Mac-style Menu Bar for GTK and Java/Swing applications!

[Paulus]

is anyone else finding (and only just realising) that half the themes don't work on edgy because of it's new package versions.. or just me!?

Problem with Roberto's Gtk themes (need to be recompiled?) - Ubuntu Forums (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1728498#post1728498)

[ShinjiLeery]

Just install the following files (edgy):
http://chrislord.net/files/gtkmenubar/libgtk2.0-0_2.10.6-0ubuntu1+macmenubar1.0.11_i386.deb
http://chrislord.net/files/gtkmenubar/gnome-macmenu-applet_1.0.11-1_i386.deb

It's enough and then add the macmenu applet to you panel but first remove the menu bar applet from your panel if you have it (the one with three menu applications, system, preferences).

With the first deb i have this error:

Error: dependency is not satisfliable: libgtk2.0-common

I have edgy installed and libgtk2.0-common is at the latest version

[lizardking]

So there is no way to recompie it for dapper?
maybe recompling also the GTk2.8 too with the diff files...

[kpolice]

With the first deb i have this error:

Error: dependency is not satisfliable: libgtk2.0-common

I have edgy installed and libgtk2.0-common is at the latest version

Try to install all the libgtk debs:
http://chrislord.net/files/gtkmenubar/

[deadlydeathcone]

PS: my epiphany-aqd is gnome's epiphany with some patches: has "quit" menu item, always save session on quit or close of the last window, open tab next to the current one, and all popups/links that used to be opened in new window are now opened in new tabs. It should be normal enough as a tabbed browser ;)

Thank you, that is very awesome and gets rid of MANY annoyances of my favorite browser. I patched up Edgy's version of Epiphany and created some packages if anyone wants to try it out:

epiphany-aqd.tar.gz (http://lightofcracker.com/ubuntu/epiphany-aqd.tar.gz)

[deadlydeathcone]

PS: my epiphany-aqd is gnome's epiphany with some patches: has "quit" menu item, always save session on quit or close of the last window, open tab next to the current one, and all popups/links that used to be opened in new window are now opened in new tabs. It should be normal enough as a tabbed browser ;)

Thank you, that is very awesome and gets rid of MANY annoyances of my favorite browser. I patched up Edgy's version of Epiphany and created some packages if anyone wants to try it out:

epiphany-aqd.tar.gz (http://lightofcracker.com/ubuntu/epiphany-aqd.tar.gz)

Oh, and a big thank you to AqD for creating such an ambitious gtk hack. :salute:

[chrisoverzero]

Is anyone else having these problems with the Mac-style menubar?

1. The applet crashes when you try to remove it from the panel.
2. Comix will not stay open.

[kpolice]

deadlydeathcone if you need a mirror just send me the file and I'll host it.

[deadlydeathcone]

Okay, it's fixed now. I'm using a friend's hosting which apparently doesn't allow direct hotlinking, so I changed the permissions on the subdirectory and just linked to that instead.

Thanks for the hosting offer, though, it's appreciated.

[kpolice]

No, I still get the same page.

[chrisoverzero]

Hey, deadlydeathcone, how did you do what you did? That is, how did you apply AqD's patch and make a .deb out of it? I'm looking to make a few changes of my own*, but I have no idea how?

*Like making "new page" links open in foreground tabs, not background tabs. Grrr...

[seulas]

Stupid Question!
How can I get rid of it? Where to set "GTK_MENUBAR_NO_MAC=1"? Or how can I reinstall the original libgtk's?

[AqD]

Stupid Question!
How can I get rid of it? Where to set "GTK_MENUBAR_NO_MAC=1"? Or how can I reinstall the original libgtk's?

hi GTK_MENUBAR_NO_MAC=1 is environment variable. You can set in .bashrc or .bash_profile. export GTK_MENUBAR_NO_MAC=1
You can reinstall the original gtk, just apt (?) it back.

[AqD]

is anyone else finding (and only just realising) that half the themes don't work on edgy because of it's new package versions.. or just me!?

Problem with Roberto's Gtk themes (need to be recompiled?) - Ubuntu Forums (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1728498#post1728498)
Yes. A lot of pixmap-engine themes have problems. I manually edited the images to make it working. Clearlooks should work fine

[AqD]

Hey, deadlydeathcone, how did you do what you did? That is, how did you apply AqD's patch and make a .deb out of it? I'm looking to make a few changes of my own*, but I have no idea how?

*Like making "new page" links open in foreground tabs, not background tabs. Grrr...
See the first post. There is a link to ubuntu packages.

[AqD]

Just install the following files (edgy):
http://chrislord.net/files/gtkmenubar/libgtk2.0-0_2.10.6-0ubuntu1+macmenubar1.0.11_i386.deb
http://chrislord.net/files/gtkmenubar/gnome-macmenu-applet_1.0.11-1_i386.deb

It's enough and then add the macmenu applet to you panel but first remove the menu bar applet from your panel if you have it (the one with three menu applications, system, preferences).
Ah, you can keep the menu applet now. I fixed it many weeks ago :P

[lizardking]

I share my package for Ubuntu "dapper" 6.06.1 release.
I recompile the libgtk 2.8 with the diff files (http://mogoshare.com/529745) and take a deb of edgy for the macmenu-applet that works also in dapper (http://www.ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=19198&stc=1&d=1163298241),erasing some dependencies ;)
It's a terrible hack, but it wors for me.

I share in this post my 2 files.So dapper user will be happy!:KS
Let me know your feedback!

to install the libgtk do:

sudo dpkg -i --force-all libgtk2.0-0_2.8.20-patched-1_i386.deb

because of the overwritten problem of some files of ligtkdev.

[seulas]

You can reinstall the original gtk, just apt (?) it back.

How do I do that?

[chrisoverzero]

I actually meant your Epiphany modifications, but I think-think-think I got it figured out now.

[jonasren]

How do I do that?

After installing the mac-bar the mac-menu seems to show up at random position on the menubar. Quite irritating since it usually covers the other applets on the bar. Therefore, I would also like to remove this. Unfortunately I'm a newbie in linux, and do not know how to do this :)

[lizardking]

After installing the mac-bar the mac-menu seems to show up at random position on the menubar. Quite irritating since it usually covers the other applets on the bar. Therefore, I would also like to remove this. Unfortunately I'm a newbie in linux, and do not know how to do this :)

are you speaking of my post?
to remove it under dapper?

[jonasren]

are you speaking of my post?
to remove it under dapper?

Hi. No. I have edgy installed on my computer. I've tried to uninstall the applet, but unfortunately that only made things worse ;)

EDIT: After trying lizarkings .deb (originally made for dapper) on my Ubuntu Edgy Eft it is finally working! Thanks! :)

[seulas]

I still want to know how to reinstall the original debs :-|

Please help :KS

[Rob2687]

Is there anyway to do a clean install of the default Ubuntu GTK libs? Something on my system is fubar because every GTK app I compile uses the macmenu even though I've reinstalled the normal Ubuntu debs.

[seulas]

I still want to know how to reinstall the original debs

Please help

Anyone know? I wrote export GTK_MENUBAR_NO_MAC=1 in my .bashrc but it doesn't help

[sethmahoney]

Okay, I'm running Edgy (with Beryl if that makes a difference), I installed the Edgy deb, moved the files in gnome-macmenu-applet.tar.bz2 to the appropriate places, and added the applet to my panel, and it always seems to show up on the right side of the panel - I can't move it to the left. Am I doing something wrong here?

EDIT: Nevermind, figured it out. Thanks for the patch!

[rlmgooner]

Anyone know? I wrote export GTK_MENUBAR_NO_MAC=1 in my .bashrc but it doesn't help

Have you tried downgrading libgtk? I did this via Synaptic (force version) and it worked for me.

[jonasren]

Have you tried downgrading libgtk? I did this via Synaptic (force version) and it worked for me.

Yes, this worked for me too.

Try the following:

- > Open Synaptic (System -> Administration -> Synaptic)
- > Search for libgtk
- > Find the packages containing mac-menu-bar (look for it in the "installed version" column)
- > Take one package at a time, mark it and choose "Package -> Force Version", use the drop-down meny to downgrade to Edgy. After marking all of the mac-menu-packages, press "use" for downgrading the packages.

Now everything should work as normal.

[stefanog]

i had no problems in the installation
but i'm unable (or i still don't understand) to let it work.
look this.. http://img390.imageshack.us/my.php?image=schermatahw3.jpg
it shows only the title of the active window (firefox in this case); the menus are still in the classic gnome mode in every application.

other question: where can i find the applications bar in the first message?? It' great! (i don't like the gdesklets one). how does it call?:p

[needcoffee]

I share my package for Ubuntu "dapper" 6.06.1 release.
I recompile the libgtk 2.8 with the diff files (http://mogoshare.com/529745) and take a deb of edgy for the macmenu-applet that works also in dapper (http://www.ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=19198&stc=1&d=1163298241),erasing some dependencies ;)
It's a terrible hack, but it wors for me.

I share in this post my 2 files.So dapper user will be happy!:KS
Let me know your feedback!

to install the libgtk do:

sudo dpkg -i --force-all libgtk2.0-0_2.8.20-patched-1_i386.deb

because of the overwritten problem of some files of ligtkdev.

Thanks a lot for this, works great!

[AqD]

i had no problems in the installation
but i'm unable (or i still don't understand) to let it work.
look this.. http://img390.imageshack.us/my.php?image=schermatahw3.jpg
it shows only the title of the active window (firefox in this case); the menus are still in the classic gnome mode in every application.

other question: where can i find the applications bar in the first message?? It' great! (i don't like the gdesklets one). how does it call?:p

Hi! Firefox is not a real gtk/gnome app. The gtk-like theme is just an emulation. It would need another patch, which I haven't done yet. However, you can use gnome's galeon or epiphany browser.

The app bar in zammi's screenshots is kxdocker. I never used it myself though.

[malwk-]

Hello
Is someone still supporting/developing this patch? I'm facing some problems with an app and the mac-menu-applet. It was previously resolved but it arise again with the newer version of the app.

Gnome f-spot 0.2.1
When the app is started the menu bar disapears. If I restart the applet while F-spot is runnin sometimes it works okay, sometimes it is unable to show any menubar (incl. other active apps) after restart.
I use FC6 gtk-2.10.4 and Gnome 2.16.1

Please help.
Thank you.

[Ptero-4]

Hi. I ran kdesktop (since KDE apps supposedly get their menubars put in the mac-menu-applet) to get a desktop menubar, then I went to desktop>behavior in kcontrol and set the menubar option that activates the Mac-like menubar but kdesktop doesn't show it's menubar even after activating it through kcontrol. Why? and How do I get kdesktop to show it's menubar?

[mascanho]

my mac menu gets really strange, it only shows the current focused window, it doesnt shows any options like "file" "help" "window" or so ... like you guys posted on the screenshot ... what am i doing wrong ?'

[Ptero-4]

You need to get the gtk2.10 source code (use apt-src [UNIVERSE] for that), patch it with the gtkmenubar.diff patch (included here) and rebuild it by entering in the gtk2 directory and typing
sudo dpkg-buildpackage, and entering your passowrd when prompted. Then install it with dpkg.

