iMenu step-by-step set-up tutorial

spinal_cord · Jan 19, 2011

One useful feature of iMenu b2, is that when booting, it will detect and copy any plugins from the _dstwoplu folder to the _iMenu folder, and with the addition of 100ish imenu styled icons, a lot of homebrew will already have icons

CannonFoddr · Jan 20, 2011

@Spinal:

Gotta be quick - doing this on phone before going into work.Had a play with 'b2' late last night and I have just some comments

* I assume the boot up text we see is there for debugging purpose & will disappear on final version.
I preferred the clean icon from 'b1'

* Can you add shoulder button for 'page flipping'.
Currently you have to move the cursor to edge before the page flips using the D-Pad

* Can you also add a 'hide=' to the ini file.
I've noticed that imenu create entries for 'dstwo_game' & 'imenu' from the plugin menu's ini each time.
(I have a iMenu 'plugin' to boot back into iMenu instead of having to switch off the DS each time, & as you know the dstwo_game is there to rename 'DS_GAME' title in the plugin menu)

By 'hiding' them I can still have them in the plugin menu but not have them showing in iMenu
After all - Why should I need an imenu icon when i'm already in imenu ??

EDIT: Oh one last thing, forgot to mention when I first posted

Are you planning to add a 'organize icons' option to iMenu, or perhaps have an additional NDS instead ??
- so that we can reorganize the plugins on the DS.

Last night I tried 'DSOrganize' to edit the INI's to rearrange the icons to how I'd like them & kept forgetting which number I had used

It doesn't have to be anything to flashy - maybe a program to lists the iMenu's INI files in the order they will show up
You scroll up/down to highlight the one you want to move
> Press [A] > scroll to new position in list > Press [A] again...
& the program will write the required number in the ini file & alter everything ini after it in the list accordingly

Still keep up the good work

P.S. - If I get time over weekend - I may even make a few icons up for some of the Homebrew I got that didn't have any made by you

spinal_cord · Jan 20, 2011

CannonFoddr said:
gotta be quick - doing this on phone before going into work
Had a play with b2 last night and I have just some comments

I assume the boot up text we see is there for debugging purpose & will disappear on final version. i prefer the clean icon from b1

Can you add shoulder button for 'page flipping'. Currently yot have to note the cursor to edge before the said flips

Can yot also add a 'hide=' to the ini file. I've noticed that imenu create entries for dstwo_game & imenu from the plugin menu each time. Why should I need an imenu icon when i'm already in imenu

Still keep up the good work

1. L+R combination is used to move icons around (forgot to mention that anywhere)
2. Why should you even have an iMenu icon in _dstwoplug? there is no reason to and it will not work fully from there. Also, I might be a little out of date with my official plugin menu, but why do you have a dstwo_game.ini? isn't that set up automatically?

CannonFoddr · Jan 20, 2011

spinal_cord said:
1. L+R combination is used to move icons around (forgot to mention that anywhere)
2. Why should you even have an iMenu icon in _dstwoplug? there is no reason to and it will not work fully from there. Also, I might be a little out of date with my official plugin menu, but why do you have a dstwo_game.ini? isn't that set up automatically?1. Ah right - didn't try BOTH L+R
2. 'iMenu.. not fully work' - well that's weird.
It does on mine AFAI can see - I can...

* boot up into iMenu on switch on
> launch programs
> 'reset' back to iMenu if the program allows (e.g moonshell)
> run 'DSTwo' to boot into plugin menu
> run a program there (e.g DSOrganise)
> boot back to plugin menu (I have a shortcut on 3rd page for 'plugin'
> select 'iMenu' on plugin menu into boot back
> iMenu boots up & can still run programs (like DS Game etc)

mind you that MIGHT be because I have several copies of iMenu scattered around in different folder & renamed differently. IIRC I also did renamed the DSTwo.nds [plugin] file to 'plugin.nds' & use ini's/shortcuts to run that instead of 'DSTwo.nds' to boot into it

spinal_cordWhy should you even have an iMenu icon in _dstwoplug? there is no reason to

so how do you 'go back' to 'iMenu' from the 'plugin' menu ?? AFAIK there isn't any way except for switching off/on again

As for 'dstwo_game.ini' - if I delete it from the plugin folder then the title for it come up as 'DS_Game' - put it back & it get renamed to 'NDS Games' (the title I use for it)

EDIT:

