FVWM: AppMenu module

From: John Williams <williams_at_sharkey.us.dynix.com>
Date: Wed, 1 May 1996 17:31:12 -0600 (MDT)

Here's a little module I threw together so I could have menus which
were created on the fly, based on the contents of a directory.
Sort of like MacIntosh's application menus.

I like being able to throw a new program into my bin directory and
having it automatically appear in fvwm's menus.
All it takes is one entry in .fvwm2rc:
+ "Applications" Module AppMenu {directory}
where {directory} defaults to $HOME/bin, but can be anything you want.


Here are a few examples from my ~/bin directory:

Filename: TkDesk%desk.xpm%
Contents: exec tkdesk

Filename: Calculator%calc.xpm%
Contents: exec xcalc

Filename: xcdplayer
Contains the actual executable

Filename: Games%dir_opened.xpm%
is a symbolic link to /usr/local/games


Someday I would like it to act like a popup menu, but getting
a module to do that would require changing the base code.
Perhaps I'll look into that later...


Let me know if anyone finds this useful.

~John Williams

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