[ricka]

hi i am not really good at patching( problem is i do not know what file to patch). i download source of libgtk2.0 then i find there in /gtk+2.0-2.10.6/upstream/tarballs/ i find file 000_gtk+-2.10.6.tar.gz so i unzip it then patch it with gtkmenubar.diff and then compile it , problem is i only see program name in panel applet (mac menu),
so i guessed i did patch wrong file (even patching went fine) but i only see in mac menu name of currently focused application
maybe someone could help with what files i need to patch and what arguments use maybe when compiling ( i am using amd64 so can not use 386 debs :( )

any help would be great

thanks

[mildred]

I have a little problem with the gnome-menubar applet and the kate text exitor (KDE) ... when Kate is started, gnome-macmenu-applet takes 100% of my CPU and the menu bar seems to be redrawn all the time (it blinks). ... Not important, I restarted kate and no problems.

my mac menu gets really strange, it only shows the current focused window, it doesnt shows any options like "file" "help" "window" or so ... like you guys posted on the screenshot ... what am i doing wrong ?'

Nothing wrong. Because applications are not designed to have one menu bar at the top of the screen, you can only have the menubar of the current window.
Also, I think it is not possible (as in Mac OS) to have the menubar of an application (say openOffice for example) but no window of that application on your screen.
Something like GNUStep would be better.

[Patrick-Ruff]

you know, this would be a much better howto if your instructions werent so vague. it would help us all out a lot if you could /please/ put in nice-looking step by step instructions rather then lumping it all together and expecting us to figure it out. I know it isn't that complex but some people like it to be a bit easier on the eyes you know?

thanks

[tommyvyo]

I agree, the instructions are so vague and confusing. Can anyone help? All I see is the active window up at the top. Thanks.

[Yuzem]

This is what i did: (WARNING: this is for ubuntu edgy)
1_Download all the files from here (http://chrislord.net/files/gtkmenubar/) to a new folder.
2_Open a terminal and go to the new folder and type:
sudo dpkg -i --force-all *.deb
3_Thats all, now add the panel and grab a theme that support mac menu like:
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/44317193/

[Yuzem]

Anyone knows how to exclude comix?
In ~/.bashrc I added:
GTK_MENUBAR_NO_MAC=comix
It does't work...

[blonder]

What is that for a Icon Theme ?

[gummibaerchen]

Might that become into the official Gnome?

I don't see real use, but after they accepted Mono, they might accept something like this as well :D

[male81]

Might that become into the official Gnome?

I don't see real use, but after they accepted Mono, they might accept something like this as well :D


It will be able to seem strange, but they have already refused to include it.

[gummibaerchen]

It will be able to seem strange, but they have already refused to include it.

Hehe, but maybe when everything is finished, when it works with more apps, the code is cleaned up and so on, then you may provide packages, and maybe they will be included in some distros.

That would be nice ;) I have to try that out later ;)

BTW: Could you also do it, like in Mac, that you can toggle (show and hide) the Menubar with a special button?

[dirken]

hey,

i installed this hack with a debian package on my Ubuntu 6.10 system but the only thing i see when i add the macmenu applet to my panel is the name of the program. I rebooted my system etc but it ain't moves the menu's from any program!
Has anyone a solution for this?

Greetz..
Dirken

[dirken]

hey it's me again!
I could now could install the mac menu bar but my only problem now is that sometime my panels start flashing. Is this normal or do i need a patch or something?:s
Also when evince is opened i can't switch back anymore to my file browser by clicking it on the panel. The alt+tab fucntion sitll works so i guess there are still a lot of bugs in it!?
Btw: what is the latest version that has been release?

Greetz..
Dirken

[davim]

I created a feature request with this patch => http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=353076

Have you tried to get in to ubuntu's developers attention?? you could use launchpad.net or something like that.
I think the panel applet is the way to go, you could try to get this in ubuntu's universe repository.

Keep up the good work :)

[AqD]

hey it's me again!
I could now could install the mac menu bar but my only problem now is that sometime my panels start flashing. Is this normal or do i need a patch or something?:s
Also when evince is opened i can't switch back anymore to my file browser by clicking it on the panel. The alt+tab fucntion sitll works so i guess there are still a lot of bugs in it!?
Btw: what is the latest version that has been release?

Greetz..
Dirken

Hi!

It doesn't flash here, and evince & nautilus work fine.... The mac menubar relies on libwnck/WM to function correctly - related bugs are usually caused by broken WM (several beryl versions) or old libwnck (< 2.16).

latest applet version is 1.0.13. It only adds a small UI fix (add padding for title label) since 1.0.11. Basically there is nothing else to add or to fix.

[felipe]

AqD,

I saw this anouncement on gnomefiles.org http://www.gnomefiles.org/app.php?soft_id=1785
Does that mean you're back into this wonderful project? I really hope so!

I'm thinking about setting up a modified Ubuntu distribution just to showcase some of the latest cool achievements in GNOME Land (Tracker, Deskbar, Compiz + some cool ideas) and it would be great to integrate you menubar :)

Congratulations, I'm "sponsoring" your project since the beginnings: http://pollycoke.wordpress.com/tag/zapping-tra-i-tag/progetti-che-seguo/menubar/ (EDIT: Italian only, sorry)

[L3oN]

http://static.flickr.com/117/284304699_60d79c3555_m.jpg (http://static.flickr.com/117/284304699_60d79c3555_o.png)
Very nice icons !!!

Can you say me where i can download it ?

Thanks ;)

[AqD]

http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=31618 :)

[AqD]

Anyone knows how to exclude comix?
In ~/.bashrc I added:
GTK_MENUBAR_NO_MAC=comix
It does't work...

Um, are you sure the shell that you executes "comix" has this environment variable set? And the executable name is exactly "comix"? (case-sensitive)

[Yuzem]

The executable name is exactly "comix"
If I type "which comix" in the terminal the result is this:
/usr/local/bin/comix

How do I do to set the environment variable for the shell that I execute comix?

I only added in ~/.bashrc the following line:
GTK_MENUBAR_NO_MAC=comix

This have no effect. No matters if I execute it from the terminal or from the applications menu or from the run dialog (alt+F2).

[jbus]

Does anyone know where there is a binary for the XFCE applet and rounded corners?

[AqD]

Does anyone know where there is a binary for the XFCE applet and rounded corners?

http://aquila.deus.googlepages.com/archlinuxpackages

They're in .tar.gz format, just untar and copy. If your xfce is not installed to /opt/xfce4, you will also need to edit opt/xfce4/share/xfce4/panel-plugins/*.desktop to change the path.

[AqD]

The executable name is exactly "comix"
If I type "which comix" in the terminal the result is this:
/usr/local/bin/comix

How do I do to set the environment variable for the shell that I execute comix?

I only added in ~/.bashrc the following line:
GTK_MENUBAR_NO_MAC=comix

This have no effect. No matters if I execute it from the terminal or from the applications menu or from the run dialog (alt+F2).

Hmmm.. what if you add it in ~/.bash_profile?

[tommyvyo]

Still this program is giving me problems. The mac menu shows up, but only the program that is open. Example: Firefox is open, the mac menu says "Firefox", but File/edit/view/history/bookmarks/tools/help are all in the normal places. Here is what I did, am I doing something wrong?

tommyvyo@downstairsdesktop:~$ cd Desktop
tommyvyo@downstairsdesktop:~/Desktop$ cd macmenu
tommyvyo@downstairsdesktop:~/Desktop/macmenu$ sudo dpkg -i --force-all *.deb
(Reading database ... 147538 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace gnome-macmenu-applet 1.0.11-1 (using gnome-macmenu-applet_1.0.11-1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement gnome-macmenu-applet ...
dpkg - warning: downgrading gtk2.0-examples from 2.10.6-0ubuntu3 to 2.10.6-0ubuntu1+macmenubar1.0.11.
Preparing to replace gtk2.0-examples 2.10.6-0ubuntu3 (using gtk2.0-examples_2.10.6-0ubuntu1+macmenubar1.0.11_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement gtk2.0-examples ...
dpkg - warning: downgrading gtk2-engines-pixbuf from 2.10.6-0ubuntu3 to 2.10.6-0ubuntu1+macmenubar1.0.11.
Preparing to replace gtk2-engines-pixbuf 2.10.6-0ubuntu3 (using gtk2-engines-pixbuf_2.10.6-0ubuntu1+macmenubar1.0.11_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement gtk2-engines-pixbuf ...
dpkg - warning: downgrading libgtk2.0-0 from 2.10.6-0ubuntu3 to 2.10.6-0ubuntu1+macmenubar1.0.11.
Preparing to replace libgtk2.0-0 2.10.6-0ubuntu3 (using libgtk2.0-0_2.10.6-0ubuntu1+macmenubar1.0.11_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libgtk2.0-0 ...
dpkg - warning: downgrading libgtk2.0-bin from 2.10.6-0ubuntu3 to 2.10.6-0ubuntu1+macmenubar1.0.11.
Preparing to replace libgtk2.0-bin 2.10.6-0ubuntu3 (using libgtk2.0-bin_2.10.6-0ubuntu1+macmenubar1.0.11_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libgtk2.0-bin ...
dpkg - warning: downgrading libgtk2.0-common from 2.10.6-0ubuntu3 to 2.10.6-0ubuntu1+macmenubar1.0.11.
Preparing to replace libgtk2.0-common 2.10.6-0ubuntu3 (using libgtk2.0-common_2.10.6-0ubuntu1+macmenubar1.0.11_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libgtk2.0-common ...
dpkg - warning: downgrading libgtk2.0-dev from 2.10.6-0ubuntu3 to 2.10.6-0ubuntu1+macmenubar1.0.11.
Preparing to replace libgtk2.0-dev 2.10.6-0ubuntu3 (using libgtk2.0-dev_2.10.6-0ubuntu1+macmenubar1.0.11_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libgtk2.0-dev ...
Setting up libgtk2.0-common (2.10.6-0ubuntu1+macmenubar1.0.11) ...
Setting up libgtk2.0-0 (2.10.6-0ubuntu1+macmenubar1.0.11) ...

Setting up libgtk2.0-bin (2.10.6-0ubuntu1+macmenubar1.0.11) ...
Updating the IM modules list for GTK+-2.10.0...done.
Updating the gdk-pixbuf loaders list for GTK+-2.10.0...done.

Setting up libgtk2.0-dev (2.10.6-0ubuntu1+macmenubar1.0.11) ...
Setting up gnome-macmenu-applet (1.0.11-1) ...
Setting up gtk2.0-examples (2.10.6-0ubuntu1+macmenubar1.0.11) ...
Setting up gtk2-engines-pixbuf (2.10.6-0ubuntu1+macmenubar1.0.11) ...
tommyvyo@downstairsdesktop:~/Desktop/macmenu$


Thanks in advance.

[ScarfaceIII]

Hi everybody! I can quite say I'm a Mac fan...in the real meaning of the word: I'm fanATIC!!! :KS

I'm trying to get this done, but...I can't quite understand this How To, I mean: what should I ACTUALLY do to make it work? ](*,)
I'm writing from an Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft: what should I do? do I have to download ALL the packages from the pages you indicated and install them? This only, or whatelse? Thanks...

Oh, another thing: I saw the screenshots and I fell in love with the dock that's present in some of them. I asked my self: WHAT THE HECK IS THAT??? :lolflag: I WANT IT!!!

could anybody answer me back? explecially the LAST question, I like too much the Mac-Dock...:biggrin:

thanks everybody for listening to me...

