What's the process for adding programs to the 'Utilities' Menu item in Ambient? I'd like to add some small items that I don't need on a panel, like the calculator.

TJH

It is not currently possible.

You cannot add to utility menue as it works under OS3.x - thats right - but you can create your own additional menues with submenues and items useing Ambients AREXX-Interface.....

look at this:

This example from my installation shows you how it works

/*Ambient - add new menue*/
address AMBIENT
'menu add id="m1-0" title="Network" type=menu'
'menu add id="m1-1-0" parentid="m1-0" title="Virtual Network" type=menu'
'menu add id="m1-1-1" parentid="m1-1-0" title="VNC- Aspire/XP" type=item command="System:Internet/Remote/VNC_ASPIRE.script" commandtype=workbench'
'menu add id="m1-1-2" parentid="m1-1-0" title="VNC- Pegasos3" type=item command="System:Internet/Remote/VNC_Pegasos_3.script" commandtype=workbench'
'menu add id="m1-1-3" parentid="m1-1-0" title="VNC- A3000" type=item command="System:Internet/Remote/VNC_A3000PPC.script" commandtype=workbench'
'menu add id="m1-1-4" parentid="m1-1-0" title="VNC- Julia" type=item command="System:Internet/Remote/VNC_Pegasos_Julia.script" commandtype=workbench'
'menu add id="m1-1-5" parentid="m1-1-0" title="Remote A3000T " type=item command="System:Envoy/Envoy_Remote/Ventriloquist" commandtype=workbench'
'menu add id="m1-1-6" parentid="m1-1-0" title="VNC- Aspire/LX" type=item command="System:Internet/Remote/VNC_ASPIRE_Linux.script" commandtype=workbench'
'menu add id="m1-1-7" parentid="m1-1-0" title="VNC- Toshiba" type=item command="System:Internet/Remote/VNC_Toshiba.script" commandtype=workbench'
'menu add id="m1-1-8" parentid="m1-1-0" title="VNC- Efika" type=item command="System:Internet/Remote/VNC_Efika.script" commandtype=workbench'

'menu add id="m1-2-0" parentid="m1-0" title="Browser" type=menu'
'menu add id="m1-2-1" parentid="m1-2-0" title="IBrowse" type=item command="System:Internet/Ibrowse/Ibrowse" commandtype=workbench'
'menu add id="m1-2-2" parentid="m1-2-0" title="AWeb" type=item command="System:Internet/Aweb/Aweb" commandtype=workbench'
'menu add id="m1-2-3" parentid="m1-2-0" title="Sputnik" type=item command="System:Internet/Sputnik/Sputnik" commandtype=workbench'
'menu add id="m1-3" parentid="m1-0" type=separator'
'menu add id="m1-4" parentid="m1-0" title="E-Mail" type=item command="System:Internet/YAM_NG/YAM" commandtype=workbench'
'menu add id="m1-5" parentid="m1-0" title="TelNET" type=item command="System:Internet/DCTelnet/DCTelnet" commandtype=workbench'
'menu add id="m1-6" parentid="m1-0" title="Net-Snooper" type=item command="System:Internet/NetworkSnooper/Snoop" commandtype=workbench'
'menu add id="m1-7" parentid="m1-0" type=separator'
'menu add id="m1-8-0" parentid="m1-0" title="Envoy-Net" type=menu'
'menu add id="m1-8-1" parentid="m1-8-0" title="Import FS" type=item command="System:Envoy/FilesystemImports" commandtype=workbench'
'menu add id="m1-8-2" parentid="m1-8-0" title="Import Printer " type=item command="System:Envoy/Printerimports" commandtype=workbench'
'menu add id="m1-8-3" parentid="m1-8-0" title="Netprobe" type=item command="System:Envoy/Netprobe" commandtype=workbench'
'menu add id="m1-8-4" parentid="m1-8-0" title="Config Envoy" type=item command="System:Envoy/NetworkConfig" commandtype=workbench'
'menu add id="m1-8-5" parentid="m1-8-0" title="Export Device" type=item command="System:Envoy/Filesystem_Exports" commandtype=workbench'
.....................

I think this is enough to understand how it works.......this example will add two new main-menues (Network and Tools) with items an certain submenues.....

Create your own menue-file (normal textfile), save it as projekt to WBStartup and choose rx as defaultprogram......after reboot you should have some nice new customized menues.....

BTW: All between ' ' is one line! No CR as it may be shown in your browser....


[ Editiert durch Amigaharry2 an 2010/2/12 21:25 ]

And if you find this REXX syntax too difficult, you can also just use toolsdaemon editor, and use a toolsdaemon converter script:
"rx mossys:ambient/script/menuconvert.rexx S:ToolsDaemon.menu" (or wherever it's located). If you put that script in wbstartup, it will be automatic.

(And yes, it would still deserve a GUI editor, it's just it's too boring:))

Please guys, send Fab?s address as many pizza and coke cans as you can, in order to speed up the development of a GUI for the Ambient user editable menu feature ;)

@Frank: I understand your wishes to Fab, but the creation of a simple textfile to add menues is realy easy to do and certainly, a menue-editor would be a nice feature.....I agree with you to send him many pizza and coke - but more to perfect his great OWB and Mplayer-package - this should have much more priority (my opinion).......

@AmigaHarry

Didnt you know fab has an army of monkey-slave workers that do most of the fab?s work?


fab merely uses the whip in order to increase or decrease the typiying speed of the monkey slaves ;)
From time to time he also uses a fishing rod with a banan as worm. Where did you think tokai?s Mr.banana come from? ;)

[ Editiert durch Amigaharry2 an 2010/2/13 10:44 ]

Quote:

Not only boring, it doesn't make a lot of sense, in my opinion. The most important content in menus are the command line statements they launch. That's keyboard stuff anyway, so a plain text file is very adequate.

How about that CRABUM.png

What?s that? Never heard before.....

A gui for creating ambient user menus, not yet finished...

Quote:

Really nice!

Yes !! really nice!

A first beta version is finished, you can download it here: CRABUM

Thanks for doing it. :)

Just a remark so far: the test function should also clear ambient menus in the first place.

And by the way, the menu action strings also accept the %sp and co placeholders. So a menu can act on currently selected item(s) if wanted.

[ Edited by Fab on 2010/2/23 21:10 ]

very good job !

I send the French translation !!!

@beworld

The tools I was waiting for !

Thanks Igracki!!!
It works really fine and is so useful!!!!

@ Igracki

Fantastic, thanks very much, really a very helpfull utility!

Regards

Christoph

@fab:
I have added a "menu remove" line at the beginning of a saved script (also for test).
So the user menus gets removed before the new are installed.

I also added the placeholder-bubblehelp for the command string gadget.
Updated version of CRABUM

Thanks to beworld and saddam for translations!
A spanish translation is also on the way!

Anyone has a nice icon for CRABUM?

Italian translation is on the way too!
With an icon... oh well.. an attempt ;)

thx Jambalah, both get included in the archive!
I like the icon!

Thx to you Igracki!! Glad you like the icon!

Few Suggestions :

- not possible to move menu / submenu and element Up and Down into the list
- have a option to "AutoSave on quit"
- have a option Save - Save As
- options CLI to lauch with shell - exemple CRABUM -QUIET SYS:test.rexx

Thank you :) it's very usefull on Morphos....

I want to see the new Icon......... ahrrraahr ?

@beworld


[ Edité par beworld le 25/2/2010 19:51 ]