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Pipemenus are generated at run time (on-the-fly) based on output of scripts. These are also called "dynamic menus". A number of scripts, used to generate dynamic menus, written by various people and available here.
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[[File:Ob-chromium-scrot.png|thumb|320px|right|Example of a pipe menu in action.]]
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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 [[Help:Menus#Dynamic_menus|menu documentation]] for how to use pipe menus in your Openbox menus.
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See the [[Help:Menus#Pipe_menus|menu documentation]] for how to use pipe menus in your Openbox installation.
  
== Openbox Configuration ==
 
  
* [http://www.gozer.org/my_stuff/c/c/ob3_theme.c ob3_theme.c] Theme Changer. - Mike Hokenson
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== Application Menus ==
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{| border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="5" align="left"
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|- style="padding: 1px;"
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|width="25%" valign="middle"|'''Script'''
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|width="10%" valign="middle"|'''Implementation'''
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|width="*%" valign="middle"|'''Description'''
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|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
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|valign="middle"|
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'''[https://launchpad.net/openbox-xdgmenu/+download openbox-xdgmenu]'''
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|valign="middle"|
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C
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|valign="middle"|
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''Create an XDG menu''
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|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
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|valign="middle"|
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'''[[Openbox:Pipemenus:obam|Openbox Application Menu]]'''
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|valign="middle"|
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Perl
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|valign="middle"|
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''Reads .desktop files from multiple directories to construct a flat menu. Useful if your system doesn't have working XDG or Debian menus.''
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|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
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|valign="middle"|
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'''[http://rmoe.anukis.de/obamenu.html obamenu]'''
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Python
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''Automagically creates Openbox application menus by analyzing xdg information provided by desktop files.''
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* [https://github.com/vapniks/ob-pipe-menus show_ob_keybindings.py] View/edit keybindings. - Joe Bloggs
 
 
== Background Management ==
 
 
* [http://www.gozer.org/programs/c/c/ob3_wall.c ob3_wall.c] Change wallpaper. - Mike Hokenson
 
  
 