[Bossieman]

What kind of howto is this? No instructions at all?

Please update page 1 with a howto, please!

[AllFather]

Very nice "hack" and idea, but its horribly explained.
Should (if you have time) write a proper guide on it so people will "get" it.

-Thomas

[Yuzem]

Hmmm.. what if you add it in ~/.bash_profile?
Still the same. Any idea?

Still this program is giving me problems. The mac menu shows up, but only the program that is open. Example: Firefox is open, the mac menu says "Firefox", but File/edit/view/history/bookmarks/tools/help are all in the normal places. Here is what I did, am I doing something wrong?

It doesn't work with Firefox, try another app like gedit or xterm to see if it is working...

Very nice "hack" and idea, but its horribly explained.
Should (if you have time) write a proper guide on it so people will "get" it.

A short howto:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=1972231&postcount=290

[gummibaerchen]

What about a page in the Wiki?

[LKjell]

Very nice "hack" and idea, but its horribly explained.
Should (if you have time) write a proper guide on it so people will "get" it.

-Thomas

I agree the author does not give a simple solution to those who need simplicity. I had to search for the source package and found out it was the gtk+ package and not some lib file listed on ubuntu packages. Then I tried to patch the file with no success. Or more correctly said how do you confirm it is patched? And then try to compile which of course gave error. Now the system is messed up because I forced install those binary found on the site. Wish there was some system recovery as in XP.

[ajeetraj]

This is what i did: (WARNING: this is for ubuntu edgy)
1_Download all the files from here (http://chrislord.net/files/gtkmenubar/) to a new folder.
2_Open a terminal and go to the new folder and type:
sudo dpkg -i --force-all *.deb
3_Thats all, now add the panel and grab a theme that support mac menu like:
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/44317193/

i did what you told to do. after adding to the panel by right click > add to panel> mac folder...a while space appears on my panel but then how do i grab a theme? i mean how do i do anything with it? when i right click on that white thing...i get few options like hide label and remove from the panel. how do you configure it?

please tell me!

me and my friends are really looking forward to it. we are all excited about it. hope that you will reply soon.

thanks in advance and sorry if i was being dumb :(

[ajeetraj]

i did what you told to do. after adding to the panel by right click > add to panel> mac folder...a while space appears on my panel but then how do i grab a theme? i mean how do i do anything with it? when i right click on that white thing...i get few options like hide label and remove from the panel. how do you configure it?

please tell me!

me and my friends are really looking forward to it. we are all excited about it. hope that you will reply soon.

thanks in advance and sorry if i was being dumb
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[Yuzem]

There isn't much to configure.
Seems that you have added the panel. Now run an application like xterm or gedit and the menus should be displayed on the mac menu panel.
To skin the mac panel you need a GTK theme like this:
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/44317193/

To install a gtk theme: from the ubuntu menu: System > Preferences > Themes
I am not sure if that is the exact translation (my ubuntu is in spanish)
Then clic on Details of the theme (or something like that) and in the "controls" tab clic install...

Now, the "innocent" theme is a murrine theme and you will need the murrine engine:
http://cimi.netsons.org/pages/murrine.php

If you want your panel to be all glassy then you will need to configure the theme or to replace:
~/.themes/Murrina-Innocent/gtk-2.0/gtkrc
with the attached file.

[ajeetraj]

how do you uninstall it as some of my friends don't like this...can you please tell me :(

best,

[Yuzem]

I am not sure... right now I am not on my ubuntu but try this:
WARNING:this is from memory:
sudo apt-get update
Wait a litle and the update manager should tell you that there is updates availables.
Install them all.
Then you can also open a terminal and go to the folder where you have downloaded the installers and type:
sudo dpkg -r *.deb

[gertp]

thnx for your fast support.

one of us managed to create ebuilds (the way gentoo installs packages).

here is the overlay

http://svn.gentoo-xeffects.org/xeffects/

and here are the ebuilds.

http://svn.gentoo-xeffects.org/xeffects/gnome-extra/gnome-macmenu-applet/gnome-macmenu-applet-1.0.6.ebuild
http://svn.gentoo-xeffects.org/xeffects/x11-libs/gtk+/gtk+-2.10.6.ebuild
http://svn.gentoo-xeffects.org/xeffects/x11-libs/gtk+/gtk+-2.8.20-r1.ebuild

maybe you can add that to gnomefiles.org :)


these links don`t seem to work anymore, so I`ve made an new updated tutorial on the gentoo wiki:

http://gentoo-wiki.com/Mac-style_Menu_Bar_for_GTK

[jimmygoon]

Hey Zammi! You around? If so, I'm DIEING DIEING DIEING to get my desktop looking like yours. Can you like post the GTK+, Icon, wallpaper, KXDocker, etc themes that you are using so we/I can use it :)

THANKS! I really like the looks of this and I think its really cool.

[quirt3]

IS it possible to undo if you do this and how?
I'm afraid I'll lose my orriginal normal GNIOME app menus(the ones with places, applications, etc...>)

[turbojugend_gr]

To get them back, just right click on the panel and select the Menu toolbar applet , that is the one holding the three menus.

Cheers, TJ.

[quirt3]

Yeah,b ut now I'm afradi of losing the menus at the top of every permanantly...

[jogebau]

Is there any chance we will get this as a regular option in gnome? Would be a nice addition, as it saves a lot of screen space, especially on widescreen displays!

Very nice idea btw, I just dont want to use it as a hack...

[signalat]

hi, wonderful work. anyway, i am new to linux, and don't know how to installation guide, it's kind of too hard to follow.....so sad....i am using ubuntu edgy 6.10, i tried to install libgtk2.0-0_2.10.6-0ubuntu1_i386.deb given in the post http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=1600937 but the system said it's too old, cannot be installed. well, i did install Ubuntu Edgy Packages #1: Cwiiis's http://chrislord.net/files/gtkmenubar/.
then, what else should i do? help please, thanx a lot.

[Yuzem]

Try this:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...&postcount=290

[eitan_a]

Hey guys...been trying to patch gtk2.10.6 (I run edgy) and I keep getting compilation errors...does this mean I'm missing some libs? ./configure passes fine, but when I make, I get errors about gtkicontheme.c

gtkicontheme.c:1153: error: 'builtin_icons' undeclared (first use in this function)
gtkicontheme.c:1153: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
gtkicontheme.c:1153: error: for each function it appears in.)
gtkicontheme.c: In function 'load_svg_at_size':
gtkicontheme.c:2515: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 2 of 'gdk_pixbuf_loader_write' differ in signedness
make[4]: *** [gtkicontheme.lo] Error 1

Thanks for any help..

[xout]

hey guys,

does anyone know what this font is called? it shows up on one of the screenshots in the first post of this thread...
i found similar fonts but not exactly this one, and i like it so much ^^

see http://static.flickr.com/117/284328107_af99da556d_o.jpg

thx
xout

[Yuzem]

I think it is "HandelGotDLig"

[xout]

yeah, that's it! ^^ thx a lot

[eitan_a]

If someone can post a .deb of the libgtk2.10.6 ubuntu3.1 with the mac menu patched I will be ever so grateful, since I can't compile the damn thing and the other deb is too old for my system.

Thanks guys for the help! This is the last thing I need to make my system complete.

[eitan_a]

OK i got this finally to work.

One question, how can this work with firefox and thunderbird?

[Yuzem]

It doesn't work with firefox/thunderbird
An alternative is to use Epiphany (http://www.gnome.org/projects/epiphany/) and Evolution (http://www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/) or you can get an extension for firefox and thunderbird that remove the menubar: Tiny Menu (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1455/)

[Xenogis]

Would it be possible to write a firefox extension to use this?

[AqD]

Would it be possible to write a firefox extension to use this?

I don't think so. I have read the code and it would probably need to change both of the UI definition file and internal code - quite a big task.

[AqD]

I agree the author does not give a simple solution to those who need simplicity. I had to search for the source package and found out it was the gtk+ package and not some lib file listed on ubuntu packages. Then I tried to patch the file with no success. Or more correctly said how do you confirm it is patched? And then try to compile which of course gave error. Now the system is messed up because I forced install those binary found on the site. Wish there was some system recovery as in XP.

Hi! I'm sorry I can't help this. Because I use arch linux and have no ubuntu installed. These HOWTOs are only provided for developers who are interested in making ubuntu packages..... (and able to solve problems when it doesn't work ;))

BTW the recovery method is to reinstall ubuntu's original gtk2 package.

[Stormx]

Could someone tell me the name of the media player in the top left screenshot?

[Yuzem]

I think it is "gmpc":
http://gmpc.sarine.nl/
http://www.musicpd.org/gmpc.shtml
http://http://zenwhen.com/webdav/gmpc-svn.png

[male81]

Hi. Is there someone which uses mac-menubar and keeps the packages up-to-date? Could you give me a link? Is there the intent to take it to Feisty? Thanks a lot for the answers.

[russellc]

Has anyone else run into a bug with Gaim? Whenever I close and reopen any conversation window in which someone does not have a buddy icon set, the window grows in height each time i close and reopen a conversation window. If I turn off buddy icon display in the conversation window, it does it for every single one. I'm getting Gaim from SVN, revision 18200 if that matters.

At first I thought it was me poking around the source and editing some stuff, but it turns out it wasn't as I did a clean rebuild of Gaim and this was still evident. I was just editing out the buddy icon from the conversation window so it doesn't resize the text input area every time I reopen a conversation.

[AqD]

Has anyone else run into a bug with Gaim? Whenever I close and reopen any conversation window in which someone does not have a buddy icon set, the window grows in height each time i close and reopen a conversation window. If I turn off buddy icon display in the conversation window, it does it for every single one. I'm getting Gaim from SVN, revision 18200 if that matters.

At first I thought it was me poking around the source and editing some stuff, but it turns out it wasn't as I did a clean rebuild of Gaim and this was still evident. I was just editing out the buddy icon from the conversation window so it doesn't resize the text input area every time I reopen a conversation.

hmmm it works fine here. I'm using gaim 2.0 beta 6

[lawrens]

Is there any way to make other themes compatible with this? I don't know much about customizing gtkrc files, but if it's possible can someone post about how I can change the background of the mac menu bar to be compatible with my other themes?
It's been mentioned on this thread somewhere that it's the theme's problem but I couldn't find the solution to it, since the problem I'm having now is that the background/color of the macmenu applet is different than the ones in the themes I'm using other than the GT_White one, so the solution would be to change it within the theme itself but I just couldn't find where.

[russellc]

hmmm it works fine here. I'm using gaim 2.0 beta 6

Strange.. Ah well, I just excluded Gaim from using the Mac menu bar altogether.

[thekaleb]

I cannot seem to get the .diff patches to work. I am new to this. If somebody could help me, it would be greatly appreciated.

[russellc]

I cannot seem to get the .diff patches to work. I am new to this. If somebody could help me, it would be greatly appreciated.

1) Download the GTK+ source from here (ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/v2.10/).
2) Assuming you place the .diff files in the parent folder in which the gtk+ source is held, perform the following operation when in the gtk+ source folder: patch -p0 < ../blah.diff
3) If any more patches, perform the same operation but change the filename of the patch to the corresponding filename.
4) The patch(es) is/are applied, ./configure (let configure use the default prefix), make and make install.

