@@ -76,13 +76,8 @@ 
     // special case for root menu
     if (&menu == &screen.rootMenu()) {
         Fluxbox* fb = Fluxbox::instance();
-        if(fb->menuTimestampsChanged()) {
-            // we dont show the menu here because fluxbox
-            // will bring up the rootmenu after the timed
-            // reread of the menu
+        if(fb->menuTimestampsChanged())
             fb->rereadMenu();
-            return;
-        }
     }
 
     Window root_ret; // not used
@@ -335,8 +330,8 @@ if (typeid(**it) == typeid(FluxboxWindow) && m_pat.match(**it))
             m_list.push_back(static_cast<FluxboxWindow *>(*it));
     }
 
-    m_menu = new ClientMenu(*screen, m_list, 0);
-    ::showMenu(*screen, **m_menu);
+    m_menu.reset(new ClientMenu(*screen, m_list, 0));
+    ::showMenu(*screen, *m_menu.get());
 }
 
 REGISTER_COMMAND_WITH_ARGS(custommenu, FbCommands::ShowCustomMenuCmd, void);
@@ -347,11 +342,15 @@ void ShowCustomMenuCmd::execute() {
     BScreen *screen = Fluxbox::instance()->mouseScreen();
     if (screen == 0)
         return;
-    m_menu = MenuCreator::createFromFile(custom_menu_file,
-                                         screen->screenNumber());
-    if (!m_menu.get())
-        return;
-    ::showMenu(*screen, **m_menu);
+
+    if (m_menu.get()) {
+        m_menu->removeAll();
+        m_menu->setLabel("");
+    } else
+        m_menu.reset(screen->createMenu(""));
+
+    MenuCreator::createFromFile(custom_menu_file, *m_menu.get());
+    ::showMenu(*screen, *m_menu.get());
 }
 
 REGISTER_COMMAND(rootmenu, FbCommands::ShowRootMenuCmd, void);

@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ #ifndef FBCOMMANDS_HH
 #define FBCOMMANDS_HH
 
 #include "FbTk/Command.hh"
-#include "FbTk/RefCount.hh"
+
+#include <memory>
 
 #include "ClientMenu.hh"
 #include "ClientPattern.hh"
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ private:
     const int m_option;
     const ClientPattern m_pat;
     std::list<FluxboxWindow *> m_list;
-    FbTk::RefCount<ClientMenu> m_menu;
+    std::auto_ptr<ClientMenu> m_menu;
 };
 
 class ShowCustomMenuCmd: public FbTk::Command<void> {
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ explicit ShowCustomMenuCmd(const std::string &arguments);
     void execute();
 private:
    std::string custom_menu_file;
-   FbTk::RefCount<FbTk::Menu> m_menu;    
+   std::auto_ptr<FbTk::Menu> m_menu;    
 };
 
 class ShowRootMenuCmd: public FbTk::Command<void> {

@@ -255,13 +255,13 @@ 
                 if (FbTk::FileUtil::isRegularFile(thisfile.c_str()) &&
                         (filelist[file_index][0] != '.') &&
                         (thisfile[thisfile.length() - 1] != '~')) {
-                    MenuCreator::createFromFile(thisfile, menu);
+                    MenuCreator::createFromFile(thisfile, menu, false);
                 }
             }
 
         } else {
             // inject this file into the current menu
-            MenuCreator::createFromFile(newfile, menu);
+            MenuCreator::createFromFile(newfile, menu, false);
         }
 
         safe_counter--;
@@ -390,33 +390,8 @@ 
     return menu;
 }
 
-FbTk::Menu *MenuCreator::createFromFile(const string &filename, int screen_number) {
-    string real_filename = FbTk::StringUtil::expandFilename(filename);
-    Fluxbox::instance()->saveMenuFilename(real_filename.c_str());
-
-    FbMenuParser parser(real_filename);
-    if (!parser.isLoaded())
-        return 0;
-
-    startFile();
-    string label;
-    if (!getStart(parser, label, m_stringconvertor)) {
-        endFile();
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    FbTk::Menu *menu = createMenu(label, screen_number);
-    if (menu != 0)
-        parseMenu(parser, *menu, m_stringconvertor);
-
-    endFile();
-
-    return menu;
-}
-
-
 bool MenuCreator::createFromFile(const string &filename,
-                                 FbTk::Menu &inject_into) {
+                                 FbTk::Menu &inject_into, bool begin) {
     string real_filename = FbTk::StringUtil::expandFilename(filename);
 
