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=head2 NAME

 icewm-menu-fdo - menu generator for .desktop files

=head2 SYNOPSIS

B<icewm-menu-fdo> [I<OPTIONS>] [I<FILENAME>]

=head2 DESCRIPTION

B<icewm-menu-fdo> generates a menu for the B<IceWM> window manager
from XDG menu descriptors (aka FreeDesktop.Org F<.desktop> files).
By including this in the L<icewm-menu(1)>, the system applications
become available in the icewm start menu.

=head2 ARGUMENTS

=over

=item [I<FILENAME>]

The optional I<FILENAME> argument is the location of a F<.desktop> file.
When given, B<icewm-menu-fdo> launches the application using the C<Exec>
line from the desktop file.

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=head2 OPTIONS

=over

=item B<-g>, B<--generic>

Include the generic name in parentheses in the title of B<prog> entries.

=item B<--seps>

Print a leading and a trailing separator.

=item B<--sep-before>

Print a leading separator.

=item B<--sep-after>

Print a trailing separator.

=item B<--no-sep-others>

Don't print the C<Other> category last.

=item B<--no-sub-cats>

Don't nest subcategories in submenus.

=item B<-o>, B<--output=FILE>

Write the output to I<FILE>.

=item B<--flat>

Display apps from all categories in one level with the title containing
the category information as prefix.

=item B<-F sep>, B<--flat-sep=sep>

When used with C<--flat>, the specified character sequence is used as
separator between the section titles.

=item B<-m filter>, B<--match=filter>

Specifies a filter to show only apps which contain this as substring
within their title.

=item B<-M filter>, B<--imatch=filter>

Like C<--match> but applied with any letter case.

=item B<--match-sec>

Apply the filter from C<--match> or C<--imatch> to both, apps and
section titles.

=item B<--match-osec>

Apply the filter from C<--match> or C<--imatch> to only to section titles.

=item B<-h>, B<--help>

Print a brief usage statement to F<stdout> and exit.

=item B<-V>, B<--version>

Print the program version to F<stdout> and exit.

=item B<-C>, B<--copying>

Print copying permissions to F<stdout> for the program and exit.

=head2 USAGE

This utility is not normally used directly. It is used as the
executable in a B<menuprog> entry in a L<icewm-menu(5)>.

=head2 EXAMPLES

The following line in a L<icewm-menu(5)> file will dynamically generate
a comprehensive set of menus for easy access to F<.desktop> files.

    menuprog "Desktop Apps" folder icewm-menu-fdo

=head2 ENVIRONMENT

B<XDG_DATA_HOME> or B<XDG_DATA_DIRS> are considered as suggested by XDG
Base Directory Specification.

=head2 CONFORMING TO

B<icewm-menu-fdo> complies roughly to the XDG F<.desktop> file and menu
specification, see L<Desktop Entry Specification>, Version 1.2alpha,
2015-03-06 and L<Desktop Menu Specification>, Version 1.1-draft, 31
March 2011.

=head2 CAVEATS

The B<icewm-menu-fdo> program is only built when the L<icewm(1)> package
is configured with the B<--enable-menus-fdo> option, which requires the
B<glib2-dev> package dependency.

=head2 SEE ALSO

L<Desktop Entry Specification>,
L<Desktop Menu Specification>,
L<icewm(1)>,
L<icewm-menu(5)>,
L<icewm-preferences(5)>,
L<icewm-programs(5)>.

=head2 BUGS

Please report bugs at L<https://github.com/bbidulock/icewm/issues>.

=head2 AUTHOR

Eduard Bloch L<mailto:edi@gmx.de>.

See B<--copying> for full copyright notice and copying permissions.

=head2 LICENSE

B<IceWM> is licensed under the GNU Library General Public License.
See the F<COPYING> file in the distribution or use the B<--copying> flag
to display copying permissions.

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