So I have jgmenu in polybar and for some reason in the exit menu alongside the exit options are all the apps shown in my accessories section.
this is my append.csv:
^sep()
Lock,i3lock-fancy -p,system-lock-screen
Exit,^checkout(exit),system-shutdown
exit,^tag(exit)
exit to prompt,openbox --exit,system-log-out
suspend,systemctl -i suspend,system-log-out
reboot,systemctl -i reboot,system-reboot
poweroff,systemctl -i poweroff,system-shutdownAny ideas? @malm
setting the csv_cmd as “pmenu” fixed my issue.
Still would like to get xdg, lx options sorted though.
I’m drawing a blank on that one.
Working all day today, so will have to wait until tonight.
Could you post the output of
jgmenu_run lx
What .menu file are you using (/etc/xdg/menus)
Sorry for being brief. On phone.
Thanks for taking the time to reply 
Okay output of jgmenu_run lx:
Mail Reader,exo-open --launch MailReader,emblem-mail
networkmanager_dmenu (Networkmanager Settings),networkmanager_dmenu,
Revolt,revolt,org.perezdecastro.Revolt
Steam (Native),/usr/bin/steam-native,steam
Steam (Runtime),/usr/bin/steam-runtime,steam
Telegram Desktop,/usr/bin/telegram-desktop --,telegram
Thunderbird (Bleeding edge) (Mail Client (Bleeding edge)),/opt/thunderbird-beta/thunderbird,thunderbird-beta
Transmission (BitTorrent Client),transmission-gtk,transmission
Vivaldi (Web Browser),/usr/bin/vivaldi-stable,vivaldi
Web Browser,exo-open --launch WebBrowser,web-browser
Office,^tag(Office)
Back,^back(),go-previous
Typora (Markdown Editor),typora,typora
Other,^tag(Other)
Back,^back(),go-previous
Autostart Editor,/usr/bin/ob-autostart,openbox
Compositing Editor,/usr/bin/paranoid.py,desktop-effects
jgmenu (Application Menu),jgmenu_run,start-here
Programming,^tag(Development)
Back,^back(),go-previous
Atom (Text Editor),/usr/lib/atom/atom,atom
Brackets,/opt/brackets/brackets,brackets
CMake,cmake-gui,CMakeSetup
Electron,electron,electron
Emacs (Text Editor),emacs,emacs
Geany (Integrated Development Environment),geany,geany
Sublime Text 3 Dev (Text Editor),subl3,sublime-text
Sound & Video,^tag(Multimedia)
Back,^back(),go-previous
Audacious (Music Player),audacious,audacious
Calf Plugin Pack for JACK,calfjackhost,calf
Cantata (Music Player Client),cantata,cantata
DeaDBeeF (Audio Player),deadbeef,deadbeef
EasyTAG (Audio File Metadata Editor),easytag,easytag
FFADO Mixer (Firewire audio mixer),ffado-mixer,hi64-apps-ffado
GNOME ALSA Mixer,gnome-alsamixer,/usr/share/pixmaps/gnome-alsamixer/gnome-alsamixer-icon.png
GNOME MPV,gnome-mpv,io.github.GnomeMpv
mpv Media Player (Multimedia player),mpv --player-operation-mode=pseudo-gui --,mpv
Nicotine-Plus,nicotine,nicotine-plus
PulseAudio Volume Control (Volume Control),pavucontrol,multimedia-volume-control
PulseEffects (Equalizer, Compressor and Other Audio Effects),pulseeffects,pulseeffects
Qt V4L2 test Utility,qv4l2,qv4l2
Sonata,sonata,sonata
Volti,volti,multimedia-volume-control
Xfmpc (MPD client),xfmpc,stock_volume
System Tools,^tag(System)
Back,^back(),go-previous
Avahi Zeroconf Browser,/usr/bin/avahi-discover,network-wired
Bulk Rename,/usr/lib/Thunar/ThunarBulkRename,Thunar
dconf Editor (Configuration editor for dconf),dconf-editor,ca.desrt.dconf-editor
File Manager PCManFM (File Manager),pcmanfm,system-file-manager
GParted (Partition Editor),/usr/bin/gparted,gparted
