Smartmenu : News

[ 29.12.2007 ] - Compilation problem fix !

[ 10.11.2005 ] - Better key repeat handling :

Added Lirc.LongRepeatMinPress option to control delay before key repeat
Fix LongRepeat bug (first press was ignored)

[ 7.11.2005 ] - New bugfixes version, thanks to adisk :

Fix bug for accels show
Show menu when pressed submenu accels
Fix bug with same submenu and item accels (infinity loop)
Use navigate buttons only for visible menu
Use accels always
Fix bug when parsing accels

[ 11.9.2005 ] - New version with X11 key support :

Support for X11 keys : smartmenu can grab an access key
Smartmenu can now be used without lirc remote
Support for multiple key for one action (multiple remote, ...)
Force DPMS on when showing : screen will now wake up when startmenu popup.
Better child process handling

[ 20.5.2005 ] - New maintener, new version ! I am overtaking David Kutalek's work on smartmenu. The new version includes the following changes :

Support for dynamics menu : can browse hughe MP3 collection, video files, ...
Unicode support
Autohide fixed
Fixed bugs with recent glibc

[ 14.5.2004 ] - Project maintainer and developer needed. Because of lack of my free time, I am searching someone to overtake this project. Drop me an e-mail if interested.

[ 10.9.2003 ] - Fixed small bug in version 0.1.1, causing problems with compilation. Now it should be ok.

[ 7.4.2003 ] - Now you can download usefefull script for generating playlist menu from mp3 directories, written by Timo Kosig. Thanks Timo!

[ 28.11.2002 ] - New release (0.1.1). Fixing problems with gcc-3.2 and adding support for controlling X applications. Autohide was added.

[ 1.9.2002 ] - Initial release, version 0.1

Introducing Smartmenu

Smartmenu is menuing application for Lirc (Linux infrared remote control). It is my first step to make usage of remote with Linux box as easy and smart as possible. It means provide wide range of functionality of computer, while keeping user interface, consisting of remote, display and optionally soundcard, simple and straightforward. So your grandmother can understand how to use it ;-)

This is obviously quite complex task and Smartmenu is (for now?) only a small piece of what have to be done. And of course still not complete piece. In spite of this, it is well usable even in this early stage of development. It provides classical menu tree, in which you can browse (with remote) and which can be displayed (on XWindow system).

Features

Menu definitions in XML - for simple feature adding in future
Local shortcuts - for quicker browsing inside submenus
Can operate while hidden - you can use menu without displaying it
Customizable - behaviour, font and colors can be changed
Keyboard control - You can now control smartmenu with your keyboard

Planned features

Icon - smartmenu look can be improved. First step will be icons.
LIRC key grabbing - So you can share a key between smartmenu and an application. If smartmenu is visible, it should get the key. Otherwise, the application should get it.
Sounds - both for individual menu actions and browsing events
Global shortcuts - for direct access of menu items
Menu editor - GUI editor for easier menu definition editing
... and much more, see development section!

Check it out and drop a message how do you like it! Bug reports and feature requests are also wanted.

You can also send your menu definitions, so I can include them in feature release.