[Protostar]

I am a complete n00b to this. I cannot figure out where to even begin. Is there some sort of comprehensive guide to getting the Mac menu up and running? First off, I need to know where to find the gtk source so I can recompile it. I downloaded this:

http://aquila.deus.googlepages.com/gtk2-aqd-2.10.9-1.pkg.tar.gz

but i have no idea what to do with it. I'm using Ubuntu Dapper with Gnome version 2.14.3. Any help would be appreciated.

[russellc]

I am a complete n00b to this. I cannot figure out where to even begin. Is there some sort of comprehensive guide to getting the Mac menu up and running? First off, I need to know where to find the gtk source so I can recompile it. I downloaded this:

http://aquila.deus.googlepages.com/gtk2-aqd-2.10.9-1.pkg.tar.gz

but i have no idea what to do with it. I'm using Ubuntu Dapper with Gnome version 2.14.3. Any help would be appreciated.

Does the post just above yours not help? If not, describe what step you're having problems with :p

By the way, AqD, I just found those Epiphany patches you had. I was missing automatic session saving. The other patches for Epiphany are great too (in addition to the menu bar patch), thanks.

[Protostar]

Does the post just above yours not help? If not, describe what step you're having problems with :p

By the way, AqD, I just found those Epiphany patches you had. I was missing automatic session saving. The other patches for Epiphany are great too (in addition to the menu bar patch), thanks.

Ok, I downloaded the gtk source and extracted it in my home folder. I copied the code from the patch on the first page, and pasted it into a text file which I copied into the gtk source folder. I then tried to apply the patch but it seemed like it had hung or something, so I killed it. Is applying the patch supposed to take a long time?

[russellc]

Ok, I downloaded the gtk source and extracted it in my home folder. I copied the code from the patch on the first page, and pasted it into a text file which I copied into the gtk source folder. I then tried to apply the patch but it seemed like it had hung or something, so I killed it. Is applying the patch supposed to take a long time?

No. It should be almost instantaneous. Whats the exact input and output in the terminal?

[SkiesOfAzel]

I am making a theme that supports this by using pixmaps for the panel and menubars but i have a slight problem : The applet loses its skin momentarily just before it grabs a new menu (when you launch an application for example). I am guessing that i am not applying the pixmap to the mac bar widget but i need to know its name to rectify that.

Here is the skin :
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/2299/screenshotxh7.th.png (http://img85.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshotxh7.png)

And here is what happens to the applet just before it grabs a new menu:
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/5531/screenshot1ar1.th.png (http://img172.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshot1ar1.png)

Btw, the skin is a port of an Osx theme called imetal by Andyblac.

[Protostar]

No. It should be almost instantaneous. Whats the exact input and output in the terminal?

After I copied the gtkmenubar.diff to the gtk source folder, I simply used the same command that was on the first page: "patch p0 gtkmenubar.diff". The process started and simply hung.

[russellc]

After I copied the gtkmenubar.diff to the gtk source folder, I simply used the same command that was on the first page: "patch p0 gtkmenubar.diff". The process started and simply hung.

The command should be: "patch -p0 < gtkmenubar.diff"

[eitan_a]

Wow, that's a beautiful theme. Did you release it yet?

I am making a theme that supports this by using pixmaps for the panel and menubars but i have a slight problem : The applet loses its skin momentarily just before it grabs a new menu (when you launch an application for example). I am guessing that i am not applying the pixmap to the mac bar widget but i need to know its name to rectify that.

Here is the skin :
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/2299/screenshotxh7.th.png (http://img85.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshotxh7.png)

And here is what happens to the applet just before it grabs a new menu:
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/5531/screenshot1ar1.th.png (http://img172.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshot1ar1.png)

Btw, the skin is a port of an Osx theme called imetal by Andyblac.

[eitan_a]

Wow, that's a beautiful theme. Did you release it yet?

I am making a theme that supports this by using pixmaps for the panel and menubars but i have a slight problem : The applet loses its skin momentarily just before it grabs a new menu (when you launch an application for example). I am guessing that i am not applying the pixmap to the mac bar widget but i need to know its name to rectify that.

Here is the skin :
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/2299/screenshotxh7.th.png (http://img85.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshotxh7.png)

And here is what happens to the applet just before it grabs a new menu:
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/5531/screenshot1ar1.th.png (http://img172.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshot1ar1.png)

Btw, the skin is a port of an Osx theme called imetal by Andyblac.

[SkiesOfAzel]

No, i haven't been able to contact the original creator of the macos theme for permission yet, and besides i really want to get rid of the small problem with the applet before releasing it. The worst part is that i am completely new to linux and ubuntu (my installation is a month old) and i don't have the knowledge to solve that kind of problems by myself.

[Yuzem]

I am making a theme that supports this by using pixmaps for the panel and menubars but i have a slight problem : The applet loses its skin momentarily just before it grabs a new menu (when you launch an application for example). I am guessing that i am not applying the pixmap to the mac bar widget but i need to know its name to rectify that.

Here is the skin :
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/2299/screenshotxh7.th.png (http://img85.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshotxh7.png)

And here is what happens to the applet just before it grabs a new menu:
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/5531/screenshot1ar1.th.png (http://img172.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshot1ar1.png)

Btw, the skin is a port of an Osx theme called imetal by Andyblac.

Great skin!
Lets see...
The mac menu bar has two parts, the first shows the name of the app and the second shows the menu.
Then, when the applet grabs a menu the first part will remain skined and the second will not.
If this is correct then you just need to skin the menubar, I think the second part is in fact the menubar not a panel applet.
For example if you change the style of the menubar on a murrine theme you will see that the second part of the applet will change too.

[SkiesOfAzel]

I know all that. As u can see from the first pic the menus are skinned just fine. What the second pic shows happens for a very short time, just before the applet grabs a new menu. When the new menu is placed on the bar, everything goes back to normal.

[lawrens]

Were there a solution to the comix crashing problem? Recently found out about comix, but it couldn't co-exist with the mod :(
Looked through this thread but couldn't find a solution to that.

[russellc]

Were there a solution to the comix crashing problem? Recently found out about comix, but it couldn't co-exist with the mod :(
Looked through this thread but couldn't find a solution to that.

My Comix works fine. The menu functions properly. I'm just using the version from the repo's though, which is 3.6.1. The latest version is 3.6.3 and updates from 3.6.1 only included translations so whatever.

[male81]

Please, can someone insert .deb here for up-to-date Edgy? Those of November Chrislord son. Thanks a thousand. It would be excellent if someone kept some repo up-to-date. Above all now with the Feisty arrival.

[SkiesOfAzel]

I've never used this app but have you tried setting an environment variable to force the macbar not to grab its menu? Read here (http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=1522212&postcount=31)

[lawrens]

Yea I tried both 3.6.2 and 3.6.1 for comix and both closes down after a few seconds when I tried to load pictures. I'll try the environment variables again later.

[Toxicity999]

I'm sorry but do you guys not see the Huge red text saying in effect "Don't Use Me" at the the top of the post? It's pretty much a dirty hack that wont work for everything, will crash some things, and will be more trouble than it's worth. I mean... if you want ot go through ALL OF THAT you might as well just install kubuntu-desktop and use the kde bars in gnome, or just use kde, until it's official code it just wont have the application support, not that kde's implementation handles everything either.

[russellc]

I'm sorry but do you guys not see the Huge red text saying in effect "Don't Use Me" at the the top of the post? It's pretty much a dirty hack that wont work for everything, will crash some things, and will be more trouble than it's worth. I mean... if you want ot go through ALL OF THAT you might as well just install kubuntu-desktop and use the kde bars in gnome, or just use kde, until it's official code it just wont have the application support, not that kde's implementation handles everything either.

Well, if someone wants to try it why the hell not, right? It hasn't crashed anything for me. It's not buggy nor is it of any trouble at all. It only causes a slight bug in Gaim and I simply disabled the use of the menu bar for that application and it's all good now. It works for every other application I use. I blame the bug on Gaim anyway, since someone has claimed this doesn't happen to them while using the latest beta, and I am building from SVN (I should be expecting bugs of course). So your claims are pretty baseless as far as we can tell.

[SkiesOfAzel]

I'm sorry but do you guys not see the Huge red text saying in effect "Don't Use Me" at the the top of the post? It's pretty much a dirty hack that wont work for everything, will crash some things, and will be more trouble than it's worth. I mean... if you want ot go through ALL OF THAT you might as well just install kubuntu-desktop and use the kde bars in gnome, or just use kde, until it's official code it just wont have the application support, not that kde's implementation handles everything either.

Hmm, it has never crashed on me, not once. Kde on the other hand... I've tried installing kde on 3 different computers, not one was stable after. Crashes, locks while restarting, apps taking 10 secs to launch... Besides, i like gnome interface allot more.
As for this being a dirty hack, the kde feature works in a similar way. I do agree that it could use a better method of doing what it does and the applet could be better as well but for me the benefits are more then the hindrances and besides, linux is all about choise and customization ;).

[Yuzem]

I have found a way to make comix work with the Mac Menu applet.
First I have to say that I am not a developer and because of that I don't know what are the consequences of doing this.
So far, it is working perfectly on my ubuntu.
I think that I had luck in finding this so easily.

HOWTO - Comix with Mac-style Menu Bar:

1- Downlad comix from here (http://comix.sourceforge.net/download.html) and extract the archive.
2- Inside the extracted folder you will find a file named "comix" (not "Comix")
Open that file with gedit or other text editor.
3- In gedit open the find dialog (ctrl+f) and type: Create or recreate the menus
4- Underneath the found text you will find the following text:
try:
self.ui.get_widget('/Menu').hide()
except:
pass
try:
self.ui.remove_ui(self.merge_id)
except:
pass
gc.collect()
That must be deleted.
5- Save the file and install comix

To install comix, on the terminal go to the folder where the edited file is and type:
sudo python install.py install

Thats all!

[Toxicity999]

Hmm, it has never crashed on me, not once. Kde on the other hand... I've tried installing kde on 3 different computers, not one was stable after. Crashes, locks while restarting, apps taking 10 secs to launch... Besides, i like gnome interface allot more.
As for this being a dirty hack, the kde feature works in a similar way. I do agree that it could use a better method of doing what it does and the applet could be better as well but for me the benefits are more then the hindrances and besides, linux is all about choise and customization ;).

Yea, I agree, I was mainly attempting to point out that the author even discourages use.

[Teh Dust]

I followed post 290 and the global bar works for me, but now the only control theme I can uses is Raleigh and none of my old themes show up in the theme manager. Any idea why?

I am using Edgy 6.10

[SkiesOfAzel]

That's weird, the only engine that this changes is the pixbuf one and i don't think its has anything to do with the theme manager (which seems to be the problem here). Your installed themes are usually stored to /home/your name/.themes (if you are using nautilus check show hidden files). If they aren't there , try reinstalling them.

[Teh Dust]

Thanks, that did it!

It seems that instead of reading from /usr/share/themes where all my themes were originaly located, it wanted to start finding them from ./themes.