Htop (Process Viewer),^term(htop),htop
Simpleterm,st,utilities-terminal
System Profiler and Benchmark,hardinfo,/usr/share/hardinfo/pixmaps/logo.png
Task Manager,xfce4-taskmanager,utilities-system-monitor
Termite,termite,utilities-terminal
Thunar File Manager (File Manager),thunar,Thunar
Tint2 (Tint2 panel),tint2,tint2
urxvt,urxvt,utilities-terminal
urxvt (client),urxvtc,utilities-terminal
urxvt (tabbed),urxvt-tabbed,utilities-terminal
USB Image Writer (Make a bootable USB stick),mintstick -m iso,system-run
USB Stick Formatter (Format a USB stick),mintstick -m format,system-run
UXTerm,uxterm,xterm-color_48x48
WoeUSB,woeusbgui,woeusbgui-icon
XTerm,xterm,xterm-color_48x48
Preferences,^tag(DesktopSettings)
Back,^back(),go-previous
Accessibility,xfce4-accessibility-settings,preferences-desktop-accessibility
ACYLS,bash -c 'python3 ~/.icons/ACYLS/scripts/run.py',acyls
Appearance,xfce4-appearance-settings,preferences-desktop-theme
ARandR (Screen Settings),arandr,display
Caffeine-ng Preferences,/usr/bin/caffeine -p,caffeine
CoverGloobus Configuration,covergloobus-config,covergloobus
Default applications for LXSession,lxsession-default-apps,preferences-desktop
Desktop Preferences,pcmanfm --desktop-pref,user-desktop
Desktop Session Settings,lxsession-edit,preferences-desktop
Display,xfce4-display-settings,video-display
File Manager,thunar-settings,system-file-manager
Keyboard,xfce4-keyboard-settings,preferences-desktop-keyboard
Kickshaw,/usr/bin/kickshaw,openbox
Languages,mintlocale,preferences-desktop-locale
MIME Type Editor,xfce4-mime-settings,application-x-executable
Mouse and Touchpad,xfce4-mouse-settings,preferences-desktop-peripherals
Network Connections,nm-connection-editor,preferences-system-network
Oomox: customize icons and GTK themes (Oomox),oomox-gui,com.github.actionless.oomox
Openbox Configuration Manager (Configuration Manager),obconf,obconf
Openbox Key bindings,obkey,obconf
Panel,xfce4-panel --preferences,xfce4-panel
Power Manager,xfce4-power-manager-settings,xfce4-power-manager-settings
Preferred Applications,libfm-pref-apps,preferences-desktop
Preferred Applications,exo-preferred-applications,preferences-desktop-default-applications
Privilege granting,gksu-properties,gksu.png
Qt5 Settings,qt5ct,preferences-desktop-theme
Removable Drives and Media,thunar-volman-settings,drive-removable-media
Screensaver,xscreensaver-demo,xscreensaver
Settings Editor,xfce4-settings-editor,preferences-system
Settings Manager,xfce4-settings-manager,preferences-desktop
Tint2 Settings (Panel configurator),tint2conf,tint2conf
I’ll probably need to delete one of the menus shown?
Hi 
Are you sure that’s all of the output? It looks truncated to me - but maybe that’s the problem.
Shall we try to get csv_cmd=lx working to start with.
The lx module uses libmenu-cache which needs the environment variable XDG_MENU_PREFIX set.
If it’s empty, jgmenu sets it for you in the order “gnome-”, “lxde-”, “lxqt-”, “kde-” (depending on what’s available on your system). We don’t bother with xfce- because lx libmenu-cache can’t parse it AFAIK.
Could you confirm if XDG_MENU_PREFIX is set and if so to what.
set | grep XDG_MENU_PREFIX
echo $XDG_MENU_PREFIX
For the purposes of fault finding, either unset or “lxde-” is fine. It doesn’t matter that you have other menu files installed.
