Re: [As-users] AS 2.00.01 start menu sort order
Renegade Muskrat (dramaley@spatulacity.cx)
Tue, 18 Jan 2005 17:15:24 -0600
Thank you!
I can't try this immediately (i have a meeting starting soon), but
later tonight i'll have to give it a try.
At 01:32 PM 1/18/2005 -0600, you wrote:
>Ok, here is a new feature for your pleasure ( available in CVS for
now
>)
>
>include_ordered 1000 "/usr/share/afterstep/start"
>
>Put this into your .include file instead of an old line.
>What it does is it essentially adds second order index that takes
>precedence over old order number fom the filename.
>By default it is set to 0.
>
>Having above line will cause all the items from
>/usr/share/afterstep/start have it set to 1000, effectively throwing
>them into the bottom of menu below your private items.
>
>Cheers
>Sasha
>
>
>Renegade Muskrat wrote:
>
>> I want to add a couple of my most-used programs to the top of the
menu
>
>> that appears when i click the desktop. I've created a directory
>> ~/.afterstep/start and put a .include file in it to load the normal
>> system menu. The .include looks like:
>> name AfterStep
>> include "/usr/share/afterstep/start"
>> In AfterStep 1.8.11 i could add new items to the top of the menu by
>> creating files in ~/GNUstep/Library/AfterStep/start named
0_program,
>> 1_program, etc. They would appear at the top of the menu. But if i
do
>
>> that in AfterStep 2.00.01, my custom entries don't get sorted at
the
>> top, they are mixed in with the system menu.
>>
>> For example, the system menu (in /usr/share/afterstep/start) looks
>like
>> this (the first column is how the menu item appears on screen, the
>> second is the name of the file associated with each item):
>> Debian 0_Debian
>> Desktop 1_Desktop
>> Modules 2_Modules
>> Windows 4_Windows
>> Quit 5_Quit
>> [separator space] 6_nop
>> About AfterStep 7_About_AfterStep
>> XTerminal c_xterminal
>> if i create in ~/.afterstep/start 3 files 0_rxvt, 1_firefox,
99_nop,
>the
>> menu looks like this (items from the custom menu are in caps to
easily
>
>> distinguish them):
>> Debian 0_Debian
>> RXVT 0_rxvt
>> Desktop 1_Desktop
>> MOZILLA FIREFOX 1_firefox
>> Modules 2_Modules
>> Windows 4_Windows
>> Quit 5_Quit
>> [separator space] 6_nop
>> About AfterStep 7_About_AfterStep
>> [SEPARATOR SPACE] 99_nop
>> XTerminal c_xterminal
>> Is there a way to make them sort at the top, ala AS 1.8.11? I want
the
>
>> menu to look like this:
>> RXVT 0_rxvt
>> MOZILLA FIREFOX 1_firefox
>> [SEPARATOR SPACE] 99_nop
>> Debian 0_Debian
>> Desktop 1_Desktop
>> Modules 2_Modules
>> Windows 4_Windows
>> Quit 5_Quit
>> [separator space] 6_nop
>> About AfterStep 7_About_AfterStep
>> XTerminal c_xterminal
>>
>> For the three custom menu items, i have tried naming them with
extra
>> zeros on the front, so their file name would be: 000_rxvt,
>001_firefox,
>> 099_nop. But that had no effect; they were sorted the same as
before i
>
>> added the extra zeros.
>>
>> In my look file i do have "StartMenuSortMode 1" set, but i didn't
see
>
>> any other settings that appeared to be associated with start menu
sort
>
>> order.
>> -- Dan
>>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------
>> "I'm still sane on three planets and two moons."
>>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Daniel Ramaley 3118 Cottage Grove Ave Apt 8
>> dramaley at spatulacity dot cx Des Moines, Iowa 50311
>> http://www.spatulacity.cx/ (515) 271-5233
>>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------
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>>
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>
> At 01:32 PM 1/18/2005 -0600, you wrote:
>Ok, here is a new feature for your pleasure ( available in CVS for
now
>)
>
>include_ordered 1000 "/usr/share/afterstep/start"
>
>Put this into your .include file instead of an old line.