[malwk-]

Hi
I am not sure if someone already gave you an apropriate answer but here is what happens on slower machines:
The applications creates its widgets and they are themed apropriately by the engine, then comes 'realise' or 'show'. Now, if the box is really slow the new window shows decorated AND the menubar shows UNATTACHED to the menubar holder applet. after that the socket is created and the menubar is placed where it has to be. In this fraction of time you see bithing in the placeholder. I dont know of any way to theme this. It is a GTK_BOX in a GTK_CONTAINER and there is also a GTK_NOTEBOOK. I think you can try to theme with full path the element (like GtkWidget.GTk....GtkNotebook ) but I am note sure this will work, it work for aplications (for example painting differently only one button in rhythmbox) but not sure for the panel:) And also I am not sure about the hierarchy of the widgets there:0 I hope this can be solved;) The theme is great - they (Apple) use it for the new iTunes:)

I am making a theme that supports this by using pixmaps for the panel and menubars but i have a slight problem : The applet loses its skin momentarily just before it grabs a new menu (when you launch an application for example). I am guessing that i am not applying the pixmap to the mac bar widget but i need to know its name to rectify that.

Here is the skin :
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/2299/screenshotxh7.th.png (http://img85.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshotxh7.png)

And here is what happens to the applet just before it grabs a new menu:
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/5531/screenshot1ar1.th.png (http://img172.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshot1ar1.png)

Btw, the skin is a port of an Osx theme called imetal by Andyblac.

[SkiesOfAzel]

Thx for your answer :). My machine isn't THAT slow :P athlon xp ~2.2 ghz and this is very visible when synaptic opens and reads the deb db. Anyway , if you can propose some paths for me to try out you would help me a great deal.
Btw , i tried skinning the GTkNotebook class but the problem persists. As i know nothing about gtk i don't know if this is similar(but more general) to skinning a path.

[malwk-]

Thx for your answer :). My machine isn't THAT slow :P athlon xp ~2.2 ghz and this is very visible when synaptic opens and reads the deb db. Anyway , if you can propose some paths for me to try out you would help me a great deal.
Btw , i tried skinning the GTkNotebook class but the problem persists. As i know nothing about gtk i don't know if this is similar(but more general) to skinning a path.

Hey

Well I used gtk_widget_path () to get the full path to the widget I am intyeresed in (yes, you need to patch the code of the app you aer intending to theme ) in the application (I used to play with rhythmbox a lot and skinning button by button.) I'm not sure this will work, because I think the menu no longer belongs to the parent window with the patch (the mac menu patch i mean). Maybe you can use this func in the panel applet and get paths to all widget in it, and then try to theme it? Something like print the returned value by the func to a file and then review the file?
Or maybe it is better to ask the author of the patch how to implement a theming that targets exactly the underlying widget that holds menu. I have not read the whole app but i scrolled down the code, it looks like notebook without the handles and a new one is created eveytime you fire a new app and then the menu is translated to this new notebook. When you change the app the notebook is changed to show the correct menubar. Or maybe I am totally wrong... sorry dont have the time to dig deeper.

Good luck with the theme it looks awesome, but there is a bug in the pixmap engine that makes the inactive buttons icon/menu icons/any incactive icon to look terrible that is why I am currently not using pixmaps themes:)

[Laterix]

It's a long thread and I don't have time to read it all through, but I have a suggestion for this patch if it's still under development.

Basicly, I would like to see functionality with that Application name text. I think it would be nice to attatch window-menu to that.

Here is an image (http://users.utu.fi/ljtaim/pics/gtk-patch-idea.png) to illustrate what I mean.

Here is my desktop (http://users.utu.fi/ljtaim/pics/ubuntu_osx.png) with this great patch.

[SkiesOfAzel]

Hey

Well I used gtk_widget_path () to get the full path to the widget I am intyeresed in (yes, you need to patch the code of the app you aer intending to theme ) in the application (I used to play with rhythmbox a lot and skinning button by button.) I'm not sure this will work, because I think the menu no longer belongs to the parent window with the patch (the mac menu patch i mean). Maybe you can use this func in the panel applet and get paths to all widget in it, and then try to theme it? Something like print the returned value by the func to a file and then review the file?
Or maybe it is better to ask the author of the patch how to implement a theming that targets exactly the underlying widget that holds menu. I have not read the whole app but i scrolled down the code, it looks like notebook without the handles and a new one is created eveytime you fire a new app and then the menu is translated to this new
notebook. When you change the app the notebook is changed to show the correct menubar. Or maybe I am totally wrong... sorry dont have the time to dig deeper.

Good luck with the theme it looks awesome, but there is a bug in the pixmap engine that makes the inactive buttons icon/menu icons/any incactive icon to look terrible that is why I am currently not using pixmaps themes:)

I am only using the pixmap engine for the panel/menu and scrollbars , the rest of the theme is just clearlooks (a modified Tish) and emerald so i don't have problems with icons. The reason i use clerlooks and not pixmap isn't the bug (of which i was unaware
anyway :P) , the clearlooks engine is just faster and lighter.
As for the solutions you propose i am too inexperienced to try them and the dev is in the army if i am not mistaken so i guess i just have to live with this.

[Yuzem]

It's a long thread and I don't have time to read it all through, but I have a suggestion for this patch if it's still under development.

Basicly, I would like to see functionality with that Application name text. I think it would be nice to attatch window-menu to that.

Here is an image (http://users.utu.fi/ljtaim/pics/gtk-patch-idea.png) to illustrate what I mean.

Here is my desktop (http://users.utu.fi/ljtaim/pics/ubuntu_osx.png) with this great patch.
Thats a good idea, I would like that too. Also a hotkey to access the menu would be great, like tomboy has.

[malwk-]

I am only using the pixmap engine for the panel/menu and scrollbars , the rest of the theme is just clearlooks (a modified Tish) and emerald so i don't have problems with icons. The reason i use clerlooks and not pixmap isn't the bug (of which i was unaware
anyway :P) , the clearlooks engine is just faster and lighter.
As for the solutions you propose i am too inexperienced to try them and the dev is in the army if i am not mistaken so i guess i just have to live with this.

Too bad. I will have a few days off this weekend (easter:)) Maybe I can do this for you if you promise to provide the theme later for all to enjoy it:) As I understand correctly you still dont have the premission to distribute it but hopefully you will:)

So I will try my best. Not sure if it will help but I will try. I will let you know. That I am wonderring is how you managed to make the menubar pixmap to sink correctly with the panel - when I tryed this the last time there was a 1px border around the menubar and it was impossible to use the same pixmap for both panel and menubar...

[SkiesOfAzel]

Too bad. I will have a few days off this weekend (easter:)) Maybe I can do this for you if you promise to provide the theme later for all to enjoy it:) As I understand correctly you still dont have the premission to distribute it but hopefully you will:)

So I will try my best. Not sure if it will help but I will try. I will let you know. That I am wonderring is how you managed to make the menubar pixmap to sink correctly with the panel - when I tryed this the last time there was a 1px border around the menubar and it was impossible to use the same pixmap for both panel and menubar...

I can't promise you that, if i don't get permission i simply can't publish it. So far all my efforts to even contact the author have been fruitless but i will keep trying. It's a rather sad situation for me as i strongly believe in sharing and i always have that in mind when i make something. That's why this is probably my last skin based on a non gpl work . I don't care about personal recognition , fame etc, i just want to contribute something back to a community that has given me not just a free beer os and progs to go along but also (and most importantly) the freedom to do with them as i please.

So i guess, if you want to help (and have the free time to do it of course) be my guest, but don't expect something in return. The reward, as i see it at least, is in the satisfaction that you helped ;). As for the 1px border, to get rid of it you have to set the same values for xthickness and ythickness for the panel and the menubar (i set them both to 0). I think that the default values are different so make sure you define them.

And if ANYONE wants to try out the skin just pm me with your mail and i will gladly send it to you. Thats the only thing i can do for now.

[Laterix]

I'm having problems with some Applications and Macbar. Some titles are cut and three dots are added. I have no idea why this happens to some apps and not all. It doesn't seem to be because of Application name length. Here is example for GAIM

http://users.utu.fi/ljtaim/pics/macbar-problem.png

I use Lucida Grande font (size 10). Before I used other font and it didn't do this. So can it really be font related problem?

EDIT: By the way, this is awsome addition to Gnome!

EDIT 2: I did it, I read the whole thread. Seems that there is someone else with the same problem. I will try to compile my own version of the applet. Maybe that helps.

EDIT 3: Nope, changeing maximum width doesn't fix the problem. It show longer titles, but still some very short titels are truncated. :(

[malwk-]

I can't promise you that, if i don't get permission i simply can't publish it. So far all my efforts to even contact the author have been fruitless but i will keep trying. It's a rather sad situation for me as i strongly believe in sharing and i always have that in mind when i make something. That's why this is probably my last skin based on a non gpl work . I don't care about personal recognition , fame etc, i just want to contribute something back to a community that has given me not just a free beer os and progs to go along but also (and most importantly) the freedom to do with them as i please.

So i guess, if you want to help (and have the free time to do it of course) be my guest, but don't expect something in return. The reward, as i see it at least, is in the satisfaction that you helped ;). As for the 1px border, to get rid of it you have to set the same values for xthickness and ythickness for the panel and the menubar (i set them both to 0). I think that the default values are different so make sure you define them.

And if ANYONE wants to try out the skin just pm me with your mail and i will gladly send it to you. Thats the only thing i can do for now.

Okay guess what - you;re done:)

code:

style "event-style" = "theme-wide"
{
bg[NORMAL] = "#000000" #ugly black color
}
class "GtkEventBox" style "event-style"

I think this will fix your issue:)
If not, let me know

[malwk-]

I'm having problems with some Applications and Macbar. Some titles are cut and three dots are added. I have no idea why this happens to some apps and not all. It doesn't seem to be because of Application name length. Here is example for GAIM

http://users.utu.fi/ljtaim/pics/macbar-problem.png

I use Lucida Grande font (size 10). Before I used other font and it didn't do this. So can it really be font related problem?

EDIT: By the way, this is awsome addition to Gnome!

EDIT 2: I did it, I read the whole thread. Seems that there is someone else with the same problem. I will try to compile my own version of the applet. Maybe that helps.

EDIT 3: Nope, changeing maximum width doesn't fix the problem. It show longer titles, but still some very short titels are truncated. :(
Hey:)

Umm.. first of all - the MAX_LABEL_WIDTH_N_CHARS is set to 15 in the code. Meaning everything longer than this will be automatically truncated
gtk_label_set_max_width_chars(mmb->label, MAX_LABEL_WIDTH_N_CHARS);
gtk_label_set_text(mmb->label, get_application_name(awin, mmb));

This is from the code.

and this
gtk_label_set_ellipsize(mmb->label, PANGO_ELLIPSIZE_END);
gtk_label_set_max_width_chars(mmb->label, MAX_LABEL_WIDTH_N_CHARS * 10);
gtk_label_set_single_line_mode(mmb->label, TRUE);
For most cases the limit of 15 is used, so lets say you have only 15 chars in this label
which means that the aaplications name as returned by the lookup for the name of the active window IS longer than 15 characters for it to be rendered this way.

By "compiling my own version" you mean changing the definition of MAX_LABEL_WIDTH_N_CHARS?
what happens if you change it to 100 ?

Be sure to reload the applet after installing the new version.

If not an issue please give at least one app that does not include the name properly.

