Re: Question about menus (usermenu, appmenu)

Quoting Josip Deanovic <[email protected]>:

> On Monday 2015-08-24 14:07:48 Rodolfo García  Peñas wrote:
>> Josip Deanovic <[email protected]> escribió:
>> > I am using the --enable-usermenu option every time when I prepare
>> > windowmaker for compilation but I don't think that I have ever managed
>> > to get some time and actually test and use the feature.
>> >
>> > The feature seem to appear in the 0.53.0 and it is documented in the
>> > NEWS file:
>> >
>> >
>> > -----BEGIN-----
>> > Application User Menu
>> > ---------------------
>> >
>> > Applications with an appicon can have a user defined menu.
>> >
>> > This menu will emulate keyboard events, and will be sent to the
>> > applications' window(s), thus the application must accept key
>> > combinations (CTRL+N for instance).
>> >
>> > To enable this feature, #define USER_MENU in src/wconfig.h and place
>> > menu files in ~/GNUstep/Defaults/UserMenus
>> > (/usr/local/etc/WindowMaker/UserMenus globally).
>> >
>> > The user menu is in PropList format and the filename is in:
>> > <instance name>.<class name>.menu or application's main window.
>> > (Example: the menu for xcalc would be - xcalc.XCalc.menu)
>> >
>> > Example user menu syntax:
>> >
>> > (
>> >
>> >   "Calculator",
>> >   ("Put 1", SHORTCUT, "2"),
>> >   ("Functions",
>> >
>> >     ("Put 2", SHORTCUT, "2"),
>> >     ("Put 3,4 and 5", SHORTCUT, (3,4,5))
>> >
>> >   ),
>> >   ("Exit", SHORTCUT, "Control+q")
>> >
>> > )
>> > -----END-----
>> >
>> >
>> > If I understand correctly this feature would make possible to use
>> > "the user defined menu" or keyboard shortcut on the appicon of an
>> > application to start emulating keyboard events on the application
>> > window.
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I tried to create the menu file
>> (~/GNUstep/Defaults/UserMenus/xcalc.XCalc.menu) with the contents
>> included in the NEWS file. I am unable to use the menu. IMO the call
>> is wrong, because is set in the wSetFocusTo function and in a place
>> probably unreacheable. Could someone try to show the menu?
>>
>> I will think about it, perhalps is a good idea have this menu...
>>
>> OTOH, the usermenu is not compiled in Debian/Ubuntu by default.
>
> I have tried to configure it for xlogo.XLogo.menu and I don't see
> any menu (unfortunately).
>
> Maybe there is some keyboard shortcut which need to be used to activate
> it? Or maybe some other way to activate it?

Hi,

I found one problem, the path was wrong in the code (or in the doc,  
IMO, in the code).

Then, I added the menu map when the window is created. Probably could  
be a good idea create a menu entry to show/hide the menu.

Ok, now we can test it.

Cheers,
kix
Rodolfo García Peñas (kix)
http://www.kix.es/


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