Denu 2.0 - GUI based menu editing.

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TanNewt · Post by **TanNewt** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 1:37 am

I just released denu 2.0. URL It supports gnome, fluxbox, openbox and waimea and may support the current kde. Denu enables one to create their menu structure and have it generated for their window manage(assuming its supported).

On the left are two boxes one for programs, which is entries for the installed programs (based on portage), and another for special menu items such as separators. One uses add or rem to add or remove either a program or special accordingly. After the desired structure is achieved one hits Generate and then the proper window manager.

Please beware that it will overwrite menu files and may botch them. If that happens post here and I will try to help.

Please give me any feedback on the interface, coding or the program in general.

Download Link

Thanks,

Scott Shawcroft.

RMX · Post by **RMX** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 8:12 pm

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rmx@tux % denu                                                                ~
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/denu", line 1049, in ?
    treeviewdndex = DenuGUI()
  File "/usr/bin/denu", line 952, in __init__
    pickle.dump(mt,open(filename,'w'))
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/rmx/.denu/lastmenu.p'
rmx@tux % touch /home/rmx/.denu/lastmenu.p                                    ~
touch: cannot touch `/home/rmx/.denu/lastmenu.p': No such file or directory
rmx@tux % mkdir /home/rmx/.denu/                                              ~
rmx@tux % touch /home/rmx/.denu/lastmenu.p                                    ~
rmx@tux % denu                                                                ~
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/denu", line 1049, in ?
    treeviewdndex = DenuGUI()
  File "/usr/bin/denu", line 953, in __init__
    self.load_struct(filename, self.menustore)
  File "/usr/bin/denu", line 534, in load_struct
    structure = pickle.load(open(filename,'r'))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/pickle.py", line 1390, in load
    return Unpickler(file).load()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/pickle.py", line 872, in load
    dispatch[key](self)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/pickle.py", line 894, in load_eof
    raise EOFError
EOFError
rmx@tux %

I'm very interested on your project, but it won't work for me...

bladdo · Post by **bladdo** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 8:30 pm

I get this error

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/denu", line 1049, in ?
    treeviewdndex = DenuGUI()
  File "/usr/bin/denu", line 952, in __init__
    pickle.dump(mt,open(filename,'w'))
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/mi/.denu/lastmenu.p'

TanNewt · Post by **TanNewt** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 8:45 pm

Alright, this is my fault. DO NOT create the lastmenu.p file (RMX delete yours) but DO create the .denu directory in your home directory. Then run denu. What window managers are you guys running? I was just looking at the code and KDE WILL NOT work. If you need KDE I can tell you how to edit it but expect another version in a couple of days with that fixed.

UPDATE: Both this error and the KDE errors should be fixed in the current cvs version. So now denu should work. KDE support my work. I haven't tested it though.

bladdo · Post by **bladdo** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 9:15 pm

Im running on OpenBox3. So I made a .denu folder and now I'm onto the next set of errors :/

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┌(mi@PerlBoxX)-(0)-(12:48 PM Sat Dec 25)->
└-(~)-(26 files, 4.4Mb)--> denu

** (denu:17851): WARNING **: `GtkTextSearchFlags' is not an enum type
/home/mi/.gtkrc-2.0:6: error: unexpected character `}', expected keyword - e.g. `style'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/denu", line 1049, in ?
    treeviewdndex = DenuGUI()
  File "/usr/bin/denu", line 965, in __init__
    self.specialstore.append(None, ['label', 'Standard', '', self.pixbuf_manager('denu_folder.png'), ''])
  File "/usr/bin/denu", line 706, in pixbuf_manager
    self.pixbuf_index[filename] = gtk.gdk.pixbuf_new_from_file_at_size('/usr/share/pixmaps/' + filename, 16, 16)
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'pixbuf_new_from_file_at_size'

TanNewt · Post by **TanNewt** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 9:18 pm

What version of python, pygtk and gtk+ do you have?

I have python 2.3.4, pygtk 2.4.1 and gtk+ 2.4.13-r1

RMX · Post by **RMX** » Wed Dec 22, 2004 12:30 pm

rmx@tux % denu ~
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/denu", line 1049, in ?
treeviewdndex = DenuGUI()
File "/usr/bin/denu", line 965, in __init__
self.specialstore.append(None, ['label', 'Standard', '', self.pixbuf_manager('denu_folder.png'), ''])
File "/usr/bin/denu", line 703, in pixbuf_manager
file = open('/usr/share/pixmaps/' + filename, 'w')
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/share/pixmaps/denu_folder.png'

When I try to chmod that file, it says that I don't have it...
rmx@tux % sudo chmod 774 /usr/share/pixmaps/denu_folder.png ~
chmod: cannot access `/usr/share/pixmaps/denu_folder.png': No such file or directory

lightvhawk0 · Post by **lightvhawk0** » Wed Dec 22, 2004 6:36 pm

I've got a fix
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~amd64" emerge pygtk so i can have version 2.41
now sudo chmod 777 /usr/share/pixmaps
now it works

TanNewt · Post by **TanNewt** » Wed Dec 22, 2004 7:25 pm

RMX, chmod the /usr/share/pixmaps folder. Lightvhawk0, you got it to work on amd64? HOw do you like it etc.?

lightvhawk0 · Post by **lightvhawk0** » Wed Dec 22, 2004 7:33 pm

TanNewt wrote:RMX, chmod the /usr/share/pixmaps folder. Lightvhawk0, you got it to work on amd64? HOw do you like it etc.?

