Openbox:Pipemenus

From Openbox

(Difference between revisions)
Jump to: navigation, search
(Re-adding some good old scripts)
Line 41: Line 41:
 
|width="10%" valign="middle"|'''Implementation'''
 
|width="10%" valign="middle"|'''Implementation'''
 
|width="*%" valign="middle"|'''Description'''
 
|width="*%" valign="middle"|'''Description'''
 +
|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
 +
|valign="middle"|
 +
'''[[Openbox:Pipemenus:gtk-bookmarks|gtk-bookmarks]]'''
 +
|valign="middle"|
 +
Bash
 +
|valign="middle"|
 +
''Simple bash script to create a pipe menu from ~/.gtk-bookmarks by Mulberry''
 
|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
 
|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
 
|valign="middle"|
 
|valign="middle"|
Line 105: Line 112:
 
|valign="middle"|
 
|valign="middle"|
 
''Openbox 3 desktop wallpaper changer by Mike Hokenson''
 
''Openbox 3 desktop wallpaper changer by Mike Hokenson''
 +
|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
 +
|valign="middle"|
 +
'''[[Openbox:Pipemenus:bmenu-1.0|bmenu-1.0]]'''
 +
|valign="middle"|
 +
Python
 +
|valign="middle"|
 +
''A pipe menu which uses Feh to select the wallpaper from the chosen directory by Mulberry''
 
|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
 
|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
 
|valign="middle"|
 
|valign="middle"|
Line 119: Line 133:
 
|valign="middle"|
 
|valign="middle"|
 
''A simple task list in the form of a pipe menu. Simple features are supported for the time being. Adding tasks. Clicking on a task renders it completed and is therefore removed from the list.''
 
''A simple task list in the form of a pipe menu. Simple features are supported for the time being. Adding tasks. Clicking on a task renders it completed and is therefore removed from the list.''
 +
|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
 +
|valign="middle"|
 +
'''[[Openbox:Pipemenus:feeder-python|feeder]]'''
 +
|valign="middle"|
 +
Python
 +
|valign="middle"|
 +
''A script to pipe RSS and Podcast feeds into the Openbox menu by Vlad George''
 
|}
 
|}
  
Line 170: Line 191:
 
|valign="middle"|
 
|valign="middle"|
 
''Pipe menu for recursive directory listings.''
 
''Pipe menu for recursive directory listings.''
 +
|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
 +
|valign="middle"|
 +
'''[[Openbox:Pipemenus:processes-python|processes]]'''
 +
|valign="middle"|
 +
Python
 +
|valign="middle"|
 +
''Reads out info from /proc and pipes it to a menu. Renice, kill or restart apps through the menu. Has a filter, so not all apps/daemons are shown in the menu. By Vlad George.''
 +
|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
 +
|valign="middle"|
 +
'''[[Openbox:Pipemenus:mntmenu|mntmenu]]'''
 +
|valign="middle"|
 +
Perl
 +
|valign="middle"|
 +
''Pipe menu that parses /etc/fstab for user mountable filesystems and allows the user to mount them. By Matthew Fitzgibbons.''
 
|}
 
|}
  
Line 247: Line 282:
 
|valign="middle"|
 
|valign="middle"|
 
''Create a pipemenu of chromium/google-chrome bookmarks by [[User:Spoiledbroth|Spoiledbroth]]''
 
''Create a pipemenu of chromium/google-chrome bookmarks by [[User:Spoiledbroth|Spoiledbroth]]''
 +
|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
 +
|valign="middle"|
 +
'''[[Openbox:Pipemenus:obm-mozilla|Firefox bookmarks]]'''
 +
|valign="middle"|
 +
Python
 +
|valign="middle"|
 +
''Create a pipemenu of Firefox bookmarks by Manuel Colmenero.''
 
|}
 
|}
  
Line 258: Line 300:
 
* [http://zhar.net/projects/openbox/ zhar.net Openbox stuff]
 
* [http://zhar.net/projects/openbox/ zhar.net Openbox stuff]
 
** A collection of pipe menus by John Eikenberry.
 
** A collection of pipe menus by John Eikenberry.
 +
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20150215210422/http://david.chalkskeletons.com/scripts/ Mulberry's Openbox Pipe menu scripts]
 +
** A repository of pipe menus which originally appeared on this page around 2012.
 