May I assume that your /etc/xdg/menus/lxde-applications.menu has not been hacked around with? (i.e. original from lxmenu-data)
If you have populated ~/.config/jgmenu/{ap,pre}pend.csv, jgmenu_run lx will include these at the right point.
I would expect the output from jgmenu_run lx to look similar to this (slighly pseudo, but hopefully you understand what I mean).
firefox
thunar
termite
^sep()
Accessories,^checkout(Accessories),applications-accessories
Graphics,^checkout(Graphics),applications-graphics
Internet,^checkout(Internet),applications-internet
Office,^checkout(Office),applications-office
etc...
^sep()
i3lock
Exit,^checkout(exit)
^tag(exit)
openbox --exit
systemctl -i poweroff
^tag(Accessories)
item1.1
item1.2
^tag(Graphics)
item2.1
item2.2
etc...
Yours appears truncated shortly before ^tag(Office). If that’s genuinely the case, that might be a clue regarding the error.
Are all your menu related files utf-8 or ascii? They should be. XDG specify that menu related files should be ascii/utf-8 but I’ve come across a couple of third party applications (windows related and qt5) which were unicode.
Check files with file -i. You don’t want any “charset=iso-8859” and similar.
For example:
file -i /usr/share/applications/*.desktop | grep -v 'utf-8\|ascii'
pmenu and jgmenu check for unicode files and cope with them, I’ve not fully built that into lx and xdg yet - on the TODO list.
Have you used any “exoctic” editors, virtual machines, etc which might have given you strange line-endings?
It would be worth checking that the following environment variables are not set to anything strange:
XDG_CONFIG_HOME
XDG_CONFIG_DIRS
XDG_DATA_HOME
XDG_DATA_DIRS
Are they set at all?
This should be set to ~/.config, the rest I’m not sure
@malm, no its not all the output, I forgot to paste the rest.
warn: NULL passed to sbuf_addstr
Web,firefox,firefox
File,thunar,system-file-manager
Terminal,st,utilities-terminal
Music,audacious, music
^sep()Accessories,^checkout(Accessories),applications-accessories
Games,^checkout(Games),applications-games
Graphics,^checkout(Graphics),applications-graphics
Internet,^checkout(Internet),applications-internet
Office,^checkout(Office),applications-office
Other,^checkout(Other),applications-other
Programming,^checkout(Development),applications-development
Sound & Video,^checkout(Multimedia),applications-multimedia
System Tools,^checkout(System),applications-system
^sep()
Preferences,^checkout(DesktopSettings),preferences-desktop
^sep()
Lock,i3lock-fancy -p,system-lock-screen
Exit,^checkout(exit),system-shutdown
exit,^tag(exit)
exit to prompt,openbox --exit,system-log-out
suspend,systemctl -i suspend,system-log-out
reboot,systemctl -i reboot,system-reboot
poweroff,systemctl -i poweroff,system-shutdownAccessories,^tag(Accessories)
Back,^back(),go-previous
About Xfce,xfce4-about,help-about
Archive Manager,file-roller,file-roller
Atom (Text Editor),/usr/lib/atom/atom,atom
Caffeine-ng,/usr/bin/caffeine,caffeine
Catfish File Search (File search),/usr/bin/catfish,catfish
ClipIt,clipit,clipit-trayicon
Clipman,xfce4-clipman,xfce4-clipman-plugin
compton (X compositor),compton --xrender-sync-fence,compton
CoverGloobus,covergloobus,covergloobus
Disks,gnome-disks,gnome-disks
File Manager,exo-open --launch FileManager,system-file-manager
FlashFire Image Writer,flashfire,usb-creator
Galculator,galculator,galculator
Image Viewer,gpicview,gpicview
Neovim (Text Editor),^term(nvim),nvim
