HOWTO: XFCE MacOS-like menu plugin

[vermaden]

1. build XFCE Mac Menu Plugin:

% fetch http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/xfce4-macmenu-plugin/xfce4-macmenu-plugin.tar.gz
% tar -xzvf ~/xfce4-macmenu-plugin.tar.gz
x xfce4-macmenu-plugin/
x xfce4-macmenu-plugin/PKGBUILD
x xfce4-macmenu-plugin/macmenu-tslist.h
x xfce4-macmenu-plugin/macmenu-applet.c
x xfce4-macmenu-plugin/xfce4-macmenu-plugin.desktop
% cd xfce4-macmenu-plugin
% gcc -std=c99 -Wall -Werror -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -s -DFOR_XFCE `pkg-config --cflags --libs libwnck-1.0 libxfce4panel-1.0` $CFLAGS $LDFLAGS -o libmacmenu.so macmenu-applet.c
% cat > xfce4-macmenu-plugin.desktop << EOF
[Xfce Panel]
Type=X-XFCE-PanelPlugin
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Mac Menu
Comment=Mac Menubar applet for gtk2-aqd
Icon=gnome-fs-home
X-XFCE-Exec=/usr/local/lib/xfce4/panel-plugins/libmacmenu.so
EOF
% cp xfce4-macmenu-plugin.desktop /usr/local/share/xfce4/panel-plugins/macmenu.desktop
% cp libmacmenu.so /usr/local/lib/xfce4/panel-plugins/libmacmenu.so

2. Patch GTK2:

# cd /usr/ports/x11-toolkits/gtk20
# make extract
===>  Extracting for gtk-2.10.11
=> MD5 Checksum OK for gnome2/gtk+-2.10.11.tar.bz2.
=> SHA256 Checksum OK for gnome2/gtk+-2.10.11.tar.bz2.
===>   gtk-2.10.11 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.8 - found
# cd work/gtk+-2.10.11 || cd /usr/ports/obj/usr/ports/x11-toolkits/gtk20/work/gtk+-2.10.11
# fetch http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gtk2-aqd/gtk2-aqd/gtkmenubar.diff
# patch -p0 < gtkmenubar.diff
# cd /usr/ports/x11-toolkits/gtk20
# make deinstall install clean

3. Start xfce4-panel:

% xfce4-panel

4. Add MacMenu to Panel
http://vermaden.proplayer.pl/gfx/scr...acmenu-add.png

5. Enjoy the result*
http://vermaden.proplayer.pl/gfx/scr...enu-result.jpg
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/9823/screenshotcd0.png

references:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=241868

*results may vary

[Carpetsmoker]

The patch has moved to http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gt...kmenubar.patch (Extension changed from .diff to .patch)

I also made a FreeBSD port for it (see attachment), unfortunatly it can't go in the ports collection because of the GTK2 patch ...

[cysquatch]

Thats XFCE? Impressive!!

[aleunix]

Originally Posted by cysquatch

Thats XFCE? Impressive!!

Note:
Only the image on imageshack is visible.

[vermaden]

Originally Posted by aleunix

Note:
Only the image on imageshack is visible.

I'm afraid I do not have that screenshot any more.

[aleunix]

No problem i utilized two solutions when i want storage file.
A web service:
as google, for small files;
like mediafire for hosting big files.
Although this is not always accessible is one of the few that does not include deadlines in case we have registered.

[fbsduser]

The patch have moved to googlecode (the ubuntu forums have the new URL) and now you need vala to compile it. The good news is that you don't need to patch gtk2 anymore and you don't need to fix wxgtk2 neither.

[vermaden]

Originally Posted by fbsduser

The patch have moved to googlecode (the ubuntu forums have the new URL) and now you need vala to compile it. The good news is that you don't need to patch gtk2 anymore and you don't need to fix wxgtk2 neither.

Thanks for info, any links before I engage google?

[fbsduser]

Originally Posted by vermaden

Thanks for info, any links before I engage google?

Here is it.
http://code.google.com/p/gnome2-globalmenu/

[vermaden]

Originally Posted by fbsduser

Here is it.
http://code.google.com/p/gnome2-globalmenu/

The Global Menu Is only for GNOME, not for XFCE, or maybe I am mising something here?

But nice that they want to include it into GNOME base, I only hope that they do not write that in this Mono shit

[fbsduser]

Originally Posted by vermaden

The Global Menu Is only for GNOME, not for XFCE, or maybe I am mising something here?

But nice that they want to include it into GNOME base, I only hope that they do not write that in this Mono shit

The latest svn version (0.8x) includes experimental XFCE support.

[vermaden]

Originally Posted by fbsduser

The latest svn version (0.8x) includes experimental XFCE support.

What includes experimental XFCE support? GTK?

[fbsduser]

Originally Posted by vermaden

What includes experimental XFCE support? GTK?

AFAIK the menubar module itself does. (It used to be a gtk patch, but from awhile ago it became a module written in vala, which connects with an applet and puts the menubar's in it).

[vermaden]

Ok, thanks for explanations and info about new version/improovements.