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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". A number of scripts used to generate dynamic menus written by various people are available here. Please note these scripts have not been reviewed.  
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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.  
  
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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.
  
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==Openbox Configuration==
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== Application Menus ==
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{| border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="left"
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|width="25%" style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;border-right:1px solid #ccc;" valign="middle"|'''Script'''
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|width="10%" style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;border-right:1px solid #ccc;" valign="middle"|'''Implementation'''
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|width="*%" style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;" valign="middle"|'''Description'''
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<!-- here is an example entry for a pipemenu. please maintain the style -->
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|width="25%" style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;border-right:1px solid #ccc;" valign="middle"|
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'''[http://www.gozer.org/my_stuff/c/c/ob3_theme.c ob3_theme]'''
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|width="10%" style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;border-right:1px solid #ccc;" valign="middle"|
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C
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|width="*%" style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;" valign="middle"|
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''Openbox 3 theme changer by Mike Hokenson''
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|width="25%" style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;border-right:1px solid #ccc;" valign="middle"|'''[https://github.com/vapniks/ob-pipe-menus show_ob_keybindings]'''
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|width="10%" style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;border-right:1px solid #ccc;" valign="middle"|Python
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|width="*%" style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;" valign="middle"|''View/edit keybindings by Joe Bloggs''
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== Background Management ==
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{| border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="5" align="left"
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{| border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="left"
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|- style="padding: 1px;"
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|-
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|width="25%" valign="middle"|'''Script'''
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|width="25%" style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;border-right:1px solid #ccc;" valign="middle"|
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|width="10%" valign="middle"|'''Implementation'''
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'''[http://www.gozer.org/programs/c/c/ob3_wall.c ob3_wall]'''
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|width="*%" valign="middle"|'''Description'''
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|width="10%" style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;border-right:1px solid #ccc;" valign="middle"|
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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"|
 
C
 
C
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|width="*%" style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;" valign="middle"|''Openbox 3 desktop wallpaper changer by Mike Hokenson''
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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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|valign="middle"|
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Python
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|valign="middle"|
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''Automagically creates Openbox application menus by analyzing xdg information provided by desktop files.''
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
== Desktop Environment Integration ==
 
== Desktop Environment Integration ==
  
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{| border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="left"
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{| border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="5" align="left"
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|-
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|- style="padding: 1px;"
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|width="25%" style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;border-right:1px solid #ccc;" valign="middle"|
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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"|
 
'''[http://github.com/dbbolton/pipemenus/blob/master/thunar-bookmarks.pl thunar-bookmarks]'''
 
'''[http://github.com/dbbolton/pipemenus/blob/master/thunar-bookmarks.pl thunar-bookmarks]'''
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|width="10%" style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;border-right:1px solid #ccc;" valign="middle"|
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|valign="middle"|
 
Perl
 
Perl
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|width="*%" style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;" valign="middle"|
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|valign="middle"|
 
''A pipe menu that duplicates ~/.gtk-bookmarks (Nautilus, PCManFM, Thunar), by [[User:dbbolton|dbbolton]]''
 
''A pipe menu that duplicates ~/.gtk-bookmarks (Nautilus, PCManFM, Thunar), by [[User:dbbolton|dbbolton]]''
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|-
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|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
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|width="25%" style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;border-right:1px solid #ccc;" valign="middle"|
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|width="25%" valign="middle"|
 
'''[http://github.com/dbbolton/pipemenus/blob/master/dolphin-bookmarks.pl dolphin-bookmarks]'''
 
'''[http://github.com/dbbolton/pipemenus/blob/master/dolphin-bookmarks.pl dolphin-bookmarks]'''
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|width="10%" style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;border-right:1px solid #ccc;" valign="middle"|
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|valign="middle"|
 
Perl
 
Perl
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|width="*%" style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;" valign="middle"|
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|valign="middle"|
 
''A pipe menu that duplicates user-places.xbel (Dolphin, etc) by [[User:dbbolton|dbbolton]]''
 
''A pipe menu that duplicates user-places.xbel (Dolphin, etc) by [[User:dbbolton|dbbolton]]''
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|-
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|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
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|width="25%" style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;border-right:1px solid #ccc;" valign="middle"|
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|valign="middle"|
 
'''[[Openbox:Pipemenus:recentfilesxbel|recentfilesxbel]]'''
 
'''[[Openbox:Pipemenus:recentfilesxbel|recentfilesxbel]]'''
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|width="10%" style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;border-right:1px solid #ccc;" valign="middle"|
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|valign="middle"|
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Bash
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UNIX sh
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|width="*%" style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;" valign="middle"|
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|valign="middle"|
 
''Shows your recent documents using the newer xbel format. by [[User:davidbarr|davidbarr]]''
 
''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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|width="25%" style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;border-right:1px solid #ccc;" valign="middle"|
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|valign="middle"|
 
'''[http://icculus.org/openbox/pipemenus/bookmarks.py rox-filer bookmarks]'''
 
'''[http://icculus.org/openbox/pipemenus/bookmarks.py rox-filer bookmarks]'''
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|width="10%" style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;border-right:1px solid #ccc;" valign="middle"|
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|valign="middle"|
 
Python
 
Python
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|width="*%" style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;" valign="middle"|
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|valign="middle"|
 
''Pipes the rox-filer bookmarks from ~/.config/rox..../bookmarks.xml into the Openbox menu. Running one opens the bookmark in rox-filer.''
 
