Fvwm-Nightshade - Desktop environment based on Fvwm

SYNOPSIS

Module FNS-MenuConfigurator

FNS-MenuConfigurator can only be invoked by fvwm. Command line invocation of the FNS-MenuConfigurator module will not work.

DESCRIPTION

FNS-MenuConfigurator is used to configure the appearance of the root menu. It is the graphical user interface of fns-menu-desktop - a revised version of fvwm-menu-desktop which reads XDG menu files and creates Fvwm menus.

OPTIONS

Multiple Menu

In this tab all XDG menus found on the system are shown. All selected menus will integrate in one Fvwm menu. Note that equal menus found under /etc/xdg/menus AND ~/.config/menus/ following the XDG menu specification only shown in ~/.config/menus/. If you want to generate a custom-assembled menu switch to the Single Menu tab.

Single Menu

In this tab you can define a custom-assembled menu foo-bar.menu placed on another location as defined in the XDG menu definitions.

If the menu doesn’t exist, nothing happens.

Menu Top Title: pecifies the menu title of the top menu used by Fvwm’s Popup command. Default is FvwmMenu.
Desktop: Overrides the name of the main desktop environment installed on the system. If a system offers multiple desktop environments $XDG_MENU_PREFIX is typically set. It is ignored if this field is used. Possible names: gnome, kde, lxde, etc.
Install-Prefix: Overrides the standard locations for XDG menu definitions. The standard locations are /etc/xdg/menus and ~/.config/menus if available.
Menu Type: Defines which type of menu should be found. Possible name types could be: applications, settings, preferences, etc.

If the specified menu type doesn’t exist the generated menu is empty!

General Options

Use Icons: Option enables mini-icons in the menu(s).
Icon Size: If Use Icons is set, by default 24x24 mini-icons are used. If another size is desired change the wanted size in this field.
Icon Theme: Sets the used icon theme. Default is gnome but all others found in ~/.icons or /usr/share/icons can used except the hicolor theme because it’s the default fallback theme if no icon is found. Note that the theme name must be written exactly as the icon directory e.g. /usr/share/icons/Mint-X ⇒ Mint-X.
Directory Icon: If Use Icons is enabled and for a directory in a menu no icon is found gnome-fs-directory as default icon is used. But if the gnome icon theme isn’t installed no default icon appears. Another icon can defined here. Only the name of an icon is needed not the path!
Application Icon: If Use Icons is enabled and for an application no icon is found gnome-applications as default icon is used. But if the gnome icon theme isn’t installed no default icon appears. Another icon can defined here. Only the name of an icon is needed not the path!
Icon Directory: If the specified icon isn’t that size it is converted if ImageMagick is installed. Generated icons are saved in $FVWM_USERDIR/icons or the directory specified here. Otherwise no icon appears in the menu for that entry.
Use Titles: If this option is set menus are generated with titles. Default is no titles.
Menus in Menu: Enable this checkbox to insert generated menu(s) IN a menu.
InMenu: Enter in this field the name of the menu (its top title) where the generated menu(s) should insert. For more information see the USAGE section in the man page of fns-menu-desktop.
Output Path: Enter here the FULL path of the menu to store. Default path is $FVWM_USERDIR/.menu.

Buttons

Generate: Generates the menu(s).
Help: Opens the manpage of fns-menu-desktop.
Save: Saves the new menu settings.
Cancel: Closes FNS-MenuConfigurator.

FILES

Menu settings are saved in /usr/share/fvwm-nightshade/.fns-menu.cfg. The previous settings are saved as .fns-menu.bak.