== Desktop Environment Integration ==
 
== Desktop Environment Integration ==
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{| border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="5" align="left"
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|- style="padding: 1px;"
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|width="25%" valign="middle"|'''Script'''
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|width="10%" valign="middle"|'''Implementation'''
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|width="*%" valign="middle"|'''Description'''
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|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
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|valign="middle"|
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'''[[Openbox:Pipemenus:gtk-bookmarks|gtk-bookmarks]]'''
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|valign="middle"|
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Bash
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|valign="middle"|
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''Simple bash script to create a pipe menu from ~/.gtk-bookmarks by Mulberry''
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|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
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|valign="middle"|
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'''[http://github.com/dbbolton/pipemenus/blob/master/thunar-bookmarks.pl thunar-bookmarks]'''
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|valign="middle"|
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Perl
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|valign="middle"|
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''A pipe menu that duplicates ~/.gtk-bookmarks (Nautilus, PCManFM, Thunar), by [[User:dbbolton|dbbolton]]''
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|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
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|width="25%" valign="middle"|
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'''[http://github.com/dbbolton/pipemenus/blob/master/dolphin-bookmarks.pl dolphin-bookmarks]'''
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|valign="middle"|
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Perl
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|valign="middle"|
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''A pipe menu that duplicates user-places.xbel (Dolphin, etc) by [[User:dbbolton|dbbolton]]''
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|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
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|valign="middle"|
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'''[[Openbox:Pipemenus:recentfilesxbel|recentfilesxbel]]'''
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|valign="middle"|
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POSIX sh
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|valign="middle"|
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''Shows your recent documents using the newer xbel format. by [[User:davidbarr|davidbarr]]''
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|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
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|valign="middle"|
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'''[http://icculus.org/openbox/pipemenus/bookmarks.py rox-filer bookmarks]'''
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|valign="middle"|
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Python
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''Pipes the rox-filer bookmarks from ~/.config/rox..../bookmarks.xml into the Openbox menu. Running one opens the bookmark in rox-filer.''
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* [http://github.com/dbbolton/pipemenus/blob/master/thunar-bookmarks.pl thunar-bookmarks.pl] A Perl script that duplicates ~/.gtk-bookmarks (Nautilus, PCManFM, Thunar), from [[User:dbbolton|dbbolton]].
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== Multimedia & Games ==
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{| border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="5" align="left"
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|- style="padding: 1px;"
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|width="25%" valign="middle"|'''Script'''
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|width="10%" valign="middle"|'''Implementation'''
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|width="*%" valign="middle"|'''Description'''
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|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
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|valign="middle"|
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'''[https://github.com/Eli2/xmms2-OpenboxMenu xmms2-OpenboxMenu]'''
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|valign="middle"|
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Python
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''xmms2 Pipe menu client''
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|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
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|valign="middle"|
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'''[[Openbox:Pipemenus:AudaciousControl|Audacious Control]]'''
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|valign="middle"|
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Bash
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|valign="middle"|
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''Controls Audacious from a pipe menu by Matsuda Shinpei''
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|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
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|valign="middle"|
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'''[[Openbox:Pipemenus:Audacious_control_alternative|Audacious Control (alternative)]] '''
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|valign="middle"|
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Perl
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|valign="middle"|
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''A menu to control Audacious. Uses a builtin client for Audacious and depends on wmctrl. By [[User:AaylaSecura|AaylaSecura]]''
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|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
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|valign="middle"|
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'''[[Openbox:Pipemenus:MPD_control|MPD/MPC Control]]'''
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|valign="middle"|
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Perl
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''Control MPD/MPC from a pipe menu. Depends on MPC and one of gtkdialog/matedialog/zenity. By [[User:AaylaSecura|AaylaSecura]]''
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|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
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|valign="middle"|
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'''[http://www.gozer.org/programs/c/files/my_q3stat.c my_q3stat]'''
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C
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''A script to query Quake 3 servers by Mike Hokenson''
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* [http://github.com/dbbolton/pipemenus/blob/master/dolphin-bookmarks.pl dolphin-bookmarks.pl] A similar menu for Dolphin (uses ''user-places.xbel''), from [[User:dbbolton|dbbolton]].
 
  
* [[Openbox:Pipemenus:recentfilesxbel]] Shows your recent documents using the newer xbel format.
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==Personalisation==
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<span id="Background_Management"></span>
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{| border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="5" align="left"
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|- style="padding: 1px;"
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|width="25%" valign="middle"|'''Script'''
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|width="10%" valign="middle"|'''Implementation'''
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|width="*%" valign="middle"|'''Description'''
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<!-- here is an example entry for a pipemenu. please maintain the style -->
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|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
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|valign="middle"|
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'''[http://www.gozer.org/my_stuff/c/c/ob3_theme.c ob3_theme]'''
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|valign="middle"|
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C
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|valign="middle"|
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''Openbox 3 theme changer by Mike Hokenson''
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<!-- END OF EXAMPLE -->
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|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
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|valign="middle"|
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'''[http://www.gozer.org/programs/c/c/ob3_wall.c ob3_wall]'''
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|valign="middle"|
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C
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|valign="middle"|
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''Openbox 3 desktop wallpaper changer by Mike Hokenson''
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|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
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|valign="middle"|'''[https://github.com/vapniks/ob-pipe-menus show_ob_keybindings]'''
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|valign="middle"|Python
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|valign="middle"|''View/edit keybindings by Joe Bloggs''
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|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
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|valign="middle"|
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'''[[Openbox:Pipemenus:bmenu-1.0|bmenu-1.0]]'''
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|valign="middle"|
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Python
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|valign="middle"|
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''A pipe menu which uses Feh to select the wallpaper from the chosen directory by Mulberry''
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|}
  
* [http://icculus.org/openbox/pipemenus/bookmarks.py bookmarks.py] Pipes the rox-filer bookmarks from ~/.config/rox..../bookmarks.xml into the Openbox menu. Running one in the menu opens the bookmark with rox-filer.
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== System Integration ==
 
