#162849 menu: how about needs=daemon

Package:
menu
Source:
menu
Description:
generates programs menu for all menu-aware applications
Submitter:
Christopher Taylor
Date:
2005-07-18 03:37:08 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#162849#5
Date:
2002-09-30 12:24:37 UTC
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Hi,

First: thanks for the great menu system!
I have one small itch, though: It would be nice to be able to launch certain
daemon programs (giFT comes to mind) from their menu entries. Using
needs=text in their /usr/lib/menu/<name> file works ok, but if the prog forks
to the background as a daemon should, it's not entirely true; the program
runs fine without a console of any kind! To resolve this issue, I propose
adding needs=daemon for these types of programs.

Greets,
  --Chris
-- System Information
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Kernel Version: Linux caviar 2.4.18 #1 Sat Jul 6 14:53:03 CEST 2002 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux

Versions of the packages menu depends on:
ii  libc6          2.2.5-14.3     GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
ii  libstdc++2.10- 2.95.4-12      The GNU stdc++ library
#162849#10
Date:
2002-09-30 13:27:10 UTC
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To:
Since no menu managers currently list daemon as 'supported' in their menu-method
file, it would be a nice no-op until we fix every menu-method...

Also we need to provide a reliable way to stop the daemon, maybe
similar to the one used for system daemon.

If you use need=text, it will be launched in a console only under X11.
To avoid that, you can provide both X11 and text with the same command.

Thanks for your interest for this package,

Cheers,
#162849#15
Date:
2002-09-30 15:09:45 UTC
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To:
So, if I just go ahead and use needs=daemon right now, what happens?
Does the menu-entry get ignored, or does it do what I expect it to, i.e.
start the daemon without a console?
You're right about that, though "killall giFT" works fine for me ;)
Thanks, I'll try that! If I remember correctly, the docs say not to do
that though... btw: do I write needs=text,x11 or do I have to make 2
lines out of it?


cheerio,
  --Chris
#162849#20
Date:
2002-09-30 15:37:21 UTC
From:
To:
It will not appear in the menu at all, until you change
the menu-method for your window manager and add daemon (and a suitable command)
in the 'supported' section...

You can add a 'Stop giFT' menu entry that just do 'killall giFT'.
Of course, because this let the user the possibility to choose the xterm-like
program to use, but here this is different.

You must make two lines
?package(gift):needs=x11
?package(gift):needs=text

Cheers,