nitrogen (Wallpaper Setter),nitrogen,nitrogen
razerCommander,/usr/bin/razercommander,org.gabmus.razercommander
Redshift (Color temperature adjustment),redshift-gtk,redshift
Screenshot,xfce4-screenshooter,applets-screenshooter
Terminal Emulator,exo-open --launch TerminalEmulator,utilities-terminal
Tomboy Notes (Note-taker),tomboy --search,tomboy
USB Image Writer,mintstick -m iso,usb-creator
USB Stick Formatter,mintstick -m format,usb-creator
Vim (Text Editor),^term(vim),gvim
Games,^tag(Games)
Back,^back(),go-previous
Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition,steam steam://rungameid/257350,steam_icon_257350
Borderlands 2,steam steam://rungameid/49520,steam_icon_49520
Linux Steam Integration,lsi-settings,steam
LSI Steam,/usr/bin/lsi-steam,steam
Minecraft,minecraft,minecraft
Steam (Native),/usr/bin/steam-native,steam
Steam (Runtime),/usr/bin/steam-runtime,steam
Graphics,^tag(Graphics)
Back,^back(),go-previous
GNU Image Manipulation Program (Image Editor),gimp-2.8,gimp
Gpick (Color picker),gpick,gpick
Inkscape (Vector Graphics Editor),inkscape,inkscape
Peek (Animated GIF recorder),peek,com.uploadedlobster.peek
Viewnior,viewnior,viewnior
Internet,^tag(Internet)
Back,^back(),go-previous
Avahi SSH Server Browser,/usr/bin/bssh,network-wired
Avahi VNC Server Browser,/usr/bin/bvnc,network-wired
Chromium (Web Browser),/usr/bin/chromium,chromium
Deluge (BitTorrent Client),deluge-gtk,deluge
Dropbox (Network Storage),dropbox,dropbox
FileZilla (FTP client),filezilla,filezilla
Firefox (Web Browser),/usr/lib/firefox/firefox,firefox
Firefox Developer Edition (Web Browser),/usr/lib/firefox-developer-edition/firefox,firefox-developer-edition
HexChat (IRC Client),hexchat --existing,hexchat
Linux Steam Integration,lsi-settings,steam
LSI Steam,/usr/bin/lsi-steam,steam
Mail Reader,exo-open --launch MailReader,emblem-mail
networkmanager_dmenu (Networkmanager Settings),networkmanager_dmenu,
Revolt,revolt,org.perezdecastro.Revolt
Steam (Native),/usr/bin/steam-native,steam
Steam (Runtime),/usr/bin/steam-runtime,steam
Telegram Desktop,/usr/bin/telegram-desktop --,telegram
Thunderbird (Bleeding edge) (Mail Client (Bleeding edge)),/opt/thunderbird-beta/thunderbird,thunderbird-beta
Transmission (BitTorrent Client),transmission-gtk,transmission
Vivaldi (Web Browser),/usr/bin/vivaldi-stable,vivaldi
Web Browser,exo-open --launch WebBrowser,web-browser
Office,^tag(Office)
Back,^back(),go-previous
Typora (Markdown Editor),typora,typora
Other,^tag(Other)
Back,^back(),go-previous
Autostart Editor,/usr/bin/ob-autostart,openbox
Compositing Editor,/usr/bin/paranoid.py,desktop-effects
jgmenu (Application Menu),jgmenu_run,start-here
Programming,^tag(Development)
Back,^back(),go-previous
Atom (Text Editor),/usr/lib/atom/atom,atom
Brackets,/opt/brackets/brackets,brackets
CMake,cmake-gui,CMakeSetup
Electron,electron,electron
Emacs (Text Editor),emacs,emacs
Geany (Integrated Development Environment),geany,geany
Sublime Text 3 Dev (Text Editor),subl3,sublime-text
Sound & Video,^tag(Multimedia)
Back,^back(),go-previous
Audacious (Music Player),audacious,audacious
Calf Plugin Pack for JACK,calfjackhost,calf
Cantata (Music Player Client),cantata,cantata
DeaDBeeF (Audio Player),deadbeef,deadbeef
EasyTAG (Audio File Metadata Editor),easytag,easytag
FFADO Mixer (Firewire audio mixer),ffado-mixer,hi64-apps-ffado
GNOME ALSA Mixer,gnome-alsamixer,/usr/share/pixmaps/gnome-alsamixer/gnome-alsamixer-icon.png