''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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|}
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|width="25%" style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;border-right:1px solid #ccc;" valign="middle"|
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'''[https://github.com/vapniks/ob-pipe-menus/tree/master/clipboard_manager clipboard_menu]'''
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===Personalisation===
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|width="10%" style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;border-right:1px solid #ccc;" valign="middle"|
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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"|
 
Python
 
Python
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|width="*%" style="border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;" valign="middle"|
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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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''A pipe menu which uses Feh to select the wallpaper from the chosen directory by Mulberry''
 
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|}
  
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== XDG Application Menus ==
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== Media & Games ==
  
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* [https://launchpad.net/openbox-xdgmenu/+download openbox-xdgmenu] Create an XDG menu.
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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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|valign="middle"|
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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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''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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|valign="middle"|
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C
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|valign="middle"|
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''A script to query Quake 3 servers by Mike Hokenson''
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|}
  
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* [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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== System Integration ==
  
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* [[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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{| 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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'''[http://icculus.org/openbox/pipe/ob-cpufreq-0.2.py ob-cpufreq-0.2]'''
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|valign="middle"|
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Python
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''See your CPU frequency by John McKnight''
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|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
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'''[https://github.com/dbbolton/pipemenus/raw/master/ob-sysinfo.pl ob-sysinfo]'''
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|valign="middle"|
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Perl
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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]]''
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|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
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'''[[Openbox:Pipemenus:Date_Menu|date-menu]]'''
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|valign="middle"|
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UNIX sh
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|valign="middle"|
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''A simple date, time, and calendar.''
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|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
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'''[[Openbox:Pipemenus:obreboot|Reboot Menu]]'''
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|valign="middle"|
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Perl
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|valign="middle"|
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''Allows you to reboot to the any of the options in your grub.conf.''
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|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
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'''[[Openbox:Pipemenus:battery|battery]]'''
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|valign="middle"|
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Bash
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|valign="middle"|
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''A simple script to show acpi settings battery and temperature.''
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|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
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'''[[Openbox:Pipemenus:processes-python|processes]]'''
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|valign="middle"|
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Python
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|valign="middle"|
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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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'''[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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== Browser Integration ==
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=== Devices & Files ===
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{| border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="5" align="left"
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* [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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|- style="padding: 1px;"
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|width="25%" valign="middle"|'''Script'''
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* [[User:Spoiledbroth/ob-chromium|Chromium bookmarks]] Create a pipemenu of chromium/google-chrome bookmarks (perl pipemenu) by [[User:Spoiledbroth]]
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|width="10%" valign="middle"|'''Implementation'''
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|width="*%" valign="middle"|'''Description'''
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== System Information ==
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|- style="background: #eee; padding: 1px;"
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|valign="middle"|
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* [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:mntmenu|mntmenu]]'''
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|valign="middle"|
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* [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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Perl
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|valign="middle"|
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* [http://openbox.org/wiki/Openbox:Pipemenus:Date_Menu date-menu.sh] A simple date, time, and calendar.
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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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* [[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:obdevicemenu|obdevicemenu]]'''
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* [[Openbox:Pipemenus:battery]] A simple script to show acpi settings battery and temperature.
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|valign="middle"|
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Bash
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* [[Openbox:Pipemenus:Dirsmenu]] Another menu for recursive directory listing.
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|valign="middle"|
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''Uses udisks to easily mount, unmount or eject removable devices. Extensive configuration allows notifications about success or failure of operation, & modification of several other options. By Jamie Nguyen.''
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== Sound & Media ==
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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] xmms2 Pipe Menu client
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'''[[Openbox:Pipemenus:Dirsmenu|Directory Menu]]'''
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|valign="middle"|
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* [[Openbox:Popemenus:audacious-OpenboxPipemenu]] Control audacious from menu.
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Perl
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|valign="middle"|
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* [[Openbox:Pipemenus:Audacious_control_alternative]] Control Audacious from menu (alternative).
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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:MPD_control]] Control MPD from menu.
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|valign="middle"|
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'''[https://xyne.archlinux.ca/projects/obfilebrowser/ obfilebrowser]'''
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== Games ==
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|valign="middle"|
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Python
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* [http://www.gozer.org/programs/c/files/my_q3stat.c my_q3stat.c] Queries Quake 3 servers.
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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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* [https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=43432 Openbox Weather Pipe Menu] Shows the weather forecast of the city passed as argument.
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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://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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* [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.
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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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|}
  
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* [[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:Popemenus:AudaciousControl]] Audacious control menu.
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== Script Archives & Collections ==
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* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Openbox#Pipes ArchWiki Openbox Pipes]
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* [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]
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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]
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* [http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=87588 Nathan F's obpipes]

Latest revision as of 13:28, 24 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

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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

UNIX 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.

[edit] 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

[edit] Media & 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

[edit] 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

UNIX 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.

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.

ob-randr

Python

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

[edit] Devices & Files

Script Implementation Description

mntmenu

Perl

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

obdevicemenu

Bash

Uses udisks to easily mount, unmount or eject removable devices. Extensive configuration allows notifications about success or failure of operation, & modification of several other options. By Jamie Nguyen.

Directory Menu

Perl

Pipe menu for recursive directory listings.

obfilebrowser

Python

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

[edit] Miscellaneous

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Script collections

[edit] External links

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