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Debian Menu System
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The `menu' package was inspired by the `install-fvwm2-menu' program
from the old `fvwm2' package. However, `menu' tries to provide a more
general interface for menu building.  With the `update-menus' command
from this package, no package needs to be modified for every X window
manager again, and it provides a unified interface for both text- and
X-oriented programs.

* Menu:


* Chapter 1[別]::		Introduction
* Chapter 2[別]::		Menu from the viewpoint of a user
* Chapter 3[別]::		The menu file
* Chapter 4[別]::		What packages with applications should do
* Chapter 5[別]::		What packages with menu managers should do
* Chapter 6[別]::		How a user can override the menus
* Chapter 7[別]::		The internals of the menu package
* Chapter 8[別]::		Variables and functions in the install-menu scripts


 --- The Detailed Node Listing ---

Menu from the viewpoint of a user

* Section 2.1[別]:: 	How/when do the window manager startup files get created?
* Section 2.2[別]:: 	Tuning of the generated window manager startup files
* Section 2.3[別]:: 	Optimization of menu tree: hints

The menu file

* Section 3.1[別]:: 	Location
* Section 3.2[別]:: 	Syntax
* Section 3.3[別]:: 	The `title' field
* Section 3.4[別]:: 	The `needs' field
* Section 3.5[別]:: 	The `section' field
* Section 3.6[別]:: 	The `command' field
* Section 3.7[別]:: 	The `icon' field
* Section 3.8[別]:: 	The `hints' field
* Section 3.9[別]:: 	Entries for menu sections.
* Section 3.10[別]:: 	Fvwm's task and title bars

What packages with applications should do

* Section 4.1[別]:: 	Providing a menu file
* Section 4.2[別]:: 	Adding a hook for dpkg in your packages

How a user can override the menus

* Section 6.1[別]:: 	Configuring the menus
* Section 6.2[別]:: 	Specifying that a menu entry should not be displayed
* Section 6.3[別]:: 	Including other files

The internals of the menu package

* Section 7.1[別]:: 	The update-menus program
* Section 7.2[別]:: 	The install-menu program
* Section 7.3[別]:: 	The install-menu config script definitions
* Section 7.4[別]:: 	Hints, tree optimization

Variables and functions in the install-menu scripts

* Section 8.1[別]:: 	String constants
* Section 8.2[別]:: 	Variables
* Section 8.2.1[別]::	Special variables
* Section 8.2.2[別]::	Preferred variables
* Section 8.2.3[別]::	Suggested variables
* Section 8.3[別]:: 	Functions