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{| border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="5" align="left"
* [https://github.com/vapniks/ob-pipe-menus/tree/master/clipboard_manager ob_clipboard_pipe_menu.py] Menu of recently copied text clips, selecting an item pastes it (requires parcellite or clipit to be installed) - Joe Bloggs
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|- style="padding: 1px;"
 
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|width="25%" valign="middle"|'''Script'''
== XDG Application Menus ==
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|width="10%" valign="middle"|'''Implementation'''
 
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|width="*%" valign="middle"|'''Description'''
* [[Image:Important.png|left]][http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/gitweb/?p=openbox.git;a=blob;f=xdg-menu;hb=HEAD Python XDG menu from Fedora] This is a very complete XDG menu solution, works flawlessly, and is one of the few, if not the only one which supports custom user menus, meaning you can edit your menus with alacarte or any XDG menu editor.
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|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
 
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|valign="middle"|
* [https://launchpad.net/openbox-xdgmenu/+download openbox-xdgmenu] Create an XDG menu.
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'''[http://icculus.org/openbox/pipe/ob-cpufreq-0.2.py ob-cpufreq-0.2]'''
 
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|valign="middle"|
* [http://mimasgpc.free.fr/openbox-menu_en.html openbox-menu] This generates menus for Openbox from the applications installed on the system and keeps them always up to date.
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Python
 
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|valign="middle"|
* [[Openbox:Pipemenus:obam]] Openbox Application Menu reads .desktop files from multiple directories to construct a flat menu. This is especially useful if your system doesn't have working XDG or Debian menus.
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''See your CPU frequency by John McKnight''
 
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|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
== Browser Integration ==
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|valign="middle"|
 
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'''[https://github.com/dbbolton/pipemenus/raw/master/ob-sysinfo.pl ob-sysinfo]'''
* [https://gsmblog.net/opera-bookmarks-pipemenu-for-openbox/ Opera bookmarks] Grabs your bookmarks from Opera. Clicking on them opens them in Opera. - Brendan Johan Lee
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|valign="middle"|
 
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Perl
* [[User:Spoiledbroth/ob-chromium|Chromium bookmarks]] Create a pipemenu of chromium/google-chrome bookmarks (perl pipemenu) by [[User:Spoiledbroth]]
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|valign="middle"|
 
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''A similar system information script written in Perl and easy to modify/extend by [[User:dbbolton|dbbolton]]''
== System Information ==
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|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
 
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|valign="middle"|
* [http://icculus.org/openbox/pipe/ob-cpufreq-0.2.py ob-cpufreq-0.2.py] See your CPU frequency. - John McKnight
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'''[[Openbox:Pipemenus:Date_Menu|date-menu]]'''
 
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|valign="middle"|
* [https://github.com/dbbolton/pipemenus/raw/master/ob-sysinfo.pl ob-sysinfo.pl] A similar system information script written in Perl and easy to modify/extend. - [[User:dbbolton|dbbolton]]
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POSIX sh
 
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|valign="middle"|
* [http://openbox.org/wiki/Openbox:Pipemenus:Date_Menu date-menu.sh] A simple date, time, and calendar.
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''A simple date, time, and calendar.''
 
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|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
* [[Openbox:Pipemenus:obreboot]] Openbox Reboot Menu allows you to reboot to the any of the options in your grub.conf.
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|valign="middle"|
 
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'''[[Openbox:Pipemenus:obreboot|Reboot Menu]]'''
* [[Openbox:Pipemenus:battery]] A simple script to show acpi settings battery and temperature.
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|valign="middle"|
 
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Perl
* [[Openbox:Pipemenus:Dirsmenu]] Another menu for recursive directory listing.
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|valign="middle"|
 
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''Allows you to reboot to the any of the options in your grub.conf.''
== Sound & Media ==
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|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
 
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|valign="middle"|
* [https://github.com/Eli2/xmms2-OpenboxMenu xmms2-OpenboxMenu] xmms2 Pipe Menu client
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'''[[Openbox:Pipemenus:battery|battery]]'''
 
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|valign="middle"|
* [[Openbox:Popemenus:audacious-OpenboxPipemenu]] Control audacious from menu.
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Bash
 
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|valign="middle"|
* [[Openbox:Pipemenus:Audacious_control_alternative]] Control Audacious from menu (alternative).
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''A simple script to show acpi settings battery and temperature.''
 