1) I renamed official 'DSTwo.nds' to 'plugin.nds' in /_dstwo/ folder
2) Installed iMenu(b1)
3) Made a copy of imenu's "dstwo.nds", renamed it to 'reset2desktop' & placed that into '/_dstwo/ folder
(this is because Stormwave's 'SkinInstaller' uses 'reset2desktop' to exit)
4) Placed a copy of iMenu 'DSTwo.nds' into '/_dstwoplug/' - & renamed it to 'iMenu.nds'
5) Placed ANOTHER copy of iMenu 'DSTwo.nds' into '/moonshl2/resetmse/' renamed it to 'DSI2.nds' so that 'reset to firmware' will reboot into iMenu (Stormwaves 'Savbackup' also uses this 'dsi2.nds' file to exit)
6) In '/DSOrganize/home/' folder - made 2 *.css (shortcut) files. One to run '/_dstwo/dstwo.nds' (for iMenu reboot) and one for '/_dstwo/plugin.nds' (for Plugin menu)

Also I assume that iMenu's 'DSTwo.nds' is nothing more than a loader/launcher for 'DSTwo.plg', because I FORGOT to change the 'imenu.nds' (beta1 ~483kb) in dstwoplug folder for a copy of the latest version (beta2 ~229kb) but iMenu still boots up OK

Yesterday, late last night - I installed iMenu(b2) just by copying it over (I renamed the original imenu folder to '~_imenu' first) - & so far everything still works like before

rockstar99 · Jan 20, 2011

Yeah I would love a hide feature too.
Also why not have stylus and button controls?

Also I have an idea for skin makers

rockstar99 · Jan 20, 2011

Also can somebody port this theme for iMENU(Not Icons only the back ground and dock+date and time bar)
http://www.ndsthemes.com/themes/details/t/abf7fb3807

RoMee · Jan 20, 2011

Rockstar said:
Also can somebody port this theme for iMENU(Not Icons only the back ground and dock+date and time bar)
http://www.ndsthemes.com/themes/details/t/abf7fb3807

here try it and see if it works
-Rockstar-1-0.html]Find 'f23703-[iMenu]-Rockstar-1-0.html' on FileTrip.net

let me know if it don't work, I don't use iMenu no more so I didn't test it

CannonFoddr · Jan 20, 2011

Well I said I'll try & make a few icons for some of the missing homebrew that I have - so here's my first attempt @ 32-bit transparent icons
Note that these are really meant for iMenu(b2) [ignore the black border - that is transparent when shown in iMenu]

~~Download iMenu(b2) Icons~~ Now found in iMenu Multi Pack

Not as good as Spinals - just can't seems to get that graduation overlay quite right - that's why they look a little 'washed out'

Oh & Yes I KNOW there's an iMenu there - why have it when you're already in iMenu ? - but until there's a way to hide it (other than a 'blank' icon....now there's a thought) this will have to do for now

Terminator02 · Jan 20, 2011

o crap, new iMenu is out already, i need to get crackin and update this junk, but it will have to wait til tomorrow probably, got lots of crap to do today

I'll probably check it out today and update the guide tomorrow

Edit: updated the pic showing u which one to download, also updated the patch to the latest

Edit 2: i tested it out a bit, WHY DID U REMOVE TOUCH CONTROLS???????

also, when i went to the bottom right (moonshell 2 for me) it scrolled to the right and i couldn't get it to scroll back

the ds_game icon is kinda suckish too

RoMee · Jan 20, 2011

the new version is pretty good, it's faster and prettier
No more stylus

but this is definitely an improvement over the beta or first version

sorry Terminator02 but installation it's also idiot proof, a guide might not be needed anymore

great job spinal

Terminator02 · Jan 20, 2011

RoMee said:
the new version is pretty good, it's faster and prettier
No more stylus

but this is definitely an improvement over the beta or first version

sorry Terminator02 but installation it's also idiot proof, a guide might not be needed anymore

great job spinal

this could still be a hub for themes, icons, etc. for iMenu, plus step-by-step guides make it more appealing for n00bs

rockstar99 · Jan 21, 2011

RoMee said:
Rockstar said:

Also can somebody port this theme for iMENU(Not Icons only the back ground and dock+date and time bar)
http://www.ndsthemes.com/themes/details/t/abf7fb3807

Click to expand...

here try it and see if it works
-Rockstar-1-0.html]Find 'f23703-[iMenu]-Rockstar-1-0.html' on FileTrip.net

let me know if it don't work, I don't use iMenu no more so I didn't test it

Thanks but i need the dock at the bottom and some space for the date, time etc.

RoMee · Jan 21, 2011

Rockstar said:
RoMee said:

Rockstar said:

Also can somebody port this theme for iMENU(Not Icons only the back ground and dock+date and time bar)
http://www.ndsthemes.com/themes/details/t/abf7fb3807

Click to expand...

here try it and see if it works
-Rockstar-1-0.html]Find 'f23703-[iMenu]-Rockstar-1-0.html' on FileTrip.net

let me know if it don't work, I don't use iMenu no more so I didn't test it

Click to expand...

