09-05-2011
Hi,
You can try the Curses Command Frontend (CCFE), a nice tool
to create menus to call shell scripts or commands.
It's curses based, so you can select items by moving a
cursor using arrow keys.
You can also add a form to ask user for input parameters and options
requested by selected script.
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LEARN ABOUT V7
dh_installmenu
DH_INSTALLMENU(1) Debhelper DH_INSTALLMENU(1)
NAME
dh_installmenu - install Debian menu files into package build directories
SYNOPSIS
dh_installmenu [debhelperoptions] [-n]
DESCRIPTION
dh_installmenu is a debhelper program that is responsible for installing files used by the Debian menu package into package build
directories.
It also automatically generates the postinst and postrm commands needed to interface with the Debian menu package. These commands are
inserted into the maintainer scripts by dh_installdeb(1).
FILES
debian/package.menu
Debian menu files, installed into usr/share/menu/package in the package build directory. See menufile(5) for its format.
debian/package.menu-method
Debian menu method files, installed into etc/menu-methods/package in the package build directory.
OPTIONS
-n, --no-scripts
Do not modify postinst/postrm scripts.
SEE ALSO
debhelper(7) update-menus(1) menufile(5)
This program is a part of debhelper.
AUTHOR
Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
11.1.6ubuntu2 2018-05-10 DH_INSTALLMENU(1)