:) Hopefully this can be resolved so dont worry:)

[SkiesOfAzel]

Okay guess what - you;re done:)

code:

style "event-style" = "theme-wide"
{
bg[NORMAL] = "#000000" #ugly black color
}
class "GtkEventBox" style "event-style"

I think this will fix your issue:)
If not, let me know

Nope , it doesn't work but thx for trying :)

[Laterix]

Hey:)

Umm.. first of all - the MAX_LABEL_WIDTH_N_CHARS is set to 15 in the code. Meaning everything longer than this will be automatically truncated

That's right. I changed the value to 100 and it did no difference at all.

After that I commented out line 488: gtk_label_set_ellipsize(mmb->label, PANGO_ELLIPSIZE_END);

This fixed the problem, but now I have a new one. ;)

http://users.utu.fi/ljtaim/pics/macbar-problem2.png

See that gap between application name and menu? It appears only when I compile Applet myself. If I use deb version from this thread it's all good. So it shouldn't be theme issue, I think.

Thank you for your help! I appriciate it a lot.

[kalikiana]

I'm glad to see that the strange shortening of names doesn't happen only to me. To "fix" this I tried to replace some program names. However the problem seems to lie somewhere else.

Are there any plans to add some kind of "default" menu, ideally configurable, which is displayed when an application has no menu? This would be nice.

*Still hoping for official gtk integration*

[Laterix]

I solved the problem with ugly space between title and menu. I know it could be fixed by modifing theme too, but I solved it simply be commenting one line that created this space.

Here is the line to comment out:

gtk_widget_set_size_request(mmb->label_space, 8, 1);

[gummibaerchen]

Hi,

I am now stuck in this thread again (cause I like the idea), and I have some questions, which are probably answered somewhere in between these 40 pages :D

1) Is there a repo for Ubuntu yet?
2) have you tried to get it in universe or is it still not stable enough?
3) Is there any Homepage/Wiki dedicated to this?

The coolest thing ever would be just to be able to have this on some but not on every workspace.
Can that work?

[sudo_t43p]

Anyone tried this on Fiesty? Anyone got a clue what will happen if I force this on fiesty (has never gtk):
http://chrislord.net/files/gtkmenubar/

I run a Fiesty testinstall but wouldn´t like to screw it up because I have 2 other tests going :)

Thanx for any thoughts!

BR,
Chrisse

[SkiesOfAzel]

You should probably try to apply the patches to the gtk and recompile , forcing will probably break dependencies

[sudo_t43p]

You should probably try to apply the patches to the gtk and recompile , forcing will probably break dependencies

Ok, patched and recompiled GTK2.10.0 and downloaded and copied macmenu-applet + GNOME_MacMenuApplet.server.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=1600937
/usr/lib/gnome-applets/
/usr/lib/bonobo/servers/

Full reboot, added a new panel and tried to add to the new panel "Mac Menu" but it gives me following error:
The panel encountered a problem while loading "OAFIID:GNOME_MacMenuApplet".

And following gives me:

$more .xsession-errors | grep Mac*


** (gnome-panel:6218): WARNING **: panel-applet-frame.c:1252: failed to load applet OAFIID:GNOME_MacMenuApplet:
** (gnome-panel:6218): WARNING **: panel-applet-frame.c:1252: failed to load applet OAFIID:GNOME_MacMenuApplet:
** (gnome-panel:6218): WARNING **: panel-applet-frame.c:1252: failed to load applet OAFIID:GNOME_MacMenuApplet:
** (gnome-panel:6218): WARNING **: panel-applet-frame.c:1252: failed to load applet OAFIID:GNOME_MacMenuApplet:


Not Fiesty compatible out-of-the-box or is there something that I have missed? I got no errors on the way doing this.

BR,
Chrisse

[SkiesOfAzel]

Hmm, You could just check the version of the precompiled packages and if it is the same with the feisty included packages force them.

[sudo_t43p]

Hmm, You could just check the version of the precompiled packages and if it is the same with the feisty included packages force them.

Ok, thanx man! Tried to install it though GTK wasn´t the same version and it seems to work quite ok after all.

BR,
Chrisse

[SkiesOfAzel]

So the debs work for Feisty too :). Btw, they should be the same version if i remember correctly , those libraries versions haven't changed (version 2.10). But the important thing is that it works :).

[sudo_t43p]

Jep, it works! :) GTK installed vas x.11 and the debs I installed was x.6.

Is there an easy way to remove the bar btw?

BR,
Chrisse

[SkiesOfAzel]

Just run update manager or sudo apt-get upgrade and the hacked debs will be replaced by their official counterpart.

[sudo_t43p]

Just run update manager or sudo apt-get upgrade and the hacked debs will be replaced by their official counterpart.

Ok, it would have been nice if you could have disabled it, or perhaps there is?

BR,
Chrisse

[SkiesOfAzel]

There is also an environmental variable you can set, read this post (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=1522212&postcount=31) for details.

[Laterix]

Ok, it would have been nice if you could have disabled it, or perhaps there is?

BR,
Chrisse
I use Synaptic to do that. Select the package and from menu select Force version. After this Update-manager (or apt-get update) )won't consider that package.

[sudo_t43p]

Ok, thanx for your replies!

I would not really recomend mac menu for fiesty. Did apt-get update etc and my mac menu is partly removed. My menus are now floathing arround my desktop :)

Nice to see other linux people from finland ;)

BR,
Chrisse

[SkiesOfAzel]

Your gtk packages haven't been properly updated then, try checking their versions. The easiest way to update them is goto system -> Administration -> Update Manager and click the check button. Select all updates that have +macmenubar on their description and press install updates. If you have already tried that (and synaptic and apt-get upgrade)and still have problems its probably a bug with the deb installer/uninstaller on Feisty.

[flargen]

I am compiling deb packages for Feisty as I speak. I will post them when they are ready/uploaded.

P.S. These ones won't allow the unpatched version to overwrite them!

[sudo_t43p]

I am compiling deb packages for Feisty as I speak. I will post them when they are ready/uploaded.

P.S. These ones won't allow the unpatched version to overwrite them!

Lovely, thanx! I´ll try it again when you have got deb´s readty to go. I didn´t really get my mac menu to work smoothly.

[flargen]

Mac menu deb packages for Feisty:

Installation

GTK:

Extract the archive HERE (http://mogoshare.com/download.php?id=DAC6A6F21) and install the debs you need. You could just delete the ones you don't need, e.g. the -dbg or -doc ones (probably), and run:
sudo dpkg -i libgtk2*
where you extracted the tarball.

Panel Applet:

Extract the attached tarball and move the files like this:
sudo mv macmenu-applet /usr/lib/gnome-applets/
sudo mv GNOME_MacMenuApplet.server /usr/lib/bonobo/servers/

Add the applet to your panel, logout and login!

[namesmike]

i think the correct command is, sudo dpkg -i libgtk2* , right? no space before the i parameter

[sudo_t43p]

These deb´s work like a charm on Fiesty! 1000 thank you to flargen!

BR,
Chrisse

[flargen]

i think the correct command is, sudo dpkg -i libgtk2* , right? no space before the i parameter

Oops! Thanks, it's fixed now...

[Ethos]

Hey guys i have been scanning this thread and read through trying to figure out which package I should select for edgy or build it from source. Im not sure if it was me but i found everything quite confusing with all the choices you have...could someone just simply write up some quick updated instructions for this? thanks alot

[SkiesOfAzel]

Lol , here we go again . Go here (http://chrislord.net/files/gtkmenubar/) and download all the debs to a folder , then go to this folder in the terminal and type sudo dpkg -i --force-all *.deb . Reboot just in case and add the mac menu applet to your top panel. That should do it ;).

[Ethos]

I did all that, installed the debs, then restarted, then apt updated a bunch of stuff...I dont know what you mean by add the mac menu applet to my top panel?


correction lol...nevermind i got it :) thanks

[Ethos]

I have it added, but its not showing up with the icons, its only saying what box i have focused at the moment, for instance it says firefox right now, and when no boxes are open it says gnome... :(

[Ethos]

Any ideas? Did I do something wrong? Sorry just trying to get this done tonight :)

[Yuzem]

it says firefox right now, and when no boxes are open it says gnome... :(
There is nothing wrong with that behavior. It doesn't work with firefox and when no window is focused it say gnome.
Try with Nautilus, Rhythmbox the terminal etc, etc...

[Ethos]

Im sorry then, but i may have been confused to what everyone was refering to...I thought i was installing this http://static.flickr.com/112/284328104_6995c6f4b7_o.jpg the bottom menu that is found on mac osx..

[SkiesOfAzel]

Any ideas? Did I do something wrong? Sorry just trying to get this done tonight :)
You have probably updated the macmenu packages with the original ones. Usually after installing the debs for macmenu, the update manager asks you to update some packages, you must take care not to update the macmenu debs. . When you open the update manager , before upgrading check the description of the packages available and if you see the word macmenu there, uncheck them.

[SkiesOfAzel]

Im sorry then, but i may have been confused to what everyone was refering to...I thought i was installing this http://static.flickr.com/112/284328104_6995c6f4b7_o.jpg the bottom menu that is found on mac osx..

This is probably Kxdocker. If you use gnome , you should look for avant window navigator, it's the best dock i've ever tried on linux (and i've tried them all :P). There is a thread here somewhere on how to get and compile the svn version (the stable version is old and buggy).

[AqD]

Hi everyone!

Due to various reasons, I have stopped using the mac menubar myself (and maintaining too).

If anyone is willing to continue this project, please contact me by email (mailto:aquila.deus@gmail.com).

[sudo_t43p]

Does anyone know where to find the mac menu icons (to the right), wireless icon, battery meter, volume control etc etc

Example:
http://static.flickr.com/112/284328104_6995c6f4b7_o.jpg

and even better example:
http://ubuntuforums.org/g/index.php?n=229

I´m no mac fan but I love the simplicity of those icons (looks good on a white/grey menubar!)

Tried google for mac icons but that resulted in miljons of pagehits so I gave that up.

Thanx in advance!

BR,
Chrisse

[SkiesOfAzel]

You can find many such icons inside objectbar themes. Go to DeviantART (www.deviantart.com) and browse for them.

[kalikiana]

I have it added, but its not showing up with the icons, its only saying what box i have focused at the moment, for instance it says firefox right now, and when no boxes are open it says gnome... :(

Actually Firefox is not a genuine gtk+2 application. Since the menubar is like everything else some kind of website (xul is the keyword here) it can not be detected by the patch.

[Ethos]

This is probably Kxdocker. If you use gnome , you should look for avant window navigator, it's the best dock i've ever tried on linux (and i've tried them all :P). There is a thread here somewhere on how to get and compile the svn version (the stable version is old and buggy).


Thats Exactly what i was referring to! thanks alot...now i have to throw beryl or compiz on here grr which i hate lol..thanks again

[malwk-]

Hi everyone!

Due to various reasons, I have stopped using the mac menubar myself (and maintaining too).

If anyone is willing to continue this project, please contact me by email (mailto:aquila.deus@gmail.com).

Noooo!! Why? it is such a good work, I mean... I am so used to this patched version of GTK I dont know if I'll be able to switch back to windowed menus:( And what when the next gtk release come, who will write the patch for us....

