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Install

Just add to ~/.icewm/menu two line:

include g2ice prog "Update menu" file g2ice -f

and add g2ice in ~/.icewm/startup or ~/.xinitrc

Usage

g2ice [OPTIONS]

Options

Key	Description	Default
-g, --nognome	Not show GNOME programs	show all GNOME programs
-t, --terminal=STRING	Terminal command with -e for execute program in terminal	"xterm -e"
-m, --menufolder=STRING	Fullpath to folder for save menu files	"~/.icewm/menus"
-p, --askpassword=STRING	Program for ask root password (for root programs only)	gnomesu
-e, --ext=STRING	Allowed extention for icons	"png;svg;xpm"
-a, --appfolder=STRING	Colon separated folders with .desktop files	see below
-d, --dirfolder=STRING	Colon separated folders with .directory files	see below
-c, --category=STRING	Category for programs without Category tag	"other"
-f, --force	Force update menu	don't update if directories older than menu file

How it works

1. It will scan followed folders for changes:

/usr/share/applications /usr/share/applications/YaST2 /usr/share/desktop-menu-patches /usr/share/desktop-directories ~/Desktop ~/.local/share/applications ~/.local/share/desktop-directories

2. If no changes made (no new applications), then g2ice exit.

3. Create folder for submenu ~/.icewm/menus

4. Create submenu files (one file for one category). Like this:

menus/ mutimedia office other

Each file contains something like this:

prog "OpenOffice: Database" ooo-base ooffice -base prog "OpenOffice: Presentation" ooo-impress ooffice -impress prog "OpenOffice: Text editor" ooo-writer ooffice -writer

5. Create main menu file ~/.icewm/g2ice. Like this:

menuprog "Audio and Video" applications-multimedia /bin/cat /home/adisk/.icewm/menus/multimedia menuprog "Office" applications-office /bin/cat /home/adisk/.icewm/menus/office menuprog "Other" gnome-other /bin/cat /home/adisk/.icewm/menus/other

After IceWM started, it will load root menu only.
Submenu will loaded if it need only. (when user select submenu item)