Re: Debian menu format

> James,
>
> We should have coordinated this a bit better...
>
> I've got a python version of install-menu working quite nicely now. I
> did not change the syntax of the /usr/lib/menu files, (which will save
> us a lot of headaches). The custom parser was not too hard.

Oh. OK. :) I just noticed that they seemed to use a similar scripting
language to the install-menu scripts. I built a little special-case parser
for the examples they gave in the docs but I wasn't prepared to sit and do a
complete parser...

> I did, however, change the syntax of the /etc/menu-methods scripts, (I
> actually found the description of the secret script language and it's
> pretty nasty). The new syntax is real python code. This will introduce
> only very minor headaches as we'll have to port the script for each
> window manager, (I've got blackbox and foal working already).

Cool. If you want to post me the foal script then I'll add it to the ipkg.

> I've just got one or two buglets left and hope to release a complete
> menu system for Familiar this weekend.

Good stuff!

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