>What it does is it essentially adds second order index that takes
>precedence over old order number fom the filename.
>By default it is set to 0.
>
>Having above line will cause all the items from
>/usr/share/afterstep/start have it set to 1000, effectively throwing
>them into the bottom of menu below your private items.
>
>Cheers
>Sasha
>
>
>Renegade Muskrat wrote:
>
>> I want to add a couple of my most-used programs to the top of the
menu
>
>> that appears when i click the desktop. I've created a directory
>> ~/.afterstep/start and put a .include file in it to load the normal
>> system menu. The .include looks like:
>> name AfterStep
>> include "/usr/share/afterstep/start"
>> In AfterStep 1.8.11 i could add new items to the top of the menu by
>> creating files in ~/GNUstep/Library/AfterStep/start named
0_program,
>> 1_program, etc. They would appear at the top of the menu. But if i
do
>
>> that in AfterStep 2.00.01, my custom entries don't get sorted at
the
>> top, they are mixed in with the system menu.
>>
>> For example, the system menu (in /usr/share/afterstep/start) looks
>like
>> this (the first column is how the menu item appears on screen, the
>> second is the name of the file associated with each item):
>> Debian 0_Debian
>> Desktop 1_Desktop
>> Modules 2_Modules
>> Windows 4_Windows
>> Quit 5_Quit
>> [separator space] 6_nop
>> About AfterStep 7_About_AfterStep
>> XTerminal c_xterminal
>> if i create in ~/.afterstep/start 3 files 0_rxvt, 1_firefox,
99_nop,
>the
>> menu looks like this (items from the custom menu are in caps to
easily
>
>> distinguish them):
>> Debian 0_Debian
>> RXVT 0_rxvt
>> Desktop 1_Desktop
>> MOZILLA FIREFOX 1_firefox
>> Modules 2_Modules
>> Windows 4_Windows
>> Quit 5_Quit
>> [separator space] 6_nop
>> About AfterStep 7_About_AfterStep
>> [SEPARATOR SPACE] 99_nop
>> XTerminal c_xterminal
>> Is there a way to make them sort at the top, ala AS 1.8.11? I want
the
>
>> menu to look like this:
>> RXVT 0_rxvt
>> MOZILLA FIREFOX 1_firefox
>> [SEPARATOR SPACE] 99_nop
>> Debian 0_Debian
>> Desktop 1_Desktop
>> Modules 2_Modules
>> Windows 4_Windows
>> Quit 5_Quit
>> [separator space] 6_nop
>> About AfterStep 7_About_AfterStep
>> XTerminal c_xterminal
>>
>> For the three custom menu items, i have tried naming them with
extra
>> zeros on the front, so their file name would be: 000_rxvt,
>001_firefox,
>> 099_nop. But that had no effect; they were sorted the same as
before i
>
>> added the extra zeros.
>>
>> In my look file i do have "StartMenuSortMode 1" set, but i didn't
see
>
>> any other settings that appeared to be associated with start menu
sort
>
>> order.
>> -- Dan
>>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------
>> "I'm still sane on three planets and two moons."
>>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Daniel Ramaley 3118 Cottage Grove Ave Apt 8
>> dramaley at spatulacity dot cx Des Moines, Iowa 50311
>> http://www.spatulacity.cx/ (515) 271-5233
>>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------
>> WARNING: REDISTRIBUTION OF THIS MESSAGE MAY BE IN
>> VIOLATION OF APPLICABLE COPYRIGHT LAWS.
>> THIS MESSAGE NOT GUARANTEED Y-TO-K COMPLIANT.
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> As-users mailing list
>> As-users@afterstep.org
>> http://mail.afterstep.org/mailman/listinfo/as-users
>
>
-- Dan
--------------------------------------------------------------------
"I'm still sane on three planets and two moons."
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Daniel Ramaley 3118 Cottage Grove Ave Apt 8
dramaley at spatulacity dot cx Des Moines, Iowa 50311
http://www.spatulacity.cx/ (515) 271-5233
--------------------------------------------------------------------
WARNING: REDISTRIBUTION OF THIS MESSAGE MAY BE IN
VIOLATION OF APPLICABLE COPYRIGHT LAWS.
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