Tip: It is entirely feasible for a static menu to contain one or more pipe sub-menus. The functionality of some pipe menus may also rely on the installation of relevant software packages.
This type of menu is in essence a script
that provides dynamic, refreshed lists on-the-fly as and when run. These lists may be used for multiple purposes, including to list
applications, to provide
information, and to
provide control functions. Pre-configured pipe menus can be installed, although not from the official repositories. More experienced users can
also modify and/or create their own custom scripts. Again, ~/.config/openbox/menu.xml may and commonly will contain several pipe menus.
Examples
openbox-xdgmenuAUR: fast xdg-menu converter to xml-pipe-menu
obfilebrowserAUR: Application and file browser
obdevicemenuAUR: Management of removable media with Udisks
wifi pipe menu: Wireless networking using Netctl
Openbox.org also provides a further list of pipe menus.