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|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
* [[Openbox:Pipemenus:MPD_control]] Control MPD from menu.
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|valign="middle"|
 
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'''[[Openbox:Pipemenus:Dirsmenu|Directory Menu]]'''
== Games ==
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|valign="middle"|
 
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Perl
* [http://www.gozer.org/programs/c/files/my_q3stat.c my_q3stat.c] Queries Quake 3 servers.
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''Pipe menu for recursive directory listings.''
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|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
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'''[[Openbox:Pipemenus:processes-python|processes]]'''
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Python
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''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.''
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|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
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|valign="middle"|
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'''[[Openbox:Pipemenus:mntmenu|mntmenu]]'''
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|valign="middle"|
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Perl
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|valign="middle"|
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''Pipe menu that parses /etc/fstab for user mountable filesystems and allows the user to mount them. By Matthew Fitzgibbons.''
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|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
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|valign="middle"|
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'''[https://github.com/whiteinge/ob-randr ob-randr]'''
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|valign="middle"|
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Python
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|valign="middle"|
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''Easily change resolution, rotation, scaling, panning, and other xrandr operations as well as quickly see the capabilities of connected displays.''
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|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
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|valign="middle"|
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'''[https://xyne.archlinux.ca/projects/obfilebrowser/ obfilebrowser]'''
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|valign="middle"|
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Python
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|valign="middle"|
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''display files and directories and generates submenus with commands to open files with their associated applications. By Xyne''
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== Miscellaneous ==
 
== Miscellaneous ==
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=== Internet ===
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{| border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="5" align="left"
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|- style="padding: 1px;"
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|width="25%" valign="middle"|'''Script'''
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|width="10%" valign="middle"|'''Implementation'''
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|width="*%" valign="middle"|'''Description'''
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|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
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|valign="middle"|
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'''[[User:Spoiledbroth/ob-chromium|Chromium bookmarks]]'''
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|valign="middle"|
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Perl
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|valign="middle"|
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''Create a pipemenu of chromium/google-chrome bookmarks by [[User:Spoiledbroth|Spoiledbroth]]''
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|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
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|valign="middle"|
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'''[[Openbox:Pipemenus:obm-mozilla|Firefox bookmarks]]'''
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|valign="middle"|
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Python
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|valign="middle"|
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''Create a pipemenu of Firefox bookmarks by Manuel Colmenero.''
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|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
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|valign="middle"|
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'''[[Openbox:Pipemenus:feeder-python|feeder]]'''
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|valign="middle"|
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Python
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|valign="middle"|
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''A script to pipe RSS and Podcast feeds into the Openbox menu by Vlad George''
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|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
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|valign="middle"|
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'''[https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=43432 Weather Pipe Menu]'''
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|valign="middle"|
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Python
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|valign="middle"|
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''Shows the weather forecast of the city passed as argument.''
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* [https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=43432 Openbox Weather Pipe Menu] Shows the weather forecast of the city passed as argument.
 
  
* [https://github.com/whiteinge/ob-randr ob-randr] Easily change resolution, rotation, scaling, panning, and other xrandr operations as well as quickly see the capabilities of connected displays.
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=== Utilities ===
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{| border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="5" align="left"
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|- style="padding: 1px;"
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|width="25%" valign="middle"|'''Script'''
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|width="10%" valign="middle"|'''Implementation'''
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|width="*%" valign="middle"|'''Description'''
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|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
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|valign="middle"|
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'''[https://github.com/vapniks/ob-pipe-menus/tree/master/clipboard_manager clipboard_menu]'''
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|valign="middle"|
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Python
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|valign="middle"|
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''Menu of recently copied text clips, selecting an item pastes it (requires parcellite or clipit) by Joe Bloggs''
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|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
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|valign="middle"|
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'''[http://bitbucket.org/palobo/simpletasks/ Palobo's Openbox SimpleTasks Tasklist]'''
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|valign="middle"|
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Python
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|valign="middle"|
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''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.''
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* [http://bitbucket.org/palobo/simpletasks/ Palobo's Openbox SimpleTasks Tasklist] 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.
 