* [http://obmenu.sourceforge.net/ Manuel Colmenero's Openbox Menu Editor]  
 
* [http://obmenu.sourceforge.net/ Manuel Colmenero's Openbox Menu Editor]  
 
** This contains several menus, including an XDG menu, a Firefox bookmark menu, and others.
 
** This contains several menus, including an XDG menu, a Firefox bookmark menu, and others.

Revision as of 19:03, 28 February 2018

(thumbnail)
Example of a pipe menu in action.

Pipe menus are generated at run time (on-the-fly) based on output of scripts. These are also called "dynamic menus," and are often used to provide added functionality to Openbox or integration with other software on the system. A number of scripts for generating pipe menus have been collected on this page. Please note many of these scripts have not been reviewed, and were not written by people directly involved with the project.

See the menu documentation for how to use pipe menus in your Openbox installation.


Contents

Application Menus

Script Implementation Description

openbox-xdgmenu

C

Create an XDG menu

Openbox Application Menu

Perl

Reads .desktop files from multiple directories to construct a flat menu. Useful if your system doesn't have working XDG or Debian menus.

obamenu

Python

Automagically creates Openbox application menus by analyzing xdg information provided by desktop files.


Desktop Environment Integration

Script Implementation Description

gtk-bookmarks

Bash

Simple bash script to create a pipe menu from ~/.gtk-bookmarks by Mulberry

thunar-bookmarks

Perl

A pipe menu that duplicates ~/.gtk-bookmarks (Nautilus, PCManFM, Thunar), by dbbolton

dolphin-bookmarks

Perl

A pipe menu that duplicates user-places.xbel (Dolphin, etc) by dbbolton

recentfilesxbel

Bash

Shows your recent documents using the newer xbel format. by davidbarr

rox-filer bookmarks

Python

Pipes the rox-filer bookmarks from ~/.config/rox..../bookmarks.xml into the Openbox menu. Running one opens the bookmark in rox-filer.

clipboard_menu

Python

Menu of recently copied text clips, selecting an item pastes it (requires parcellite or clipit) by Joe Bloggs


Personalisation

Script Implementation Description

ob3_theme

C

Openbox 3 theme changer by Mike Hokenson

show_ob_keybindings Python View/edit keybindings by Joe Bloggs

ob3_wall

C

Openbox 3 desktop wallpaper changer by Mike Hokenson

bmenu-1.0

Python

A pipe menu which uses Feh to select the wallpaper from the chosen directory by Mulberry

Weather Pipe Menu

Python

Shows the weather forecast of the city passed as argument.

Palobo's Openbox SimpleTasks Tasklist

Python

A simple task list in the form of a pipe menu. Simple features are supported for the time being. Adding tasks. Clicking on a task renders it completed and is therefore removed from the list.

feeder

Python

A script to pipe RSS and Podcast feeds into the Openbox menu by Vlad George


System Information

Script Implementation Description

ob-cpufreq-0.2

Python

See your CPU frequency by John McKnight

ob-sysinfo

Perl

A similar system information script written in Perl and easy to modify/extend by dbbolton

date-menu

Bash

A simple date, time, and calendar.

Reboot Menu

Perl

Allows you to reboot to the any of the options in your grub.conf.

battery

Bash

A simple script to show acpi settings battery and temperature.

Directory Menu

Perl

Pipe menu for recursive directory listings.

processes

Python

Reads out info from /proc and pipes it to a menu. Renice, kill or restart apps through the menu. Has a filter, so not all apps/daemons are shown in the menu. By Vlad George.

mntmenu

Perl

Pipe menu that parses /etc/fstab for user mountable filesystems and allows the user to mount them. By Matthew Fitzgibbons.


Multimedia & Graphics

Script Implementation Description

ob-randr

Python

Easily change resolution, rotation, scaling, panning, and other xrandr operations as well as quickly see the capabilities of connected displays.

xmms2-OpenboxMenu

Python

xmms2 Pipe menu client

Audacious Control

Bash

Controls Audacious from a pipe menu by Matsuda Shinpei

Audacious Control (alternative)

Perl

A menu to control Audacious. Uses a builtin client for Audacious and depends on wmctrl. By AaylaSecura

MPD/MPC Control

Perl

Control MPD/MPC from a pipe menu. Depends on MPC and one of gtkdialog/matedialog/zenity. By AaylaSecura


Miscellaneous

Games

Script Implementation Description

my_q3stat

C

A script to query Quake 3 servers by Mike Hokenson

Browser Integration

Script Implementation Description

Chromium bookmarks

Perl

Create a pipemenu of chromium/google-chrome bookmarks by Spoiledbroth

Firefox bookmarks

Python

Create a pipemenu of Firefox bookmarks by Manuel Colmenero.


Script collections

External links

Personal tools