2008-06-01
WindowMaker Debian Menus
After two or so years on KDE I decided to go back to WindowMaker. This is mainly for the benefit of performance and less clutter. There is one frustration though - menus :-)
When you install WindowMaker on Ubuntu, the "menu" package is not automatically installed, so you have to manually add it afterwards with "apt-get install menu". After each application you install, it's a good idea to update the menus by executing "sudo update-menus" to update the file "/etc/X11/WindowMaker/menu.hook".
You can use the WindowMaker Configuratio utility to add a "debian" menu, which points to the above file.
That's it - all your applications on the standard Gnome menus are now available in WindowMaker.
When you install WindowMaker on Ubuntu, the "menu" package is not automatically installed, so you have to manually add it afterwards with "apt-get install menu". After each application you install, it's a good idea to update the menus by executing "sudo update-menus" to update the file "/etc/X11/WindowMaker/menu.hook".
You can use the WindowMaker Configuratio utility to add a "debian" menu, which points to the above file.
That's it - all your applications on the standard Gnome menus are now available in WindowMaker.
