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

[Das]

Hi Dana,

Here's some of the confusion I saw, look at that new menu_test.xml I
attached.

The entire <menu id="root-menu" label="Openbox 3"> section is gone...

This is like one thing I'm getting at and then the original uses these tags;

<command></command>

And this new one is using instead;

<execute></execute>

I don't know I guess it might just be me, but seeing an entire section
removed then the syntax different I think is confusing to have in a Window
Manager, maybe I just haven't gotten use to it is all...


On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Dana Jansens <dana at orodu.net> wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 8:01 PM, Das <dasfox at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Dana,
>>
>> Sorry if I've created some confusion, its not about learning XML, I was
>> just thinkng of this from the stand point I guess as a new user coming into
>> this....
>>
>> So maybe I'm just thinking about this all wrong and when anyone sees a
>> .xml file they just need to know and learn that anything goes as long as
>> it's validated XML, then make whatever you feel like...
>>
>
> It's not really make whatever you feel like. The format just allows you to
> define a <menu> inline or somewhere else, and you can refer to the menu to
> insert it into other menus as many times as you please. If the docs are not
> clear I'd love improvements there.
>
>
>>
>>  I guess I was looking at it like HTML, like how many ways can you really
>> make a hyper link or hotlink, seems like in some code you can only do
>> things one or two ways, so I guess I was thinking the same for the menu.xml
>> like that was really the only way in which to create this type of
>> thing/syntax....
>>
>> Thanks...
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 1:49 PM, Dana Jansens <dana at orodu.net> wrote:
>>
>>> 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...
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 5:35 AM, Xyne <xyne at archlinux.ca> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Das wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> >I think you need to LOOK HARDER at the menu.xml in the source
>>>>> >...
>>>>> >so pelase don't patronize people
>>>>>
>>>>> no comment
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ><menu id="apps-accessories-menu" label="Accessories">
>>>>> ><separator/>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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:
>>>>>
>>>>> <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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