I like it but the proggy is noisey, if you click on add without anything being selected the program puts out this error message

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/denu", line 573, in move_selected
    value = storesource.get_value(iter, 0)
TypeError: iter must be a GtkTreeIter

other than that it saves me from the nasty xml menus of waimea ugh

i like it a lot

Dhaki · Post by **Dhaki** » Wed Dec 22, 2004 7:41 pm

And for Xfce4? Is there any program like this one?

TanNewt · Post by **TanNewt** » Wed Dec 22, 2004 8:26 pm

I can work xfce support into it. The next version features seperate files to define WMs. XFCE should be able to be supported. I have it installed I'll look into it.

TanNewt · Post by **TanNewt** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 9:50 am

There is now Xfce4 support in the CVS version. I will probably release it tomorrow as Denu 2.1 after I add one more feature to it. Please give criticism so I can make the program better. Thanks.

Dhaki · Post by **Dhaki** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 1:51 pm

TanNewt wrote:There is now Xfce4 support in the CVS version. I will probably release it tomorrow as Denu 2.1 after I add one more feature to it. Please give criticism so I can make the program better. Thanks.

Ok I'll try Denu 2.1 on xfce4

TanNewt · Post by **TanNewt** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 7:42 pm

The xfce4 menu system is sweet without denu. I looked at it to get it working and it is by far the best menu system I've worked with.

TanNewt · Post by **TanNewt** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 12:09 am

Okay, 2.1 is out with Xfce4 support and various other enhancements. Link removed, obsolete.

Imek · Post by **Imek** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 11:00 am

Are there any plans for Enlightenment menu support? That would be sweet.

bladdo · Post by **bladdo** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 3:59 pm

ok so I get pygtk 2.41 and try and run denu and I get

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/denu", line 938, in ?
    treeviewdndex = DenuGUI()
  File "/usr/bin/denu", line 855, in __init__
    imagefilename = 'denu_' + string.replace(contents[2], '\n', '') + '.png'
IndexError: list index out of range

Whats wrong?

TanNewt · Post by **TanNewt** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 9:13 pm

Chances are one of your specials is old. The old specials used to be parsed by lines. However now they are parsed with <denu-split-l1> first and then <denu-split-l2>. This allows multiline entries and also multiple window manager. All you must do is this. look in /usr/share/denu/specials and ~/.denu/specials and append <denu-split-l1> to the end of each line.

Imek, e16 or e17 support. YOU could add it to denu 2.1 but I'd be happy to.

bladdo · Post by **bladdo** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 10:09 pm

TanNewt wrote:Chances are one of your specials is old. The old specials used to be parsed by lines. However now they are parsed with <denu-split-l1> first and then <denu-split-l2>. This allows multiline entries and also multiple window manager. All you must do is this. look in /usr/share/denu/specials and ~/.denu/specials and append <denu-split-l1> to the end of each line.

Imek, e16 or e17 support. YOU could add it to denu 2.1 but I'd be happy to.

Eh to hard lol. I just totaly uninstalled it and used the ebuild instead.
--Thanks

EDIT:
ok so now I boot up denu and try and load my menu.xml for openbox and I get.

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/denu", line 689, in interm
    self.load_struct(filename, menustore)
  File "/usr/bin/denu", line 424, in load_struct
    structure = cPickle.load(open(filename,'r'))
cPickle.UnpicklingError: invalid load key, '<'.

What does this mean? I code perl I really do not know much about python

TanNewt · Post by **TanNewt** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 10:21 pm

You can only open denu generated files. ie what you save. Sorry if that wasn't made clear.

bladdo · Post by **bladdo** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 10:22 pm

TanNewt wrote:You can only open denu generated files. ie what you save. Sorry if that wasn't made clear.

So I cant just open up my openbox config and start editing. :/ o well.

TanNewt · Post by **TanNewt** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 10:31 pm

Nope, but thats an interesting idea. What I would to to start off is use the AutoFill button and then trim that down to where you like it.

SpiroTris · Post by **SpiroTris** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 11:46 pm

Oh nice program, just what I've been looking for! Nice work!

Duty · Post by **Duty** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 9:16 am

Got this error installing 2.1 from the ebuild:

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/denu", line 938, in ?
    treeviewdndex = DenuGUI()
  File "/usr/bin/denu", line 848, in __init__
    self.specialstore.append(None, ['label', 'Standard', '', self.pixbuf_manager('denu_folder.png'), ''])
  File "/usr/bin/denu", line 582, in pixbuf_manager
    file = open('/usr/share/pixmaps/' + filename, 'w')
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/share/pixmaps/denu_folder.png'

The file in question doesn't exist. I copied another one in its place but got the same message for 'denu_all.png'...