A circular-application-menu (C-A-M) representation for the GNOME desktop.
Circular-Application-Menu (C-A-M) by Cole Anstey
This is a circular-application-menu (C-A-M) prototype mirroring the same structure as the existing application menu for the GNOME desktop. This was originally just a paper prototype which I did back in March 2007, and decided to code over Christmas 2007-2008.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pie_menu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXh1Tm24kTE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNyLu6JoUX8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yvLfUFHuCc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzV44KmLJrA
This project is only maintained periodically and no further contributions will be accepted.
29th March 2020 - Upgraded to the latest GTK+ 3 version.
3rd December 2011 - Steffen Rumberger partially migrated the codebase to GTK+ 3 and Debian “testing/Wheezy”.
28th November 2011 - Steffen Rumberger (aka. Inne) provided updates to make a Debian “Squeeze” package.
18th May 2009 - Fixed an error where .svg icons were not being used by default over any .xpm alternatives (http://code.google.com/p/circular-application-menu/issues/detail?id=15#c9).
14th May 2009 - Fixed an error where programs were launching and ignoring any arguments (http://code.google.com/p/circular-application-menu/issues/detail?id=15#c5). A command such as the following should now hopefully work 'nautilus /home/collie/code/circular-application-menu/'.
4th September 2008 - Added an request to display only one menu at a time (http://code.google.com/p/circular-application-menu/issues/detail?id=7). The shown menu in the hierachy can be changed via the Page-Up/PageDown/Home and End keys. Thanks to bitseven.
3rd September 2008 - Fixed an error than some people where experiencing during construction (http://code.google.com/p/circular-application-menu/issues/detail?id=6&can=1). Thanks to everyone who provided a stack trace.
27th August 2008 - Added a reflection effect by default. This stresses the processor somewhat; but it can be easily turned off (see below). Also added a highlight around the edge incase it's displayed over a black background.
25th August 2008 - Made any 'overlapped' portions of a menu by a sub menu translucent by 75%. This helps to stop the previous visual ambiguity with overlapped menus items merging with the current menu items. Also changed the small triangle which denoted a sub menu into a glyph to make it easier to differentiate between applications and menu types.
24th August 2008 - Added the ability to specify the emblem to use for the 'root' menu. By default it's the GNOME logo; but it can now be changed to allow for a specific distro logo. An Ubuntu one has been provided as an example. See the 'Application Options' section on how to specify your own.
23rd August 2008 - Changed the right mouse button click functionality slightly so it now aligns the currently shown menu to the click coordinate. Also fixed a bug so it warps the mouse to the centre of the screen when the root menu is initially shown.
28th July 2008 - The menu now uses the blur plugin by default; to blur underneath the menus. This can be turned off with an optional parameter (see below).
25th July 2008 - Fixed an error that sometimes occurred if the angle for a submenu was over 360.0 i.e. 360.6. This was a bugger to hunt down as it didn't ever happen for me, though I got reports that assertions were occasionally happening for other people in this scenario.
8th March 2008 - Initial revision.
imagemagick
inkscape
libgtk-3-dev
libgnome-menu-3-devgit clone https://github.com/cole-anstey/circular-application-menu.git
cd circular-application-menu
make
make installcircular-main-menu [OPTION...] - circular-application-menu.-?, --help Show help options-h, --hide-previewHides the menu preview displayed when the mouse is over a menu.
-w, --warp-mouse-offStops the mouse from warping to the centre of the screen whenever a menu is shown.
-g, --glyph-size=SThe size of the glyphs [S: 1=small 2=medium 3=large (default)].
-b, --blur-offStops the blur from underneath the menu.
-e, --emblem=ESpecifies the emblems (colon separated) to use for the root menu [E: ./pixmaps/ubuntu-emblem-normal.png:./pixmaps/ubuntu-emblem-prelight.png].
-t, --render-tabbed-onlyOnly shows the currently tabbed menu.
-z, --z-orderOverrides the z-order of CAM.
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The default uses GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL that stops the menu and side launcher bar from rendering within Ubuntu.
Specifying the flag uses GTK_WINDOW_POPUP that stops CAM from rendering below the XFCE bottom launcher bar.
Right-click on any vacant panel space and choose 'Add to Panel' from the displayed context menu. When the 'Add to Panel' dialog opens, enter these details (ignore the quotes).
Name: 'Circular Applications Menu'
Generic name: 'Circular Application Menu'
Comment: 'A Circular Application Menu Representation.'
Command: 'circular-application-menu'
Type: 'Application'
Icon: < Pick one you like, I haven't designed one yet! >
Run In Terminal: < Choose this option so the command that does not create a window in which to run. >When you click on a menu segment the segment disappears and its displayed as the tab of the child menu. You can also use Page-Up, Page-Down, Home and End keys to navigate.
Making C-A-M the default menu for Alt+F1 (Metacity)
Change the existing 'Main Menu' to Alt+F3:
gconftool-2 --set --type string /apps/metacity/global_keybindings/panel_main_menu "gconftool-2 --set --type string /apps/metacity/keybinding_commands/command_1 circular-main-menu
gconftool-2 --set --type string /apps/metacity/global_keybindings/run_command_1 "Page-Up/PageDown - Quick jump between menus in the hierachy.
Home/End - Jumps to the root menu or last sub menu.
Right-Click - Moves the currently opened menu to the mouse position.C-A-M receives a mention in the September 2008 issue of the 'LINUX Magazine'. Someone (not me) has dugg C-A-M !!! http://digg.com/linux_unix/Awesome_circular_application_menu_Google_Code My other project which I used to work on quite a lot is available at http://curlyankles.sourceforge.net/.
License: GNU GPL v2
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