StartMenu
Package: WA2L/WinTools 1.2.08
Section: General Commands (1)
Updated: 19 February 2025
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NAME
StartMenu - Portable start menu of all WA2L/WinTools utilities
SYNOPSIS
WA2LWinTools/bin/StartMenu
[
-h
|
-i
|
-u
|
-V
]
AVAILABILITY
WA2L/WinTools
DESCRIPTION
start menu with all WA2L/WinTools utilities that sits in the
Windows™ system tray.
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
- -h
-
usage message.
-
-
(Re-)Start
StartMenu.
- -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.
- 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.
EXAMPLES
-
SEE ALSO
wintoolsintro(1),
config(1m),
classicstartmenu(1),
pstart(1),
run(1),
qsel(1),
startmenu.cfg(4)
NOTES
StartMenu
uses
PStart
with an automatically generated configuration
internally.
See
pstart(1)
for more information.
BUGS
-
AUTHOR
PStart was developed by 'PEGTOP Software'
(see: http://www.pegtop.net/start/)
and integrated as StartMenu into WA2L/WinTools by
Christian Walther. Send suggestions
and bug reports regarding to the integration
to wa2l@users.sourceforge.net .
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2023
Christian Walther
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.
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Time: 18:36:28 GMT, February 22, 2025