  
* [[Openbox:Pipemenus:Date_Menu]] Shows a calendar and date/time in a pipemenu.
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== Script collections ==
 
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* [[Openbox:Pipemenus:battery]] Shows battery status.
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* [[Openbox:Pipemenus:recentfilesxbel]] Recent files list.
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* [[Openbox:Popemenus:AudaciousControl]] Audacious control menu.
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== Script Archives & Collections ==
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* [[User:Baavgai]]
 
* [[User:Baavgai]]
 
 
* [[User:Spoiledbroth]]
 
* [[User:Spoiledbroth]]
  
* [http://zhar.net/projects/openbox/ John Eikenberry's Openbox Stuff]
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=== External links ===
 
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* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Openbox#Pipes ArchWiki Openbox Pipes]
* [http://obmenu.sourceforge.net/ Manuel Colmenero's Openbox Menu Editor] This contains several menus, including an XDG menu, a Firefox bookmark menu, and others.
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* [https://bbs.archlinux.org/search.php?action=search&keywords=openbox+pipe+menu&author=&forums=27&search_in=0&sort_by=0&sort_dir=DESC&show_as=topics Arch Linux Forums pipe menus]
 
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* [http://zhar.net/projects/openbox/ zhar.net Openbox stuff]
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20150215210422/http://david.chalkskeletons.com/scripts/ Mulberry's Openbox Pipe menu scripts]
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* [http://obmenu.sourceforge.net/ Manuel Colmenero's Openbox Menu Editor]  
 
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* [https://github.com/BunsenLabs/bunsen-pipemenus BunsenLabs Pipe menus repository]  
====== R.I.P. DAVID/MULBERRY ======
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* [https://github.com/antonio-malcolm/corgi-scripts Antonio Malcolm's Corgi Scripts repository]  
 
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* [http://dev.yeuxdelibad.net/coolrepo/Scripts/Openbox/ yeuxdelibad.net Openbox repo]
* [http://david.chalkskeletons.com/scripts/ Mulberry's Openbox Pipemenu Scripts]
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* [http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=87588 Nathan F's obpipes]
 