I cant believe this... really. But...
Good luck with whatever you are up to:)

[sudo_t43p]

You can find many such icons inside objectbar themes. Go to DeviantART (www.deviantart.com) and browse for them.

Thanx a lot! Found lots of good ones!

Sorry for this noob question but where can I find volume, wireless bt icons etc?

BR,
Chrisse

[zniavre]

Extract the archive HERE and install the debs you need. You could just delete the ones you don't need, e.g. the -dbg or -doc ones (probably), and run:
the links to get the.debs is dead
somebody have those feisty deb please?

[mbluethgen]

Hi flargen,

i followed the link but i only get an invalid download. Is there another Link? I would like to use this menu again after i switched to feisty.

Thanks
Marco

[Laterix]

What is the licence of this project? Is it GPL, because I would like to release slightly modified version of it.

[BOBSONATOR]

Does anyone have an updated EDGY deb?

[flargen]

Hi flargen,

i followed the link but i only get an invalid download. Is there another Link? I would like to use this menu again after i switched to feisty.

Thanks
Marco

Sorry, I lost the debs when I reinstalled Ubuntu. If someone else can post them, that would be great. I can always build some more, but that won't happen until at least tomorrow...

[mbluethgen]

Ok. Thank you flargen. Looking forward o your .deb.

[SkiesOfAzel]

[EDIT] If you had problems compiling before, try again , i just added the gtk dependencies to the instructions

You can simply compile it yourself, its very easy. Go get the source here (ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/v2.10/gtk+-2.10.11.tar.gz) and extract it somewhere . Copy the gtkmenubar.diff attached in the first post inside the gtk folder you just decompressed, open a terminal there and type:
sudo apt-get install pkg-config libjpeg62-dev libpng12-dev libtiff4-dev libfreetype6-dev fontconfig gettext libglibmm-2.4-1c2a libglibmm-2.4-dev libpango1.0-0 libpango1.0-dev libatk1.0-0 libatk1.0-dev libgtkmm-2.4-1c2a libgtkmm-2.4-dev
patch -p0 < gtkmenubar.diff
./configure --prefix=/usr
make
sudo make install
Install the macmenu applet posted by Flargen , add it to your panel, logout , relogin and you are set ;).

[BOBSONATOR]

You can simply compile it yourself, its very easy. Go get the source here (ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/v2.10/gtk+-2.10.11.tar.gz) and extract it somewhere . Copy the gtkmenubar.diff attached in the first post inside the gtk folder you just decompressed, open a terminal there and type:
patch -p0 < gtkmenubar.diff
./configure --prefix=/usr
make
sudo make install
Install the macmenu applet posted by Flargen , add it to your panel, logout , relogin and you are set ;).

Im trying this, but im getting this when running config.

config.status: error: cannot find input file: Makefile.in

[male81]

Here (http://www.rogepost.com/n/4270700878) the Flargen's .debs for Feisty. Try it.

[BOBSONATOR]

Here (http://www.rogepost.com/n/4270700878) the Flargen's .debs for Feisty. Try it.

can you upload it somewhere else please?

[cail]

i also made one deb for feisty.
you can get it from here
http://coronin.us/libgtk2.0-0_2.10.11+macmenu_i386.deb
md5sum libgtk2.0-0_2.10.11+macmenu_i386.deb
7ba4b5fc32f81a581dc5122d15312a47 libgtk2.0-0_2.10.11+macmenu_i386.deb


i am new to these kinds things.

I downloaded libgtk2.0-0 source by apt-build
then went to /var/cache/apt-build/build/gtk+2.0-2.10.11/
patching it using AqD's diff file for 2.10.X
then fakeroot debian/rules binary

i only install the libgtk2.0-0 file, and seems like it is working
please correct me if the procedures above are not right. thanks.

[alfiejs]

64bit?

[tenkabuto]

So how do you install this..? I see no real instructions..

[male81]

can you upload it somewhere else please?

Here (http://www.rogepost.com/n/3322864455)

[andrek]

male81,
"Sorry, under maintenance and temporarily unavailable. Please come back later"
:(

[male81]

male81,
"Sorry, under maintenance and temporarily unavailable. Please come back later"
:(

But?!

Unbelievable!

WTF?!

[andrek]

Please reupload to any other hosting company, such as rapidshare.com

[male81]

Please reupload to any other hosting company, such as rapidshare.com

Here (http://rapidshare.com/files/27341099/libgtk2.0-0_2.10.11-0ubuntu3_macmenu1.0.11_1_.tar.gz) ? :(

[andrek]

Thank you so much!

[jiminycricket]

Hmm do you think upstream GTK or Gnome will ever accept this? I think this would be cool to have as an applet.

[BOBSONATOR]

look at my text and theme, its the mac bar is not blending in well, and the Bolded text is ugly.

Thanks in advance!

[tehkain]

is the panel applet stand alone or does it require all the packages(like the tar flar hosted)?

[SkiesOfAzel]

Btw, i just posted my theme pack, you can get it here (http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/53789181/).

[BOBSONATOR]

nice one skies!

[jiminycricket]

look at my text and theme, its the mac bar is not blending in well, and the Bolded text is ugly.

Thanks in advance!

Bobsonator, what is that application at the bottom of your screenshot? What dock are you using?

[SkiesOfAzel]

look at my text and theme, its the mac bar is not blending in well, and the Bolded text is ugly.

Thanks in advance!
Try changing your font/rendering.

[BOBSONATOR]

Bobsonator, what is that application at the bottom of your screenshot? What dock are you using?


Thats avant-window-navigator, heres a good howto (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=351186&highlight=avant-window-navigator)

[andrek]

http://images20.fotosik.pl/259/a147b3b1a0844e81m.png (http://www.fotosik.pl/showFullSize.php?id=a147b3b1a0844e81)
Looks awesome, thanks!

[BoppinJens]

Hi, i just wanted to try out the MacMenu-Bar. So I installed it (under Feisty).
But now I will restore my old bar. But I did make a great mistake. I just deleted the panel, but the applet keeps running. That means, in example: when I open a terminal, the Menu still appears in the upper corner of my desktop.
How can i retrieve the standard behaviour back?

What I already did:

I deleted the the two files under /usr/lib/gnome-applets and /usr/lib/bonobo/servers,
I resetted my panel through deketing the config folder for my panel.

But I have still the same problem, the menu is still "undocked" from the window...

Any ideas?

Thanks,

BJ

[SkiesOfAzel]

The problem is that you just removed the applet, not the hacked gtk. The only thing the applet does is attach the menu to your panel. You have 2 options :
- Set an environmental variable (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=1522212&amp;postcount=31) to disable macmenu.
-Update your hacked gtk2 debs with the official feisty ones.

[BoppinJens]

Thanks a lot!
Now I set an environment variable into /etc/environment. That works fine.

But I really would get the old gkt2 debs back. But I don't know how to get them back.... So if anyone could help me i would be happy.

Thanks, BJ

[MrFuji]

Hi everyone :)

I recently switched to Ubuntu and I'm using XFCE. Now after a few weeks on linux I felt ready for a little bit of customizing :)

Guess it has been a bit too early as I can't get the XFCE Mac Menu Panel to work. I've already patched my GTK and copied the xfce4-macmenu-plugin.desktop to /usr/share/xfce4/panel-plugins/ .

But I think I'm missing an important part (compiling the applet?) and would appreciate some help ;)

[SkiesOfAzel]

Thanks a lot!
Now I set an environment variable into /etc/environment. That works fine.

But I really would get the old gkt2 debs back. But I don't know how to get them back.... So if anyone could help me i would be happy.

Thanks, BJ
It's very easy, open synaptic and search for the hacked debs. Now you have to select each one, go to the package menu and select force version. When you've done this for all the hacked debs just hit apply.

[SkiesOfAzel]

Hi everyone :)

I recently switched to Ubuntu and I'm using XFCE. Now after a few weeks on linux I felt ready for a little bit of customizing :)

Guess it has been a bit too early as I can't get the XFCE Mac Menu Panel to work. I've already patched my GTK and copied the xfce4-macmenu-plugin.desktop to /usr/share/xfce4/panel-plugins/ .

But I think I'm missing an important part (compiling the applet?) and would appreciate some help ;)

Xfce is certainly very promising , i hope you had a smooth ride so far :). I don't know if i can help you as i use gnome myself but i will try. Have you tried login out and back in? In gnome , even if the applet isn't installed the menus float by themselves near the top of the screen when gtk is properly hacked. Is this happening in your case? Have you added the applet to your panel? What does it show?

[MrFuji]

Xfce is certainly very promising , i hope you had a smooth ride so far :). I don't know if i can help you as i use gnome myself but i will try. Have you tried login out and back in? In gnome , even if the applet isn't installed the menus float by themselves near the top of the screen when gtk is properly hacked. Is this happening in your case? Have you added the applet to your panel? What does it show?

Yeah, liking it so far... :)

At the moment, I have no menus at all, even after restarting.
And the applet also doesn't show up in the extensions list (altered the .desktop file a bit, perhaps it shows up now)...
What is missing in my opinion is a compiled version of the applet that the .desktop file starts ... however compiling this applet seems to go further than a simple ./configure or ./autogen ^^ ...
Or it could also be that I'm simply not getting something important ;)

[SkiesOfAzel]

Get the source from here (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/xfce4-macmenu-plugin/xfce4-macmenu-plugin.tar.gz). Uncompress and browse to the newly created xfce4-macmenu-plugin directory. Then compile with :
gcc -std=c99 -Wall -Werror -fno-strict-aliasing -DFOR_XFCE `pkg-config --cflags --libs libwnck-1.0 libxfce4panel-1.0` $CFLAGS $LDFLAGS -o xfce4-macmenu-plugin macmenu-applet.c
Copy xfce4-macmenu-plugin to /usr/lib/xfce4/panel-plugins/ and xfce4-macmenu-plugin.desktop to /usr/share/xfce4/panel-plugins/ .
This should work, i've successfully compiled it that way myself.

[~LoKe]

I'm using Feisty and the...hack...is half working. The menu bar splits and goes in the top left corner, except, it hides behind my panel?

[SkiesOfAzel]

you need to install the spplet and add it to your panel.

[killbill]

Hi, SkiesOfAzel
I have the same problem.
But the macmenu applet can not working here.

Everytime I try to add it to the panel, there is a pop-up saying that thereś something wrong with macmenu applet , and cannot load it.

error when loading panel : ´OAFIID:GNOME_MacMenuApplet´

C?

[AmbigFish]

Hey. I'm really interested in using Mac Menu. The thing I don't understand is which version of GTK do I use. I am using 7.04. Also, how do I hack the GTK files. The instructions in the first post are kind of broad and generalized. Any help is appreciated. Thank you.

