auto-updating openbox menu lxde mint11

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auto-updating openbox menu lxde mint11

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hi, been tryin to add a pipemenu to the lxde menu with obmenu followed sites for arch, debian and crunch but the mint versions of the rc.xmls etc are li confusing, tried pipemenu to etc "/xdg/mint-lxde/menus/lxde-applications.menu" an i think every other ".menu" but no joy i just get lil empty box when i select it on the openbox menu.
any help greatly appreciated
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try_alls

Re: auto-updating openbox menu lxde mint11

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here's a screenshot with obmenu an my "root" menu with th pipemenu selected (if it helps)
try_alls

Re: auto-updating openbox menu lxde mint11

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guessing i'm not only one with this problem then?
Ikem

Re: auto-updating openbox menu lxde mint11

Post by Ikem »

try_alls wrote:I've been trying to add a pipemenu to the lxde menu with obmenu.
try_alls wrote:I tried pipemenu to "/etc/xdg/mint-lxde/menus/lxde-applications.menu" [..] but no joy
What do you wanna achive?
try_alls

Re: auto-updating openbox menu lxde mint11

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as posted in "op" i want lxde's main menu as a sub menu in my openbox's root menu
Ikem

Re: auto-updating openbox menu lxde mint11

Post by Ikem »

try_alls wrote:I want LXDEs main menu as a sub menu in my Openbox root menu.
LXDE uses "xdg menu" to generate the menus. Openbox not. So you need a "translator".

The wiki of Openbox list some under XDG Application Menus.

The one that fits your needs most is probably "Openbox-menu".
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