popdown popdown is a GTK popup menu launcher.
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popdown is a GTK popup menu launcher. popdown is a GTK popup menu launcher. It's a simple application which display a popup menu to let you choose what to launch. Just put your launchers (desktop-files ) in a folder, and it will present them in a speedy popup menu. It's a python app which depends on GTK. Released under the terms of GPL2 licence.Really handy to use with:· brightside, which let you run popdown when you put your mouse in a corner.· compiz-fusion, which let you do the same thing as brightside, in the general options.· run from a panel (a launcher button).Here are some key features of "popdown":· Speed (use a cache, don't need to parse files each time)· no footprint. It runs only when popup is displayed.· ability to pass files/urls to a launcher (usefull for drag'n'drop on popdown)· use standard (freedesktop freedesktop desktop-files)· easy to configure· one simple executable filepopdown is a simple command line. You'll just have to give the folder which contains ".desktop" files, and it will popup the result as a popupmenu.If you want to create submenus, you'll just have to create subfolders in the previous folder, and put ".desktop" files in.If you use Gnome, you can easily drag'n'drop entry from "gnome application menu" to your popdown folder, to create desktop-files.popdown provides facilities to manage your menu, as a menu entry in each popdown menu :"edit desktop files" : let you edit easily your desktop files."open folder" : let you open your popdown folder"refresh" : let you rebuild your menu from fresh data.Ordering entriesEverything is ordered by name :submenus are ordered according the folder's namelaunchers are ordered according "Name"(depends on your locale) entry in the desktop file.But you can choose to order as you like, if you wantOrdering submenusYou'll just have to rename your folder, like this :folder "Game" -> folder "2500. Game"Notesyou'll need to use the "refresh" entry, to update your popupOf course, "2500. " will not be displayed in the menu !Ordering launchersYou'll just have to add an "order" entry in the desktop files, like this :...order=2500...Notesyou'll need to use the "refresh" entry, to update your popupby default, when there are no numbers in front of the name, it will take "5000".Requirements:· GTK+ version 2.10.x· python· pygtkUsage:chmod +x popdown./popdown

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