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* [http://david.chalkskeletons.com/scripts/theme-scripts.tar theme scripts.tar] Theme Changer. - Marius Nita
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* [http://david.chalkskeletons.com/scripts/cfgmenu-2.0.py cfgmenu-2.0.py] Configure Openbox from a menu. (This is broken.)
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* [http://david.chalkskeletons.com/scripts/wallmenu-0.4.py wallmenu-0.4.py] Change wallpaper.
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* [http://david.chalkskeletons.com/scripts/chwall.py chwall] Change wallpaper.
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* [http://david.chalkskeletons.com/scripts/bookmarks.sh bookmarks.sh] XDG bookmarks menu; defaults to Nautilus but should be usable with Thunar and maybe others?
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* [http://david.chalkskeletons.com/scripts/templates.sh templates.sh] Create new files from templates (in ~/Templates).
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* [http://david.chalkskeletons.com/scripts/connected_servers.sh connected_servers.sh] Show your connected servers and opens them using nautilus.
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* [http://david.chalkskeletons.com/scripts/obrecent.sh obrecent.sh] Shows your recent documents.
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* [http://david.chalkskeletons.com/scripts/desktopdotphp desktopmenu.php] Create an XDG menu.
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* [http://david.chalkskeletons.com/scripts/obx-xdgmenu.tar.gz obx-xdgmenu.tar.gz] Create an XDG menu. ([https://launchpad.net/openbox-xdgmenu/+download Improved Version])
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* [http://david.chalkskeletons.com/scripts/procinfo procinfo] See your process information. - Dave Foster
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* [http://david.chalkskeletons.com/scripts/screen-start.tar.bz2 Screen Script] This script is a way to control screen, it allows you to launch new screens or perform operations on currently running screens.
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* [http://david.chalkskeletons.com/scripts/sysinfo.sh Sysinfo] Pipemenus to show your system info, such as free ram, processor, disk space etc. etc. kind of like gkrellm, but like a menu. It needs some editing to work for each system like dev and eth. - yettenet
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* [http://david.chalkskeletons.com/scripts/obmpc.sh obmpc.sh] Control MPC from Openbox.
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* [http://david.chalkskeletons.com/scripts/ob-mpd-0.3.py ob-mpd-0.3.py] Control MPD from your menu. - John McKnight
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* [http://david.chalkskeletons.com/scripts/gmail-openbox-0.0.3.1.py gmail-openbox-0.0.3.1.py] Check your Gmail from a menu. (Probably needs work.)
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* [http://david.chalkskeletons.com/scripts/dirlist dirlist] Menu that recursively shows the contents of a directory. - Dave Foster
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* [http://david.chalkskeletons.com/scripts/books_menu.py books menu.py] Read manuals and books from your menu.
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====== R.I.P. SAFARI AL/TIM RILEY ======
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* [http://vault.openmonkey.com/pages/openbox/ Safari Al's Openbox Scripts and Themes]
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* [http://vault.openmonkey.com/pages/openbox/ bgmenu.rb] Change wallpaper. - Tim Riley
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* [http://vault.openmonkey.com/pages/openbox/ recent.rb] Shows your recent documents. - Tim Riley
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====== R.I.P. DAVID FOSTER ======
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* [http://www.nakamura-gebiet.de/scripts/checkmail.tar.bz2 checkmail] This program checks (only one) IMAP4 server for new mails and displays mail headers through pyosd. All new mails are accessible through a menu. You can set them read, delete them and, of course, read them. (I've tested it so far with cyrus, dovecot, communigate, and Gmail). Read the README.
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* [http://www.nakamura-gebiet.de/scripts/feeder.py feeder.py] This script pipes RSS and Podcast feeds into the Openbox menu. You have to edit the "User set variables": rss_feeds, browser and media-player used to open feeds or/and podcasts.
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* [http://www.nakamura-gebiet.de/scripts/processes.py processes.py] This script reads out process information from /proc and pipes it into the Openbox menu. You can renice, kill or restart running applications through the menu. It also has an application filter, so not all user applications/daemons are shown in the menu. It is similar to the procinfo script by Dave Foster. New Version 12.04.08!
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====== R.I.P. UNKNOWN SOLDIERS ======
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* [http://student.tol.oulu.fi/~lhakko/dir-menu dir-menu] Directory structure menu with simple file handling.
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* [https://sourceforge.net/projects/obdevicemenu/ obdevicemenu] An Openbox pipe menu for the management of removable media with Udisks.
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* [http://d.minuslab.net/files/ob3-et.c ob3-et.c] Queries Enemy Territory servers.
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* [http://d.minuslab.net/files/ob3-et.pl ob3-et.pl] Queries Enemy Territory servers.
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* [http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14479134/ssh-agent-util.tar SSH Agent Utility] Shows active ssh-agent identities and deactivates (locks) them on click; allows user to activate all default identities or deactivate all identities. - Adarsh Carter
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Revision as of 04:50, 4 March 2018

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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

POSIX sh

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.

Multimedia & Games

Script Implementation Description

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

my_q3stat

C

A script to query Quake 3 servers by Mike Hokenson


Personalisation

Script Implementation Description

ob3_theme

C

Openbox 3 theme changer by Mike Hokenson

ob3_wall

C

Openbox 3 desktop wallpaper changer by Mike Hokenson

show_ob_keybindings Python View/edit keybindings by Joe Bloggs

bmenu-1.0

Python

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

System Integration

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

POSIX sh

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.

ob-randr

Python

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

obfilebrowser

Python

display files and directories and generates submenus with commands to open files with their associated applications. By Xyne

Miscellaneous

Internet

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.

feeder

Python

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

Weather Pipe Menu

Python

Shows the weather forecast of the city passed as argument.


Utilities

Script Implementation Description

clipboard_menu

Python

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

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.


Script collections

External links

Personal tools