StartMenu

NAME

SYNOPSIS

AVAILABILITY

DESCRIPTION

The menu contains the same entries as created in the Windows™ 'Start' menu when the [x] Create start menu entries option in the dialog of config(1m) is chosen.

The startmenu(1) can be used if it is not desired to use classicstartmenu(1m) but nevertheless have a structured menu of all utilities of the WA2L/WinTools package available.

Beside the WA2L/WinTools start menu, the entries of the Windows™ 'Startup' menu and (if installed right beside the WA2L/WinTools package) the menu entries of the WA2L/SimpleBackup package are provided also as menus.

Furthermore, all applications defined in run(1) are also provided as the 'Applications' menu.

You should not add own entries to this menu because your entries will be lost on next start; for an own portable start menu use pstart(1).

OPTIONS

(Re-)Start StartMenu. When clicking on StartMenu, the menu is reloaded if the entries in the menu change; it is not needed to manually stop it first.

-h

usage message.

-i

install the StartMenu command to 'Startup' in the Windows Start Menu.

-u

uninstall the StartMenu shortcut from 'Startup' in the Windows Start Menu.

-V

print program version.

ENVIRONMENT

EXIT STATUS

0

no error.

4

usage message displayed.

5

version message displayed.

FILES

WA2LWinTools/

install directory of the WA2L/WinTools package.

WA2LWinTools/../WA2LSimpleBackup/

install directory of the WA2L/SimpleBackup package.

var/cache/startmenu/startmenu.xml

dynamically generated menu definition for StartMenu.

etc/StartMenu.cfg

optional configuration file of StartMenu.

The setting APPLICATIONS=(True|False) can be used to enable (True) or disable (False) the creation of the 'Applications (A-Z)' menu and APPLICATIONS_CATEGORY=(True|False) to enable/disable the creation of the 'Applications (Category)' menu, whereas the default is True.

etc/StartMenu.mnu

optional mapping file to automatically categorize the applications defined in run.cfg and to generate the 'Applications (Category)' submenus.

etc/StartMenu.mnu.xlsm (template: lib/templates/StartMenu.mnu.xlsm)

Microsoft™ Excel file to create the etc/StartMenu.mnu file more conveniently.

Copy the lib/templates/StartMenu.mnu.xlsm file to etc/, adjust the categories in the \_user.category_/ worksheet and the mappings in the \_Start.mnu_/ worksheet, then press the [EXPORT] button in \_Start.mnu_/ to write the settings to etc/StartMenu.mnu.

lib/tf/tf.startmenu.run.mnu

mapping file to automatically categorize the applications defined in run.cfg and to generate the 'Applications (Category)' submenus. Do not edit this file, add/define your mappings in the etc/StartMenu.mnu file.

lib/StartMenu.exc

list of applications to be excluded from the start menu.

EXAMPLES

SEE ALSO

NOTES

See pstart(1) for more information.

BUGS

To force a restart of the StartMenu, click the StartMenu entry in 'Startup' of the Windows Start Menu or double-click WA2LWinTools/bin/StartMenu while simultaneously pressing the SHIFT key.

VERSION

AUTHOR

COPYRIGHT

This is free software; see WA2LWinTools/man/COPYING for copying conditions. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.