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There is a bug in MenuManager in EasyOS when it is used in a language other than English

When you change the category the entries (in the column "Éléments du menu visibles" in the pîcture) are never displayed:

Cause of the problem :

In fact, when you choose a category, for example "Système de fichiers" like in the picture, the script /usr/local/easyjwm/menumanager call an internal function "Système de fichiers" that do not exist. The real name of the function is Filesystem (= "Système de fichiers" in French)

Possible solution. There may be smarter.

Addition of the sub function execute

execute() {
	case $1 in
		$(gettext 'Desktop'))
		Desktop
		;;
	
		$(gettext 'System'))
		System
		;;
		
		$(gettext 'Setup'))
		Setup
		;;
		
	
		$(gettext 'Utility'))
		Utility
		;;
		
		$(gettext 'Filesystem'))
		Filesystem
		;;
		
		$(gettext 'Graphic'))
		Graphic
		;;
		
		$(gettext 'Document'))
		Document
		;;
	
		$(gettext 'Business'))
		Business
		;;
	
		$(gettext 'Personal'))
		Personal
		;;
	
		$(gettext 'Network'))
		Network
		;;
		
		$(gettext 'Internet'))
		Internet
		;;
	
		$(gettext 'Multimedia'))
		Multimedia
		;;
	
		$(gettext 'Fun'))
		Fun
		;;
	esac
}
export -f execute

and replacement of

<action signal="button-release-event">$CATEGORY</action>

by

<action signal="button-release-event">execute $CATEGORY</action>

EDIT : typo in code fixed

The names of menu items are always in English even if a localization exists.

Proposal of modification:

Addition of

SHORTLANG=`echo $LANG | cut -c 1-2`
TEXT=^Name\\[$SHORTLANG\\]=
export TEXT

Example : If LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8,
SHORTLANG=fr and TEXT=^Name\[fr\]=

In the internal functions, all the lines

 NAME=$(grep -a -m1 '^Name=' ${DTDIR}/"${FILE}" | cut -d '=' -f2)

(Example: If FILE=alsamixer.desktop, NAME=AlsaMixer audio mixer. This is how Alsamixer is presented in the menu(section Multimedia/Sound) in English

are replaced by

NAME=$(grep -a -m1 "$TEXT" ${DTDIR}/"${FILE}" | cut -d '=' -f2)
if [[ ! $NAME ]]; then
   NAME=$(grep -a -m1 '^Name=' ${DTDIR}/"${FILE}" | cut -d '=' -f2)
fi
 

If the Name in the localised language exists, it's this name that will be use.
(Example: If FILE=alsamixer.desktop, NAME=Mixeur audio : AlsaMixer)

EDIT: fix of a copy/paste error in a line of code

Caramel,
Thanks for reporting this problem, and the suggested fixes.

Based on your ideas, I have implemented fixes in the script. Here is the github commit to /usr/local/easyjwm/menumanager:

https://github.com/bkauler/woofq/commit ... 14f6eae61e

@radky
EasyJWM is based upon part of JWMDesk created by radky.
Roger, you might be interested in the non-English fixes in that script.

@radky @Caramel
I have just realized, one of those French categories has space characters.

So I think line 211 in menumanager script should be changed from

"${1}" to "${@}"

 enCAT=`grep -F "|${@}|" /tmp/easyjwm/mm-categories | cut -f 3 -d '|'`