     FbMenuParser parser(real_filename);
@@ -424,6 +399,14 @@ if (!parser.isLoaded())
         return false;
 
     startFile();
+    if (begin) {
+        string label;
+        if (!getStart(parser, label, m_stringconvertor)) {
+            endFile();
+            return false;
+        }
+        inject_into.setLabel(label);
+    }
 
     // save menu filename, so we can check if it changes
     Fluxbox::instance()->saveMenuFilename(real_filename.c_str());
@@ -467,7 +450,7 @@ &screen->iconListSig());
     } else if (type == "workspacemenu") {
         return new WorkspaceMenu(*screen);
     } else if (type == "windowmenu") {
-        FbTk::Menu *menu = screen->createMenu("");
+        FbTk::Menu *menu = createMenu("", screen_num);
 
         menu->disableTitle(); // not titlebar
         if (screen->windowMenuFilename().empty() ||

@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ 
 class MenuCreator {
 public:
     static FbTk::Menu *createMenu(const std::string &label, int screen_num);
-    static FbTk::Menu *createFromFile(const std::string &filename, int screen_num);
     static FbTk::Menu *createMenuType(const std::string &label, int screen_num);
-    static bool createFromFile(const std::string &filename, FbTk::Menu &inject_into);
+    static bool createFromFile(const std::string &filename,
+                               FbTk::Menu &inject_into, bool begin = true);
     static bool createWindowMenuFromFile(const std::string &filename, FbTk::Menu &inject_into);
     static bool createWindowMenuItem(const std::string &type, const std::string &label, 
                                      FbTk::Menu &inject_into);

@@ -1498,21 +1498,18 @@ 
 void BScreen::initMenu() {
 
     if (m_rootmenu.get()) {
-        while (m_rootmenu->numberOfItems())
-            m_rootmenu->remove(0);
+        m_rootmenu->removeAll();
+        m_rootmenu->setLabel("");
     } else
         m_rootmenu.reset(createMenu(""));
 
     Fluxbox * const fb = Fluxbox::instance();
-    if (!fb->getMenuFilename().empty()) {
-        m_rootmenu.reset(MenuCreator::createFromFile(fb->getMenuFilename(),
-                                                     screenNumber()));
+    if (!fb->getMenuFilename().empty())
+        MenuCreator::createFromFile(fb->getMenuFilename(), *m_rootmenu);
 
-    }
-
-    if (m_rootmenu.get() == 0 || m_rootmenu->numberOfItems() == 0) {
+    if (m_rootmenu->numberOfItems() == 0) {
         _FB_USES_NLS;
-        m_rootmenu.reset(createMenu(_FB_XTEXT(Menu, DefaultRootMenu, "Fluxbox default menu", "Title of fallback root menu")));
+        m_rootmenu->setLabel(_FB_XTEXT(Menu, DefaultRootMenu, "Fluxbox default menu", "Title of fallback root menu"));
         FbTk::RefCount<FbTk::Command<void> > restart_fb(FbTk::CommandParser<void>::instance().parse("restart"));
         FbTk::RefCount<FbTk::Command<void> > exit_fb(FbTk::CommandParser<void>::instance().parse("exit"));
         FbTk::RefCount<FbTk::Command<void> > execute_xterm(FbTk::CommandParser<void>::instance().parse("exec xterm"));

@@ -1490,9 +1490,6 @@ 
     for_each(m_screen_list.begin(),
              m_screen_list.end(),
              mem_fun(&BScreen::rereadMenu));
-
-    FbCommands::ShowRootMenuCmd showcmd;
-    showcmd.execute();
 }
 
 void Fluxbox::saveMenuFilename(const char *filename) {