[Solved] Create a dmenu custom menu

Question

Hi,
I was wondering if it is possible to create a custom dmenu's menu.
For example I would like to have a special 'session' menu with logout, shutdown and reboot actions, with these actions bound to special commands like 'sudo shutdown -h now'.
Is this possible? How?
Thank you
Last edited by rent0n (2010-04-25 19:25:37)

Answer 1

brisbin33 wrote:
I've been using this one for a while:
#!/bin/bash
# a simple logout dialog
kill_apps() {
while read -r app; do
wmctrl -i -c "$app"
done < <(wmctrl -l | awk '{print $1}')
choice_by_zenity() {
choice=$(zenity --title="Logout $HOSTNAME" \
--text="Logout $HOSTNAME:" \
--list --radiolist \
--hide-column=3 --print-column=3 \
--column='' --column='' --column='' \
TRUE Logout 0 FALSE Reboot 1 FALSE Shutdown 2)
choice_by_dmenu() {
if [[ -f "$HOME/.dmenurc" ]]; then
. "$HOME/.dmenurc"
else
DMENU='dmenu -i'
fi
choice=$(echo -e "0: Logout\n1: Shutdown\n2: Reboot" | $DMENU | cut -d ':' -f 1)
[[ -z "$DISPLAY" ]] && exit 1
#choice_by_zenity
choice_by_dmenu
[[ -z "$choice" ]] && exit 1
# gracefully close all open apps
kill_apps
# execute the choice in background
case "$choice" in
0) kill $(pgrep X) & ;;
1) sudo shutdown -r now & ;;
2) sudo shutdown -h now & ;;
esac
Very nice!
I'm trying to make a very basic version of it, but I am probabling missing something obvious as I am only able to logout but I can't perform other actions: could you take a look at it and tell me what's wrong?
#!/bin/bash
# a simple dmenu session script
# by brisbin33
DMENU='dmenu -i -b -fn -xos4-terminus-medium-r-*--12-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1 -nb #000000 -nf #999999 -sb #000000 -sf #31658C'
choice=$(echo -e "logout\n shutdown\n reboot\n suspend\n hibernate\n" | $DMENU | cut -f 1)
case "$choice" in
logout) i3-msg exit ;;
shutdown) sudo shutdown -h now ;;
reboot) sudo shutdown -r now ;;
suspend) sudo pm-suspend ;;
hibernate) sudo pm-hibernate ;;
esac
Thanks!
EDIT: fixed!
#!/bin/bash
# a simple dmenu session script
DMENU='dmenu -i -b -fn -xos4-terminus-medium-r-*--12-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1 -nb #000000 -nf #999999 -sb #000000 -sf #31658C'
choice=$(echo -e "logout\nshutdown\nreboot\nsuspend\nhibernate" | $DMENU)
case "$choice" in
logout) i3-msg exit & ;;
shutdown) sudo shutdown -h now & ;;
reboot) sudo shutdown -r now & ;;
suspend) sudo pm-suspend & ;;
hibernate) sudo pm-hibernate & ;;
esac
Thank you brisbin, this script is very cool!
Last edited by rent0n (2010-04-25 19:29:33)