Mynu

A simple DSL to create a systembar menu with macruby in OSX

1. gem install mynu
2. macruby examples/dsl.rb

Usage example: macruby examples/dsl.rb

  require 'rubygems'
  require 'mynu'

  mynu = Mynu.new

  mynu.menu "Hello World!" do |menu|
    puts "Inside menu setup!"
    menu.title = "Good Bye World!"
    menu.item "Option 1" do |item|
      item.execute do
        puts "Execution block"
        item.title = "Dynamically changed!"
      end
    end
    menu.menu "Option 2" do |menu|
      menu.item "Option 2a" do
        puts "Option 2a clicked!"
      end
      menu.item "Option 2b" do
        puts "Option 2b clicked!"
      end
      menu.execute do
        puts "Menu item clicked!"
        menu.title = "Dynamically changed!"
      end
    end
    capture_menu_item = menu.item "Disabled" do |item|
      item.disabled
    end
    menu.item "Enable `Disabled`" do |item|
      item.execute do
        capture_menu_item.enabled
        capture_menu_item.execute do
          capture_menu_item.title = "Disabled (Again)!"
          capture_menu_item.disabled
        end
      end
    end
  end

  mynu.item "Simple Item" do
    puts "Hello World!"
  end

  mynu.run

====

A workflow example: macruby examples/workflow.rb

  mynu = Mynu.new

  mynu.menu "Applications" do |applications|
    applications.app "TextEdit", "/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app"
  end

  mynu.menu "Project" do |project|
    project.link "Live",        "http://example.com"
    project.link "Staging",     "http://user:pass@staging.example.com"
    project.link "Development", "http://example.dev"
    project.menu "Repos" do |repos|
      repos.open "Example", "~/example"
      repos.open "Resources", "~/example-resources"
    end
  end

  mynu.separator

  mynu.menu "Development" do |development|
    development.menu "Rails" do |rails|
      rails.link "Github", "http://github.com/rails/rails"
      rails.open "Repo", "~/workspace/rails"
    end
  end

  mynu.separator
  mynu.open "Downloads", "~/Downloads"
  mynu.separator
  mynu.open "Desktop", "~/Desktop"
  mynu.separator

  mynu.run

A terminal example (best used with Visor and one terminal window!): macruby examples/terminal.rb

  require 'rubygems'
  require 'mynu'

  mynu = Mynu.new

  #############################################################
  # Warning!
  #
  # This makes the assumation you use Visor and only manage
  # one terminal window. Otherwise tabs will only be created
  # in your first/primary terminal window.
  #
  # You can get Visor at: http://visor.binaryage.com/
  #
  #############################################################

  # Normal usage will return to the frontmost app at execution
  mynu.terminal "Echo & Disable Item", "echo hello" do
    disabled
  end

  mynu.terminal "Echo & Exit", "echo hello", :exit => true do
    disabled
  end

  mynu.terminal "Keeps focus on Terminal Tab", "echo hello", :focus => true do
    disabled
  end

  mynu.run

Todo

• Improved API (done!)
• Reloading?
• Crash Handling?
• FileMenuItem
• Simple Dialogs

Copyright (C) 2011 by Robert Lowe - MIT