Thanks but i need the dock at the bottom and some space for the date, time etc.

was it for the new iMenu?? or the old??
because I made it for the old

edit:
when I have time I'll make a iMenu_b2 version

RoMee · Jan 21, 2011

I made this skin for for my nephew, but I wanted to share it with my fellow temper
it's for spinal's iMenu_b2 (newest version of the iMenu)

just copy and paste, replace old GUI folder

TwistedMetal-1-0.html]Find 'f23707-[iMenu]TwistedMetal-1-0.html' on FileTrip.net

VatoLoco · Jan 21, 2011

After loading up the new beta2, i noticed that all my plug-in icons it imported were offset by 4 or 5 pixels=(

So, i painstakingly went through my entire Vatopack and converted those lil fuggers to be used with iMenu =)
there may be a glitch or three, as this was my first try at using transparency and such.

Hope ya'll find one or two or sixty useful icons in there, hehe=)

Download available in my sig

spinal_cord · Jan 21, 2011

VatoLoco said:
After loading up the new beta2, i noticed that all my plug-in icons it imported were offset by 4 or 5 pixels=(

So, i painstakingly went through my entire Vatopack and converted those lil fuggers to be used with iMenu =)
there may be a glitch or three, as this was my first try at using transparency and such.

Hope ya'll find one or two or sixty useful icons in there, hehe=)

There's more than 100 icons included in the imenu download, I had hoped to cover the most popular ones.

Also, here is a gimp template for the included icons, just to make new ones easier to make...
http://filetrip.net/f23709-Imenu-icon-template-1-0.html

RoMee · Jan 21, 2011

Rockstar said:
RoMee said:

Rockstar said:

Also can somebody port this theme for iMENU(Not Icons only the back ground and dock+date and time bar)
http://www.ndsthemes.com/themes/details/t/abf7fb3807

Click to expand...

here try it and see if it works
-Rockstar-1-0.html]Find 'f23703-[iMenu]-Rockstar-1-0.html' on FileTrip.net

let me know if it don't work, I don't use iMenu no more so I didn't test it

Click to expand...

Thanks but i need the dock at the bottom and some space for the date, time etc.

okay it's done
try it and let me know if it works, I'm a little sleepy so I didn't try it yet

-Rockstar_2-1-0.html]Find 'f23710-[iMenu]-Rockstar_2-1-0.html' on FileTrip.net

CannonFoddr · Jan 21, 2011

spinal_cord said:
There's more than 100 icons included in the imenu download, I had hoped to cover the most popular ones.

Also, here is a gimp template for the included icons, just to make new ones easier to make...
http://filetrip.net/f23709-Imenu-icon-template-1-0.htmlYah

.... I'll should be able to do 'proper' ones now - IF only I could access Filetrip while in work that is

I could've made a start......
..But now I'll have to wait until I get home to download that..

.....Dam the company thinking 'Filetrip' is a Malware site

EDIT: OK back home & did what I said - so ~~here's iMenu (b2) v2 Icons~~ Now Found in iMenu multi Pack using Spinal_code icon template
It also includes a 'blank.bmp' so that you can 'hide' certain files - just remember to edit the appropriate iMenu INI file to point to the 'blank.bmp' & remove the 'name='

Code:

[plug setting] icon=/_imenu/_images/icons/imenu.bmp name=iMenu file=/_dstwoplug/imenu.nds number=26 dock=0 note=Change description in .ini file. arg=

CODE[plug setting]
icon=/_imenu/_images/icons/blank.bmp
name=
file=/_dstwoplug/imenu.nds
number=26
dock=0
note=Change description in .ini file.
arg=

8934110e448eb5a648030bc50ecb3afaa96325255061a05e8efcc6a41d5308154g.jpg

RoMee · Jan 21, 2011

CannonFoddr said:
spinal_cord said:

There's more than 100 icons included in the imenu download, I had hoped to cover the most popular ones.

Also, here is a gimp template for the included icons, just to make new ones easier to make...
http://filetrip.net/f23709-Imenu-icon-template-1-0.html

Click to expand...

Yah

.... I'll should be able to do 'proper' ones now - IF only I could access Filetrip while in work that is

I could've made a start......
..But now I'll have to wait until I get home to download that..

.....Dam the company thinking 'Filetrip' is a Malware site

hey, since you're making a few icons, you mind making a new GBA icon?
the one that comes with imenu looks kinda funny

CannonFoddr · Jan 21, 2011

@ RoMee: Sorry - missed your post as I was busy uploading the updated icons & editing previous post.

But as for a new GBA Icon - then No !!

..... I was only gonna do icons for the Homebrew that I've got that were originally missing
( In fact - I quite like Spinal's GBA icon

) - but you never know I MAY start making icons for other homebrew in the future

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