---
name: "wmmenugen"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "windowmaker"
version: "0.96.0-5"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/wmmenugen"
---

# wmmenugen(1)

Window Maker PropList menu generator

## NAME

**wmmenugen** - Window Maker PropList menu generator

## SYNOPSIS

**wmmenugen** \[*options*...\] **-parser=***\<name\>* *fspec* \[*fspec*...\] **\[-parser=***\<name\>* *fspec* \[*fspec*...\]...\]

## DESCRIPTION

**wmmenugen** generates a menu in the *PropList* format for Window Maker from the input file *fspec*. In the case where *fspec* is a directory instead of a file, then **wmmenugen** will read all the files present in the hierarchy of this directory.

## OPTIONS

- **--help**, **-h**

  print a help message with the list of options

- **-parser**

  specify the format of the file to be parsed

- **--version**

  print the version of Window Maker from which the program comes

## PARSERS

**wmmenugen** supports these file formats for input files:

- *wmconfig*

  the format of the menu generation tool for X of the same name

- *xdg*

  the format of the menu specification as defined by the *FreeDesktop* standard, currently at version 1.1

## RETURN VALUE

The exit status from the **wmmenugen** command provides information for the caller:

- **0**

  when the *PropList* menu was successfully generated on *stdout*.

- **1**

  when a *fspec* caused a problem (non readable file, ...)

- **2**

  the arguments of the command line where not recognised

- **3**

  the program met an unexpected menu structure; you probably want to look at the section **BUGS** below.

## BUGS

If you get the exit status **3** with the unclear error message about *unprocessed levels on the stack*, you encountered a limitation of **wmmenugen**. It would be a good idea to prepare an archive with the files incriminated and submit them to the mailing list (wmaker-dev@googlegroups.com) with you command line, so the team can work on improving the behaviour of the program on this case.

## SEE ALSO

[**wmgenmenu**(1)](/wmgenmenu/1.md), the tool to generate a default menu

the *Wmconfig* program can be found at: \<http://www.arrishq.net/index.html\>

the *xdg* specification can be found at: \<http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/menu-spec-1.1.html\>

## AUTHOR

wmmenugen is a part of Window Maker. It was written by Tamas TEVESZ.

This manpage was written by Rodolfo García Peñas (kix) for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).