https://github.com/tmccombs/somenu

A Stand Alone Gtk Menu for
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A Stand Alone Gtk Menu for

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/tmccombs/somenu
• Owner: tmccombs
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2018-11-26T00:45:18.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-01-12T08:02:39.000Z (over 6 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-21T03:27:23.806Z (over 1 year ago)
• Language: Python
• Size: 29.3 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

          
somenu (Stand-Alone MENU) is a Gtk application to show a classic system start menu for window managers that don't have their own (such as i3) or Desktop Environments that no longer use the classic nested menu format.

# Motivation

I built this because, while I use i3 wth rofi as my main application launcher, my wife prefers a more traditional way to start applications (like the Windows start menu). After looking for something that would work in i3, I was unable to find something that I liked, so I made somenu.

This project was heavily inspired by [rlmenu](https://github.com/blastrock/rlmenu). Initially, I wanted to just use that. But it hasn't been touched in 6 years, and no longer works with up-to-date libraries on Archlinux. After digging around a little, I realized it would probably be easier to build something new than resurrect rlmenu. However, I did use the rlmenu source code as a reference as I built this.

# Dependencies

- Python 3

- Gtk 3.0

- gnome-menus 3.0