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+/* rootmenu.h- user defined menu 
+ * 
+ *  Window Maker window manager
+ * 
+ *  Copyright (c) 2000 Alfredo K. Kojima
+ * 
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, 
+ *  USA.
+ */
+
+
+#include "WindowMaker.h"
+
+
+typedef void *WRootMenuData;
+
+
+typedef struct _WRootMenuReader {
+    Bool (*checkMenuChange)(char *path, time_t lastAccessTime);
+
+    WRootMenuData (*openMenuFile)(char *path);
+    Bool (*hasMoreData)(WRootMenuData *data);
+    Bool (*nextCommand)(WRootMenuData *data,
+			char **title,
+			char **command,
+			char **parameter,
+			char **shortcut);
+    void (*closeMenuFile)(WRootMenuData *data);
+} WRootMenuReader;
+