GNOME MPV,gnome-mpv,io.github.GnomeMpv
mpv Media Player (Multimedia player),mpv --player-operation-mode=pseudo-gui --,mpv
Nicotine-Plus,nicotine,nicotine-plus
PulseAudio Volume Control (Volume Control),pavucontrol,multimedia-volume-control
PulseEffects (Equalizer, Compressor and Other Audio Effects),pulseeffects,pulseeffects
Qt V4L2 test Utility,qv4l2,qv4l2
Sonata,sonata,sonata
Volti,volti,multimedia-volume-control
Xfmpc (MPD client),xfmpc,stock_volume
System Tools,^tag(System)
Back,^back(),go-previous
Avahi Zeroconf Browser,/usr/bin/avahi-discover,network-wired
Bulk Rename,/usr/lib/Thunar/ThunarBulkRename,Thunar
dconf Editor (Configuration editor for dconf),dconf-editor,ca.desrt.dconf-editor
File Manager PCManFM (File Manager),pcmanfm,system-file-manager
GParted (Partition Editor),/usr/bin/gparted,gparted
Htop (Process Viewer),^term(htop),htop
Simpleterm,st,utilities-terminal
System Profiler and Benchmark,hardinfo,/usr/share/hardinfo/pixmaps/logo.png
Task Manager,xfce4-taskmanager,utilities-system-monitor
Termite,termite,utilities-terminal
Thunar File Manager (File Manager),thunar,Thunar
Tint2 (Tint2 panel),tint2,tint2
urxvt,urxvt,utilities-terminal
urxvt (client),urxvtc,utilities-terminal
urxvt (tabbed),urxvt-tabbed,utilities-terminal
USB Image Writer (Make a bootable USB stick),mintstick -m iso,system-run
USB Stick Formatter (Format a USB stick),mintstick -m format,system-run
UXTerm,uxterm,xterm-color_48x48
WoeUSB,woeusbgui,woeusbgui-icon
XTerm,xterm,xterm-color_48x48
Preferences,^tag(DesktopSettings)
Back,^back(),go-previous
Accessibility,xfce4-accessibility-settings,preferences-desktop-accessibility
ACYLS,bash -c 'python3 ~/.icons/ACYLS/scripts/run.py',acyls
Appearance,xfce4-appearance-settings,preferences-desktop-theme
ARandR (Screen Settings),arandr,display
Caffeine-ng Preferences,/usr/bin/caffeine -p,caffeine
CoverGloobus Configuration,covergloobus-config,covergloobus
Default applications for LXSession,lxsession-default-apps,preferences-desktop
Desktop Preferences,pcmanfm --desktop-pref,user-desktop
Desktop Session Settings,lxsession-edit,preferences-desktop
Display,xfce4-display-settings,video-display
File Manager,thunar-settings,system-file-manager
Keyboard,xfce4-keyboard-settings,preferences-desktop-keyboard
Kickshaw,/usr/bin/kickshaw,openbox
Languages,mintlocale,preferences-desktop-locale
MIME Type Editor,xfce4-mime-settings,application-x-executable
Mouse and Touchpad,xfce4-mouse-settings,preferences-desktop-peripherals
Network Connections,nm-connection-editor,preferences-system-network
Oomox: customize icons and GTK themes (Oomox),oomox-gui,com.github.actionless.oomox
Openbox Configuration Manager (Configuration Manager),obconf,obconf
Openbox Key bindings,obkey,obconf
Panel,xfce4-panel --preferences,xfce4-panel
Power Manager,xfce4-power-manager-settings,xfce4-power-manager-settings
Preferred Applications,libfm-pref-apps,preferences-desktop
Preferred Applications,exo-preferred-applications,preferences-desktop-default-applications
Privilege granting,gksu-properties,gksu.png
Qt5 Settings,qt5ct,preferences-desktop-theme
Removable Drives and Media,thunar-volman-settings,drive-removable-media
Screensaver,xscreensaver-demo,xscreensaver
Settings Editor,xfce4-settings-editor,preferences-system
Settings Manager,xfce4-settings-manager,preferences-desktop
Tint2 Settings (Panel configurator),tint2conf,tint2confRegarding echo $XDG_MENU_PREFIX I get no output.
