[SOLVED] EvilWM applications menu

Does anyone know of any good GNOME or KDE style applications menu that I can use with evilwm?
Last edited by subraizada3 (2013-08-24 17:46:32)

I mean something like the GNOME 2 menu, with all the applications in it, or the menu in the lower right of KDE.
Basically just any menu with a list of applications.
9menu could work but it requires the user to enter the applications.
The reason I need this is because I often install lots of apps at once (such as games) and look through them / delete the ones I don't like a few days later. Without a menu that adds all the applications in it, I forget about apps that I previously installed, and this can lead to a lot of bloat (dependencies also don't get uninstalled) and occasionally package conflicts.
Last edited by subraizada3 (2013-08-24 16:34:37)

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Last edited by Toxcity (2012-02-11 16:34:27)

You're welcome mate! :)
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[SOLVED] XFCE - Editing Applications Menu

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tesjo wrote:It uses *.desktop entries of either /usr/share/applications/ or ~/.local/share applications/ just edit these file with a text editor, look at a few and you'll see how to get the group, title or icon you want in the menu.
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Last edited by heyitstallchris (2014-07-31 02:02:36)

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"http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/menu-spec/1.0/menu.dtd">
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<DefaultMergeDirs/>
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<Category>Graphics</Category>
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<Category>Video</Category>
<Category>AudioVideo</Category>
<Category>Network</Category>
<Category>Office</Category>
<Category>System</Category>
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<Layout>
<Merge type="all"/>
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</Menu>
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[EDIT] and since this is using garcon (Xfce's menu library), the apps will be in alphabetical order [/EDIT]
Cheers.
Last edited by Padfoot (2014-07-17 09:42:16)

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Last edited by Votan (2011-10-05 10:03:09)

Votan wrote:
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Last edited by flowie (2013-02-16 19:31:32)

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I have a Think pad Edge E420 and I was using it and it was really slow, so I forced to turn off. When I turned it back on I got the boot / application menu, plus it's making a funny fan sound. Please help.

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Nevermind, I found it... it's in the upperleft corner

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To change the font size of the Application menu, you need to change main.css file.
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