quick flash
on the screen about some error and the entry was no longer there.
I rebooted again this time without doing a backup, the error is now gone but the entry is still not there.
This what I appended to the end of .wbar:
i: /path/to/an/icon.png
t: Text_to_display
c: exec /path/to/my/script
Can anyone please advise on how to add stuff to wbar?
Thanks.
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Hi Paulo
Read the answer about adding menu items here:
http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,15107.msg86662.html#msg86662
Adding icons to the wbar is just an extension of this technique.
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Thank you Rich, will give it a bash (sorry, pun intended) :)
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@Rich
OK, it went well (the second time round) but now I have an entry which is non functional.
In http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,15107.msg86662.html#msg86662 (http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,15107.msg86662.html#msg86662)
you mention:
To remove the oranges~2.desktop entry, delete the /usr/local/share/applications/oranges~2.desktop file, delete
the Name= value it created in /home/tc/.wmx/Applications/oranges, and run desktop.sh oranges
The problem is, I have no .wmx directory.
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Hi Paulo
You do know file and directory names that begin with a dot are hidden. If you open a terminal and enter:
ls -a
do you see it then?
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Hi Rich
I know about the dot meaning hidden files.
I tried in the cli (as you suggested)
ls -a
also
ls .* and also via rox running as root.
Nothing, the /home/tc/.wmx folder does not exist.
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.wmx/Applications is removed during backup per the /opt/.xfiletool.lst file.
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Hi gerald_clark
But he's saying his /home/tc directory doesn't have a .wmx directory. Is that possible?
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Hi Paulo
What does this return:
for i in desktop icons tcuser; do cat /etc/sysconfig/$i; done
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Hi Rich
for i in desktop icons tcuser; do cat /etc/sysconfig/$i; done
returns:
jwm
wbar
tc
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Hi Paulo
Maybe the directory has a different name under jwm, I don't know. When you right click the desktop, do you get a
pop up menu that lists Applications ? If so, see what this returns:
find /home/tc -name Applications
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.wmx is part of the flwm window manager extension.
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If I understand right, .wmx is a subtree containing 1 distinct shell script per each menu item for flwm (and plays no role with jwm).
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Hi Rich
Yes there is a pop-up menu but strangely it does not display the new entry I have made.
It runs perfectly and icon is displayed in wbar, but not listed in the pop-up menu, yet others like FireFox17 are,
which is what I modeled my entry on.
When I type this:
find /home/tc -name Applications
Nothing is returned.
In case it makes a difference, my jwm version is vsvn-456 with compiled options:
confirm icons png shape xft xinerama xpm xrender
system config: /usr/local/etc/system.jwmrc
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By the way, just did a reboot with backup and my addition to wbar is not persistent.
EDIT:
Ignore, forgot to add it to .filetool.lst
EDIT 2:
I see that when one adds an entry to wbar, it's placed as the last item on the right hand side but after a reboot
it's placed alphabetically after any tinycore-SomeName.desktop.
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Re-read reply #6.
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Hi Paulo
I don't use jwm so I'm not familiar with it. Maybe check out some of the .jwmrc directories under usr/share/jwm/tce/
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Hi Paulo
You could also look the makemenu script for clues:
less `which jwm_makemenu`
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Yes there is a pop-up menu but strangely it does not display the new entry I have made.
It runs perfectly and icon is displayed in wbar, but not listed in the pop-up menu, yet others like FireFox17 are,
which is what I modeled my entry on.
Applications pop-up menu is generated by every window manager with xxx_makemenu scripts. Example: jwm_makemenu or openbox_makemenu
It read *.desktop files from /usr/local/share/applications/ and generates a custom menu.
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@gerald_clark
Is there any reason as to why .wmx is included in .xfiletool.lst by default before I take it out?
@Rich
I will look at:
less `which jwm_makemenu`
@AmatCoder
It read *.desktop files from /usr/local/share/applications/ and generates a custom menu.
That is what I also understood, but it does not do it until a reboot or a restart of the X server for some reason.
(B.T.W. Thank you very much for gtkdialog.tcz, works very well).
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It read *.desktop files from /usr/local/share/applications/ and generates a custom menu.
That is what I also understood, but it does not do it until a reboot or a restart of the X server for some reason.
_makemenu scripts are executed by tce-load when install. You can force it with:
tc@box:~$ desktop.sh foo
tc@box:~$ jwm_restart
where 'foo' is the name of desktop item in /usr/local/share/applications i.e. foo.desktop
EDIT:
Alternatively:
tc@box:~$ jwm_makemenu foo
tc@box:~$ jwm_restart
if you don't want add an icon from 'X-FullPathIcon' field to wbar.
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Thanks AmatCoder those are handy bits of information.
What I also do if I don't want to use wbar is to make the .desktop file as per normal but just keep it in a directory,
rox will show the associated icon and when I click on it it will run what ever is in the Exec= line.
Very handy to run cli apps in aterm or even gtkdialog scripts.