Simple Pekwm Categorized Menu Populator (Shell Script)

Question

I wanted to share this script I wrote in the hope that it will prove to be as convenient to some of you as it has been to me.
Suggestions and modifications are welcome.
#! /bin/sh
#USING WITH PEKWM
# -Install this file to ~/.pekwm/scripts/menugen.sh
# -Add this line to ~/.pekwm/start:
# ~/.pekwm/scripts/menugen.sh > ~/.pekwm/dynamic
# -Add this line where desired to the RootMenu section of ~/.pekwm/menu:
# INCLUDE = "dynamic"
# -Reload Pekwm
# -Restart Pekwm
#This will allow the menu to regenerate each time Pekwm restarts.
#MAKING ADJUSTMENTS
#Select a list of categories into which you would like your applications to be sorted, then add them to the "CATS=..." line below separated by spaces.
#Some common values are:
# CATEGORY DESCRIPTION
# AudioVideo Application for presenting, creating, or processing multimedia (audio/video)
# Audio An audio application Desktop entry must include AudioVideo as well
# Video A video application Desktop entry must include AudioVideo as well
# Development An application for development
# Education Educational software
# Game A game
# Graphics Application for viewing, creating, or processing graphics
# Network Network application such as a web browser
# Office An office type application
# Science Scientific software
# Settings Settings applications Entries may appear in a separate menu or as part of a "Control Center"
# System System application, "System Tools" such as say a log viewer or network monitor
# Utility Small utility application, "Accessories"
#For a better idea of how your applications may be categorized, you may also want to inspect the contents of the "Categories=" line of the various *.desktop files under /usr/share/desktop/
CATS="Audio Graphics Network Settings System Utility"
for CAT in $CATS; do
echo " Submenu = \"$CAT\" {"
for CATMATCH in `grep -l "^Categories=.*$CAT.*" /usr/share/applications/*.desktop`; do
name=`sed -n '1,/^Name=/ s/^Name=//p' <$CATMATCH`
exec=`sed -n '1,/^Exec=/ s/^Exec=//p' <$CATMATCH`
echo " Entry = \"$name\" { Actions = \"Exec ${exec% %[UuFf]}\" }"
done
echo " }"
done

Answer 1

No matter how you chose to do it it's going to be a bit more work than a simple shell script. There are a lot of choices though.
Objective-C/Cocoa (this is how most of the big boys do it)
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/ObjCTutorial/01Introdu ction/chapter1_section1.html
AppleScript Studio
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/applescript/conceptual/studiobuildingap ps/chapter01/chapter1_section1.html
Python/Cocoa bridge
http://developer.apple.com/cocoa/pyobjc.html
There are more options if none of these appeal to you.
Eric