Yes, now that you say this, it's quite like other WM panel. For the New widget window, you have the choice between common widgets, like clock that only need a few arguments (format, color, battery ID, etc...) or custom widgets that you can create from base widgets with custom callbacks that you have to write.
Mohan : It is what I propose but with a full app which allow you to change only one option without the need of running through the whole script, and more user friendly. Good night, Alexis. Le 21 juin 2014 22:13, "Evgeny Pakhomov" <p1hi...@gmail.com> a écrit : > Ah, I see now. At the beginning I was thinking about something like > "Drag-n-drop Lua with Awesome bindings". > > So, you want to see something that most major WM have. The only thing that > I don't quite understand on your picture is the "New Widget" dialog. How > will this work? As far as I can see you will still need to write some Lua > code in order to create a meaningful widget, simple UI elements won't do > the trick here. > If I recall correctly in Gnome you can't create a new item for your panel > from GUI, you have to write some actual code and then somehow register it > (or a binary compiled from this code) the the Gnome UI Settings knows about > it. > Maybe something similar can be done in Awesome. > > - Eugene > > > On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 2:43 AM, Alexis Brenon <brenon.ale...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Good evening ! >> >> These are my first sketches, very simple, with many flaws... But to have >> an idea. Not really graphic. Much more like menu-config of linux kernel but >> with Qt or GTK, or whatever. >> >> Best, >> Alexis >> >> >> 2014-06-21 16:30 GMT+02:00 Mohan Sundaram <mohan....@gmail.com>: >> >> It would be good to have a bash driven script where one can choose >>> widgets with their order, menu entries with order, keyboard/ mouse >>> shortcuts, theme or background colour, fonts etc. It should produce rc.lua >>> and a back up of the last good rc.lua. >>> >>> Regards >>> Mohan Sundaram >>> Mobile mail, please pardon autocomplete /autoreplace typos >>> On Jun 21, 2014 7:40 PM, "Alexis Brenon" <brenon.ale...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Yes, something like this, but without the UI design part (that seems to >>>> be quite difficult to make), because as I remember, in awesome, wiboxes can >>>> only be on top, left, right, bottom, not anywhere on screen. >>>> >>>> I will do some sketches this evening. >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> Alexis >>>> >>>> >>>> 2014-06-21 15:47 GMT+02:00 Evgeny Pakhomov <p1hi...@gmail.com>: >>>> >>>>> You can see how Qt Designer handles signals and slots (it's how Qt >>>>> implemented callbacks) at this video: >>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYohbT6oUDM#t=350 >>>>> >>>>> Yes, some sketch or use case will surely help. >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Eugene >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 8:36 PM, Alexis Brenon < >>>>> brenon.ale...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Eugene, >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks for the answer. I never used Qt Designer so I don't very know >>>>>> what it looks like. But I imagine that you can define your tags (with >>>>>> shifty or not), define your common widgets (with common callbacks and >>>>>> format (for example for clock, volume, battery), or custom (if you have >>>>>> particular need) and place them as you want. >>>>>> >>>>>> I don't know if it's very clear. Maybe some sketchup and/or use case >>>>>> will help to identify features. >>>>>> >>>>>> Best, >>>>>> Alexis >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> 2014-06-21 15:26 GMT+02:00 Evgeny Pakhomov <p1hi...@gmail.com>: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi Alexis, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I think it's an interesting idea, at least from the development >>>>>>> challenge perspective. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> But how do you see it? Will it be something like Qt Designer, so a >>>>>>> user will be available to define new widgets, configure and add them to >>>>>>> his >>>>>>> desktops? Or something that will change only the existing layout? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>> Eugene >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 3:20 PM, Alexis Brenon < >>>>>>> brenon.ale...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hello folks ! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I've got an idea. What about an AwesomeWM configuration generator. >>>>>>>> A small soft which allow new users to easily discover all (or at least >>>>>>>> many) options that awesome offer. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> In my head, the most important feature is to generate readable file >>>>>>>> with comments which allow anyone to learn awesome API reading the >>>>>>>> generated >>>>>>>> file. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Is there an app that already exists for this ? Is anybody >>>>>>>> interested in this kind of soft ? Is anybody interested to take part >>>>>>>> in the >>>>>>>> dev process ? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Bye, >>>>>>>> Have a good day ! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Alexis BRENON >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >> >