Anything related to file -i seem correct.
I haven’t played around with this menu at all.
Nothing that stands out.
Sorry to be vague, I am treading unknown waters here. Hopefully the full output will give you some ideas.
Line six of your output doesn’t look right. There should be a space after ^sep()
Does this commit help?
Best way to test is:
git clone https://github.com/johanmalm/jgmenu.git
cd jgmenu
make prefix=$HOME install
killall jgmenu
jgmenu
./scripts/uninstall.sh
(and set csv_cmd=lx in jgmenurc)
No still the same issue.
What happens if you do the following in the git-repo top level directory:
./jgmenu-lx | jgmenu --simple
If that still doesn’t work, could you post the output of ./jgmenu-lx | head
We don’t want to see this line:
^sep()Accessories,^checkout(Accessories),applications-accessories
It should be
^sep()
Accessories,^checkout(Accessories),applications-accessories
I get this:
zsh: no such file or directory: ./jgmenu-lx
info: using config file /home/dobbie/.config/jgmenu/jgmenurc
info: screen: (3840,0,3840,2160)
info: _NET_WORKAREA: (0,0,7680,2160)
info: _NET_WORKAREA: panel @ 'left'; margin=0
info: halign has been set
info: got font from jgmenurc
info: set font to 'San Francisco Display Regular 17'
fatal: input file contains no menu itemsGives me:
zsh: no such file or directory: ./jgmenu-lx
Is there another directory I should be looking in?
You need to be in the jgmenu directory that you git-cloned.
Try
git clone https://github.com/johanmalm/jgmenu.git
cd jgmenu
make
./jgmenu-lx | jgmenu --simple
./jgmenu-lx | head
Got ya.
./jgmenu-lx | jgmenu --simple:
info: using config file /home/dobbie/.config/jgmenu/jgmenurc
warn: NULL passed to sbuf_addstr
info: screen: (3840,0,3840,2160)
info: _NET_WORKAREA: (0,0,7680,2160)
info: _NET_WORKAREA: panel @ 'left'; margin=0
info: halign has been set
info: got font from jgmenurc
info: set font to 'San Francisco Display Regular 17'./jgmenu-lx | head
warn: NULL passed to sbuf_addstr
Web,firefox,firefox
File,thunar,system-file-manager
Terminal,st,utilities-terminal
Music,audacious, music
^sep()
Accessories,^checkout(Accessories),applications-accessories
Games,^checkout(Games),applications-games
Graphics,^checkout(Graphics),applications-graphics
Internet,^checkout(Internet),applications-internet
Office,^checkout(Office),applications-office
That looks promising. The output is as I hoped it would be.
Did the menu behave correctly?
If the above works, I think the original “fix” fixed it.
Assuming you’ve got the same prepend.csv in ~/.config/jgmenu/ and csv_cmd=lx in jgmenurc, let’s try it again.
I assume you have ~/bin in your $PATH
Have you got a jgmenu and jgmenu_run in $HOME/bin (i.e. the version you installed from the git repo)? If so, try
hash jgmenu
jgmenu
If not, let’s re-do the whole thing (with a hash this time)
git clone https://github.com/johanmalm/jgmenu.git
cd jgmenu
make prefix=$HOME install
killall jgmenu
hash jgmenu
jgmenu
If, having done the above, you still experience the problem, please post the output of type jgmenu and jgmenu --version
If the above worked, we might just have experienced a hash problem. This depends on your shell and shell setup. When you install two versions of the same program it’s worth doing a type check. If type doesn’t give you the right path, you need to either use the full path to the program or re-hash the program (e.g. hash jgmenu).
@Dobbie03 Thanks. That’s great. I really appreciate your help in quashing that bug. I couldn’t reproduce it on my box and don’t like bugs hanging around.
I didn’t do much other than get confused. It was all you man 
Let’s call it joint effort 
I’m working on jgmenu init now. Appreciate any feedback on it.
Suggest backing up your jgmenurc and tint2rc first.
For sure! Will let you know.