[SkiesOfAzel]

For everyone that has problems with the applet, you can compile it from source . In order for it to compile succesfully you must first hack your gtk . Type this on the terminal
sudo apt-get install build-essential
and then follow the instructions here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=2495034&postcount=429). If you are not on Feisty you must download a different gtk from the one linked in the above post(for edgy you need 2.10.6) and some dependencies may have a different version number but you can find the correct version by searching the names in synaptic.
Now to compile the applet. Get the sources here (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gnome-macmenu-applet/gnome-macmenu-applet.tar.gz).
Untar them go to the newly created gnome-macmenu-applet directory in the terminal and type:
gedit GNOME_MacMenuApplet.server
Change the third line from :
location="/opt/gnome/libexec/gnome-macmenu-applet">
To :
location="/usr/lib/gnome-applets/gnome-macmenu-applet">
Now compile and install the applet by entering this into the terminal :
sudo apt-get install libwnck-dev gnome-panel libpanelappletmm-2.6-dev
gcc -std=c99 -Wall -Werror -fno-strict-aliasing -DFOR_GNOME `pkg-config --cflags --libs libwnck-1.0 libpanelapplet-2.0 gconf-2.0` $CFLAGS $LDFLAGS -o gnome-macmenu-applet macmenu-applet.c
sudo mkdir -p /usr/lib/gnome-applets
sudo mkdir -p /usr/lib/bonobo/servers
sudo cp -f gnome-macmenu-applet /usr/lib/gnome-applets
sudo cp -f GNOME_MacMenuApplet.server /usr/lib/bonobo/servers
Again, if you are not on Feisty the libpanelappletmm-2.6-dev may not be the correct package, just run synaptic and search for a package starting with libpanelapplet or libpanel-applet and a -dev in the end and install it.

log out and relogin, add the applet to your panel and everything should work.

If all this seems difficult or doesn't work for you can try the precompiled packages for Feisty, get them here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=2500200&postcount=431).
Untar them in a preferably empty directory , navigate there in the terminal and type
sudo dpkg -i *.deb. Now we must also get the applet that is attached to the bottom of this post (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=2441978&postcount=403) and follow the instructions under Panel Applet on this post to install it.
log out and relogin, add the applet and everything should now be hopefully working.

[AmbigFish]

SkiesOfAzel, I thank you. It worked like a charm and I'm now running the applet happily now. Once again, thanks.

[SkiesOfAzel]

Did you compile it yourself or did u use the debs ?

[LaSSarD]

Thanks a lot, SkiesOfAzel. I'm now running macmenu-applet on Feisty amd64 (I compiled it myself) :D
It's just a little big bugged with Gaim, it shows almost all the time the Gaim menu instead of the conversation menu. Also, the "now typing" icon moved to the top too, it shouldn't happen... It's ugly. And Firefox doesn't work.
Anyway, it is great, thank you!

[Kotjze]

SkiesOfAzel: I followed your post and it worked after trying the precompiled Feisty packages. It somewhat worked... It only shows the program name; no File, Edit, whatever, and the text isn't even aligned correctly. :s

Edit: It shows File and such with some programs, but the program name is still not aligned correctly :p

By the way, how would I go about undoing this so that when I don't have the applet on the menubar, the File, Edit, etc shows up in the window and not at the corner of the screen?

[SkiesOfAzel]

First of all, the macmenu hack isn't mine it's Aqd's so thank him not me, i just wrote a howto.
The reason the hack doesn't work with some programs is that these programs don't use gtk for their interface thus the hack can't steal their menus and send them to the applet on your panel. If you have problems with the alignment of the text try changing the font or the font's rendering (i propose this (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=343670&highlight=subpixel+font) with the sans font and autohinter for font tuning method).
As for disabling it look here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=1522212&postcount=31) for the environmental variable to do this.
Btw some of this info has been posted many times on this thread, i know it's a pain to find it on a thread with so many posts but please search a little before you ask something. I will try to make a more complete howto and post it, so that this can be avoided in the future.

[AmbigFish]

I used the deb. I tried to compile it, But it didn't work, so I used the deb, and viola.

It would be cool if Firefox had the file, edit, ect. up at the top, but I understand why it doesn't.

[SkiesOfAzel]

When you say it didn't work you mean it didn't compile? Can you tell me what error message it gave you and your version of ubuntu?

[AmbigFish]

It didn't work. When I logged off and back in, I went to apply the applet, I got an error message. When I used the .deb files, I followed the directions exactly, but the directions were a bit different (as in order you do stuff). After installing the .deb and the applet, it said to apply the applet and then log off and back on. I ignored the error message, logged off and back on, and it worked.

[SkiesOfAzel]

Do you remember what the error message was?

[AmbigFish]

Sorry, I do not. It asks if you want to discard the change or not.

[zniavre]

hello
i can't compile the applet "Le tableau de bord a rencontré un problème lors du chargement de « OAFIID:GNOME_MacMenuApplet ».

i can,'t find the debs for feisty too :o( the link seems dead

so... what can i do please?

[SkiesOfAzel]

Hmmm, i don't speak french ... Anyway if the hacked gtk compiled successfully you can just get the applet from the post i mentioned. It's not packed with the debs , it's attached on the bottom of the post as i've stated in the instructions.

[killbill]

hello
i can't compile the applet "Le tableau de bord a rencontré un problème lors du chargement de « OAFIID:GNOME_MacMenuApplet ».

i can,'t find the debs for feisty too :o( the link seems dead

so... what can i do please?

I used to have the same problem.

Got it resolved by using the compiled MacMenuApplet .

To save ur time. download the attachment.

[Jeby]

Hi, is there a way to install the menubar on Ubuntu PPC? i use an iBook G4! Thanks

[SkiesOfAzel]

A G4 hah? You were spoiling yourself back then ;). If you are on Feisty you can try the guide in the previous page to compile it from source, it will probably work. If you are on Edgy you should still be able to do it but you have to find the correct dependencies versions through synaptic or apt-get.

[legolas_w]

hi
Does any one try it with feisty fawn (Ubuntu 7.04) ?

Thanks

[mciarlo]

hi all. I cant get the macmenu into the top panel

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/halfwayglad/Screenshot.png

what did I do wrong/how do i fix this?

thanks!

(I'm using feisty)

[killbill]

hi all. I cant get the macmenu into the top panel

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/halfwayglad/Screenshot.png

what did I do wrong/how do i fix this?

thanks!

(I'm using feisty)

Haven´t u added the MacMenuApplet to ur top panel, rite?

U should use the compiled macmenu applet.

[mciarlo]

I dont know how to install that mac menu. i guess i should sort through this post...

[Mblackwell]

I couldn't get this to work using either my self-compiled applet, or the pre-compiled one. I got the same error as other people. Couldn't try it (the GTK portion) from debs to see if that was the problem because the links are broken.

Also one thing I noticed when I was trying to get it to work was that the "Available" button in Gaim looked rather ugly (my buttons are set to be rounded) while this was busy not working.

Anyway it's uninstalled for now.

[Angafirith]

Which error message are you talking about?

If it's the one where it says that there was an error and asks if you want to delete the applet or not, I've found the bug.

Basically, the GNOME_MacMenuApplet.server file is designed around another distro. It says that the gnome-macmenu-applet file is installed to some directory under opt, which it's not. It's actually installed to /usr/lib/gnome-applets. If you update this file, you should be able to get around this bug. This seems to be one of the problems with compiling it yourself. All of the debs I've found seem to address this problem, though.

I have made a few packages for amd64 that can be found here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=2539626&postcount=43

As I mention it that post, I made it mainly for personal use. I've modified it a fair bit to be more useful to me, though it may make it less useful to other people.

[Jeby]

A G4 hah? You were spoiling yourself back then ;). If you are on Feisty you can try the guide in the previous page to compile it from source, it will probably work. If you are on Edgy you should still be able to do it but you have to find the correct dependencies versions through synaptic or apt-get.

yes G4, with Feisty! :D
d'oh, compiling form source! There is not a deb for PPC?? i see _i386.deb, _amd64.deb and... _all.deb this will work for me?

[SkiesOfAzel]

Nope , there isn't a deb for ppc but compiling isn't that hard actually . Try following this post (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=2532569&postcount=463) , i've tried that on a fresh feisty install and it worked without problems.

[Mblackwell]

If you update this file, you should be able to get around this bug.

Erm... huh?

[cn9ne]

I've successfully gotten mac menu applet running. Thanks to Angafirith deb packages!!

But, I need a decent theme. Can you guys suggest me one? It doesn't matter, whether its mac style, murrine or whatsoever.

Please post links, and it would be great if there's a guide too. Thanks!!

[SkiesOfAzel]

Erm... huh?
For all of you that had problems getting their own compiled macmenu applet to work, just open the GNOME_MacMenuApplet.server in your favorite text editor and change the third line from
location="/opt/gnome/libexec/gnome-macmenu-applet">
to
location="/usr/lib/gnome-applets/gnome-macmenu-applet">
. Sorry guys, i had totally forgotten about that, thank Angafirith for pointing it out.

[Yuzem]

I've successfully gotten mac menu applet running. Thanks to Angafirith deb packages!!

But, I need a decent theme. Can you guys suggest me one? It doesn't matter, whether its mac style, murrine or whatsoever.

Please post links, and it would be great if there's a guide too. Thanks!!

By SkiesOfAzel:
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/53789181/

[boneyjellyfish]

Does anybody have any idea what might be causing this behaviour with the applet?

http://www.cultoffeh.com/fehfiles/BoneyJellyfish/bar.jpg

The label is, for some reason, placed several pixels above the rest of the menu.

Thanks!

[SkiesOfAzel]

It's a problem with the font. Try changing the font or the fonts rendering method. You can also try Angafirith's modified applet as it has some modifications especially for lucida grande and you seem to use that font.

[boneyjellyfish]

Thanks for the tip. I found his patched version, but the place he's hosting it from seems to be down, so I guess it's just the waiting game now.

[SkiesOfAzel]

Well, your wait is over ;)

[boneyjellyfish]

Thanks, SkiesOfAzel, but I'm afraid the problem still isn't solved. Here's what I've done to attempt to solve it:

1) I installed Angafirith's update using the directions supplied in the INSTALL file. Did nothing, unfortunately.
2) I downloaded the gtk-patched-menubar file from the same post, but couldn't figure out how to install the gtk2 source that he had, so I just installed the libgtk .deb that he had in there. This didn't do anything (but really, I have no idea what I'm even doing here)
3) http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2535244&highlight=hack#post2535244 - I tried doing this, with no results. In fact, changing to Sans actually moved the label higher in the panel. The only font that I was able to use to make it lower was malayalam, but it's horribly ugly and so I tossed it.
4) http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=2521956&postcount=27 - I got rid of Lucida Grande Bold, as this post said, and it still didn't fix it.

Anyone have any suggestions? I really have no more ideas on what to do.

[SkiesOfAzel]

Angafirith's debs are for athlon 64. It doesn't do that on my pc with sans but i have installed the subpixel rendering hack found here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=343670&highlight=subpixel+font) with tuning method autohinter, subpixel always, bitmmaped fonts no on fontconfig and on font preferences smoothing subpixel, hinting none, subpixel order rgb.

[boneyjellyfish]

Do I need to compile any new version of freetype in order to use that fix, or is it supposed to work with just the packages mentioned in that post?

Because if it's the latter, it didn't work. The label is still higher than the rest of the menu.

[boneyjellyfish]

FIXED!

I ended up going into the source code and adding rise="-12800" to <span> tags where it draws the labels. I know, it didn't actually fix anything, but right now, I'm content enough with simply doing this.

Anyway, next question: is it possible to get rid of the underlines in the menu items?

[BOBSONATOR]

Thanks for all the help guys, but, is there a way to remove this? When im in fluxbox, the Toolbar still shows up..

[SkiesOfAzel]

Theoretically yes , you probably have to hack the gtk menu class to do that though.