[openbox] menu.xml - I thought It Only Had One Format/Standard?

[Dana Jansens]

On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 7:45 PM, Das <dasfox at gmail.com> wrote:

> Great thanks, now we're getting somewhere! :)
>
> Ok again, this is what I meant by a standard, I'm attaching a file
> menu_test.xml so as to not confuse the name with another menu.xml...
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> Since this is XML I guess now that I've had some time to consider it, as
> long as you make the XML syntax correct anything will work, so I'm no XML
> pro, how many ways then does that leave use to be able to create a menu?
>
> This was all I meant by making the menu a standard so it's only written
> one way, so as to not confuse end-users across different distros, or menu
> making applications, etc., when they come across many various formats as
> I've now seen and then people are scratching their heads wondering what's
> going on, because I'm not familiar with any desktops or other Window
> Managers that allow for a menu to be coded in many different syntax ways...
>
>
If you don't want to learn how to write XML I'd recommend
http://obmenu.sourceforge.net/. There's no need to learn this stuff for
making menus.


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> On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 5:35 AM, Xyne <xyne at archlinux.ca> wrote:
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>> Das wrote:
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>> >I think you need to LOOK HARDER at the menu.xml in the source
>> >...
>> >so pelase don't patronize people
>>
>> no comment
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>> ><menu id="apps-accessories-menu" label="Accessories">
>> ><separator/>
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>> You have placed the separator in the definition of the accessories menu,
>> so it
>> appears in the accessories menu. According to your previous posts, you
>> want the
>> separator to appear after the accessories menu, *in the root menu*, so you
>> should place it there:
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>> <menu id="root-menu" label="Openbox 3">
>>   <separator label="Applications" />
>>   <menu id="apps-accessories-menu"/>
>>   <separator/>
>>
>> I have attached an updated version of your file.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Xyne
>>
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