menu.xml correction

News Plus · 2015-04-15 09:51:55

obmenu inadequate displays menu.xml

Сorrection:

Old version:

<item label="Program">
     <action name="Execute">
          <command>program</command>
     </action>
</item>

New version:

<item label="Program">
     <action name="Execute">
          <execute>program</execute>
     </action>
</item>

Head_on_a_Stick · 2015-04-15 11:31:34

^ Both work...

Openbox documentation wrote:

<execute> is a deprecated name for <command>

http://openbox.org/wiki/Help:Actions#Execute

News Plus · 2015-04-15 15:20:28

^ Both work in Debian "Wheezy"...

In Debian "Jessie" Obmenu (example):

Label - Terminal
Action - Execute
Execute - (empty)

And editing it in obmenu not work.

johnraff · 2015-04-16 05:43:20

^ <command> is correct, and as you say obmenu had no problems with it in Wheezy.
The version numbers of obmenu in Wheezy and Jessie are the same, so maybe there is something with the python packages in Jessie?

Jessie is still "testing" so maybe it will be fixed...

News Plus · 2015-04-16 09:41:12

johnraff wrote:

Jessie is still "testing" so maybe it will be fixed...

We will hope...

johnraff · 2015-04-16 09:52:22

Anyway it is very strange.

obmenu on Wheezy not only reads menu entries defined with <command>...</command>, it also writes new entries that way!

The exact same version of obmenu on Jessie fails to recogize <command> and writes new entries with <execute>...</execute>

News Plus · 2015-04-16 10:57:12

Lubuntu uses "<execute>...</execute>"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<openbox_menu xmlns="http://openbox.org/"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://openbox.org/
file:///usr/share/openbox/menu.xsd">

<menu id="root-menu" label="Openbox 3">
  <item label="Terminal emulator">
    <action name="Execute"><execute>x-terminal-emulator</execute></action>
  </item>
  <item label="Web browser">
    <action name="Execute"><execute>x-www-browser</execute></action>
  </item>
  <separator />
  <menu id="client-list-menu" />
  <separator />
  <item label="ObConf">
    <action name="Execute"><execute>obconf</execute></action>
  </item>
  <item label="Reconfigure">
    <action name="Reconfigure" />
  </item>
  <item label="Restart">
    <action name="Restart" />
  </item>
  <separator />
  <item label="Exit">
    <action name="Exit" />
  </item>
</menu>
</openbox_menu>

damo · 2015-04-16 11:05:30

Also note that quoted commands work in menu.xml, and the menu displays OK, but obmenu fails to start if it finds that "&quot" hasn't been used.

johnraff · 2015-04-20 05:06:29

" is the correct escaping for xml, so I guess obmenu is using a different xml parsing library from what openbox uses.

I'm still puzzled at the same program's different behaviour on Wheezy vs Jessie though. Maybe that "xml parsing library" (whatever it is) has changed?

johnraff · 2015-08-15 06:11:51

Solved: on Waldorf we were using a CrunchBang version of obmenu (1.0-4) where the issue is fixed. Debian (even Stretch and Sid) only have 1.0-2.

CrunchBang Linux

SEARCH

#1 2015-04-15 09:51:55

menu.xml correction

#2 2015-04-15 11:31:34

Re: menu.xml correction

#3 2015-04-15 15:20:28

Re: menu.xml correction

#4 2015-04-16 05:43:20

Re: menu.xml correction

#5 2015-04-16 09:41:12

Re: menu.xml correction

#6 2015-04-16 09:52:22

Re: menu.xml correction

#7 2015-04-16 10:57:12

Re: menu.xml correction

#8 2015-04-16 11:05:30

Re: menu.xml correction

#9 2015-04-20 05:06:29

Re: menu.xml correction

#10 2015-08-15 06:11:51

Re: menu.xml correction

Board footer