terceiro / awesome-freedesktop

freedesktop.org menu and desktop files specifications support for the awesome window manager

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README
About
=====

This project aims to add support for freedesktop.org compliant desktop entries
and menu.

Installation
============

Just drop freedesktop/ folder in your ~/.config/awesome/ directory.

Main features
=============

  * a freedesktop.org-compliant (or almost) applications menu
  * a freedesktop.org-compliant (or almost) desktop
  * a (yet limited) icon lookup function.

Usage example
=============

You can use the frerdesktop module in your awesome configuration
(~/.config/awesome/rc.lua) like this:

  -- applications menu
  require('freedesktop.utils')
  freedesktop.utils.terminal = terminal  -- default: "xterm"
  freedesktop.utils.icon_theme = 'gnome' -- look inside /usr/share/icons/, default: nil (don't use icon theme)
  require('freedesktop.menu')
  require("debian.menu")

  menu_items = freedesktop.menu.new()
  myawesomemenu = {
     { "manual", terminal .. " -e man awesome", freedesktop.utils.lookup_icon({ icon = 'help' }) },
     { "edit config", editor_cmd .. " " .. awful.util.getdir("config") .. "/rc.lua", freedesktop.utils.lookup_icon({ 
     icon = 'package_settings' }) },
     { "restart", awesome.restart, freedesktop.utils.lookup_icon({ icon = 'gtk-refresh' }) },
     { "quit", awesome.quit, freedesktop.utils.lookup_icon({ icon = 'gtk-quit' }) }
  }
  table.insert(menu_items, { "awesome", myawesomemenu, beautiful.awesome_icon })
  table.insert(menu_items, { "open terminal", terminal, freedesktop.utils.lookup_icon({icon = 'terminal'}) })
  table.insert(menu_items, { "Debian", debian.menu.Debian_menu.Debian, freedesktop.utils.lookup_icon({ icon = 
  'debian-logo' }) })

  mymainmenu = awful.menu.new({ items = menu_items, width = 150 })

  mylauncher = awful.widget.launcher({ image = beautiful.awesome_icon,
                                     menu = mymainmenu })


  -- desktop icons
  require('freedesktop.desktop')
  for s = 1, screen.count() do
        freedesktop.desktop.add_applications_icon({screen = s, showlabels = true})
        freedesktop.desktop.add_dirs_and_files_icon({screen = s, showlabels = true})
  end