MyMenu
 

Hy @all,

2 weeks ago i read the freedesktop.org manual, because there are too much Icons under more....

So i wrote a package with updatefunction

it look now like this screenshot:

http://maemo.3ion.at/menuestruktur.jpg

what do you think?

Manzn

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Great - publish the source, create a package, submit it to extras-devel, let developers test it, fix bugs, submit again, promote to extras-testing, let power users test it, fix bugs, (...), promote to extras when it's been tested and stable. Thanks :)

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@thp i still waiting for the "invitation" of extra-devel :-D

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super sieht das aus!!!
*habenwill* :D

ist das ein extra programm, oder kommt das, wenn man auf das icon links oben klickt?

english:
that looks awesome!
*iwantit* :D

is that an extra program, or comes that screen by clicking on the menu icon on the left?

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Great idea...! ;)

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Publishing the source and creating the package does not need an invitation. Only uploading to extras-devel does ;)

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publish please, love to try it out !!

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@zehjotkah

at this moment the version 0.2 support german and english

for install follow this steps:

1) you need rootsh -> pls install

2) dowload follow deb's:
http://maemo.3ion.at/mymenu-0.2.20100101_armel.deb
http://maemo.3ion.at/wget_1.10.2-2osso3_armel.deb
3) start xterm
4) sudo gainroot
5) change to the directory where you download it (with cd /home/user/.....)
6) install with this command:
dpkg -i wget_1.10.2-2osso3_armel.deb mymenu-0.2.20100101_armel.deb

and have fun :-D (under "sonstige" or "other" you find the update funktion)

for uninstall insert this command:
dpkg -r mymenu

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ps: for missing apps or wrong assigned, report please to maemo@3ion.at

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installed works perfectly!!
thanks
video is on the way...

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@zehjotkah thx you

@all german speeking people - here is e nice blog to read -> maemo.pocket.at
and a big thx to the moderator Helmut and the user who helped me to
build this package

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not soo good, dpkg gave an error during the install. It then killed the hildon desktop app. And I was stuck. I couldn't close the terminal sesion anymore. rebooting now ... sweat ...

hail, all works fine :)

ough ... :)

One question, is it a hardcoded mapping of applications to 'subfolders' or is it based on the information embedded in the package as in the package manager ?

btw, Why is "attitude" stored in the Graphics subfolder ? Because it's a nice horizon ? ;) Oh well, I guess all these 'pure' accelerometer apps need to go somewhere :D

Looking and working really good ! Please share the joy an put it in the extras-devel. So if I brick my phone an need reflashing sometime in the future I have as little work to reinstate my personal N900 as possible.

Thanks again !

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that's strage. for me it worked everything fine.
it killed hildon desktop, but restartet it then again...

it is possible to rearrange the category icons?
on your screenshot you've a different order than I...

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How will this work if I have another language than english or deutch?

If I could help I could translate for norwegian.

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Thanks!

Just installed it. Got the same error as Netweaver, but after a reboot everything works fine.

By the way...
Tear, Google Latitude, vpnc GUI -> Network
SDLMAME -> Games

Amazing work! Thank you again.

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@Netweaver

at this moment the apps are hardecoded - the version 1.0 from freedesktop.org cant read based information of packages - maybee in future with the last version of freedesktop.org

@zehjotkah oh i see - this was the screenshot of v0.1

here is the screenshot of v0.2:
http://maemo.3ion.at/menustruktur1.jpg

@hstende send you later a pm - thx for your interrest

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the video is online:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYGF69-uuS8

but youtube is currently still processing it.. for HD come back in some minutes after youtube is ready...

ok, youtube is now ready, it's in HD

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@zehjotkah & reycat

please push under System the update-menu button,
the wrong assigned apps are now in the right categories!

@zehjotkah thx for this nice video

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how long should i wait after clicking the update-menu button?
i've also tried a reboot, but nothing has changed...

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Is this yet in the repos? And is it optified?

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did you watch my video? ;) (here is the link in case you've missed it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYGF69-uuS8
then you would know, that it is not YET in the repos. don't know about optified...

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@zehjotkah looks like a bug - hmm... i look on it - in normal the hildon-desktop should restart and then the update is ready

give me a few minutes/hours to get this problem

@christexaport MyMenu is at this moment not in a repo

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I love this idea!!! good work sir:)

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I think it's great and it has to be in Extas for everybody to enjoy. I don't know why Nokia came up with such a braindead way of organizing (?) the menu when your work shows how great a freedesktop-compliant application menu can be.

By the way:
In case an application maintainer puts a line like
Categories=Graphics;
into the .desktop file installed by the package - will your program automatically read and interpret it correctly?

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Excellent ! Installation went without a hitch (hildon-desktop and all), I use the French version of Maemo5 and it works with no problems (except for the mixed languages on the icons :-).

The only strange thing is that update-menu does not seem to work: it just sits there spinning in the title bar, with a black screen below, does not print anything and never ends. If I switch to another app I can't find it again, it doesn't show in the tasks lists. Is that normal ?

Oh, and also: battlegeweled is correctly placed under "Games", its cousin "Gweled" should be, too (it's not in any repo yet, but the Maemo4 .deb is installable manually).

As others have mentioned, the best way would be to use the Category from App Manager, when it becomes possible.

Thanks a lot ! menu systems have always been lacking one way or another under Maemo, and each time someone has stood up to fill the gap :-)

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whats the name of update-menu, so that i can run it in the cl? maybe the error will tell us, why it's not working.

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@zehjotkah

pls give a little more time - i already know where the problem is

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Hi,

nice app which should be in in extras. :)

Btw. thank you because the package is already optified.

After it's installation I got a area on the right side of the screen which looks wrong, see this Screenshot:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4036/...3fed86_o_d.png

After rebooting the device it does not happens again.

Ciao jukey

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@jukey thx for the info - i see you already have the PR 1.1 on your device - (i don't have) - is the mymenu working on it?

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@all

i think i have fixed the update problem

please download following deb:

http://maemo.3ion.at/mymenu-0.3.20100103_armel.deb

install the new deb and please test the update function

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unstall the previous version before?

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@zehjotkah no - the package uninstall the old version

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update does not work. not on wlan, not on 3.5G.

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damn -

here the debug instruction:
pls download the deb again - put the newest version now online (already v0.3) and install it

start xterm with following command:
sudo /opt/menu-update/update.sh

you should see the updateprocess in the bash - pls send me the error

thx manzn

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~ $ sudo /opt/menu-update/update.sh
sudo: unable to execute /opt/menu-update/update.sh: No such file or directory
~ $ root


BusyBox v1.10.2 (Debian 3:1.10.2.legal-1osso26+0m5) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

Nokia-N900-42-11:~# sudo /opt/menu-update/update.sh
Nokia-N900-42-11:~#

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Mine doesn't :(

Also the package didn't install cleanly but that's maybe a problem in my box.

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so a new version is out:
http://maemo.3ion.at/mymenu-0.4.20100103_armel.deb

i have cleand now the install script - pls test this

@all thx you for your requests and for your motivation to test my deb :-D

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I updated to 0.4 successfully, but menu-update is still the same: no output when run from xterm, just a spinner when run from icon... sorry !

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Hello fpp,

pls can you enter follow command:
ls -r /opt/*

and post oder mail me the output

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gonna wait till it gets into extras-testing but I look forward to it! If needed help to translate in dutch give me a headsup.