Re: [SHR] Application for desktop categories
On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:38:27 +0100 Davide Scaini dsca...@gmail.com wrote: There are some interesting apps on your repos, but it would be nice to have some screenshot to understand better what is about and how it looks loke before installing them... Hi Thanks for the feedback. I have updated the mokolog web page with screen shots and usage information. http://glitch.tl/mokolog.html I have added a new screen shot for deskcat and tagged the latest version as 1.0. I now consider this application as safe to use. http://glitch.tl/deskcat.html The mkrpn applicaton has screenshots so I haven't changed its page but let me know if you think I can clarify anything. http://glitch.tl/mkrpn.html In general I encourage people to only install packages which I link to from this category on my weblog: http://glitch.tl/Openmoko.html I put links there to packages when I think they are ready for people to try. A major release (1.0, 2.0, etc) should be considered mature. Smaller point releases (0.1, 1.1, etc) should be treated with caution. Regards, -- Michael Smith +61 416 062 898 http://glitch.tl ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: [SHR] Application for desktop categories
Just an idea, about DeskCat : since adding more categories - in order to remove desktop clutter - will _actually_ add new desktop clutter in the mean of category icons, wouldn't it be possible/better/stupid to only use one icon and cycle through categories? You could change that icon's title - or even pixmap - regarding the currently displayed category. -- Olivier ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: [SHR] Application for desktop categories
On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:01:39 +0100 Olivier Migeot larry...@gmail.com wrote: Just an idea, about DeskCat : since adding more categories - in order to remove desktop clutter - will _actually_ add new desktop clutter in the mean of category icons, wouldn't it be possible/better/stupid to only use one icon and cycle through categories? You could change that icon's title - or even pixmap - regarding the currently displayed category. Right now you can use the DeskCat application to put the category launchers into categories, so you can configure it that way if you want. You just have to work around a small bug: when you create a category its launcher doesn't appear in deskcat until after deskcat is restarted. This is because the application list is loaded at startup. Another way might be to have a single DeskCat application which lets you choose the category to display on the desktop. This way will be slower because of the need to open a GUI application but not as slow as flipping between two categories. I might try to implement this in the future. Regards, -- Michael Smith +61 416 062 898 http://glitch.tl ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: [SHR] Application for desktop categories
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 09:16:36PM +1100, Michael Smith wrote: On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:01:39 +0100 Olivier Migeot larry...@gmail.com wrote: Just an idea, about DeskCat : since adding more categories - in order to remove desktop clutter - will _actually_ add new desktop clutter in the mean of category icons, wouldn't it be possible/better/stupid to only use one icon and cycle through categories? You could change that icon's title - or even pixmap - regarding the currently displayed category. Right now you can use the DeskCat application to put the category launchers into categories, so you can configure it that way if you want. You just have to work around a small bug: when you create a category its launcher doesn't appear in deskcat until after deskcat is restarted. This is because the application list is loaded at startup. Another way might be to have a single DeskCat application which lets you choose the category to display on the desktop. This way will be slower because of the need to open a GUI application but not as slow as flipping between two categories. I might try to implement this in the future. Haven't tried it yet, but from what I'm reading, does it just move the .desktop file to subdir and then if I reinstall some package (and original .desktop file is restored) then I'll see both icons? Please also note that illume2 homescreen is said to be much more easier to customize/improve and shr-launcher/DeskCat features would be nice to have integrated there as SHR will move to illume2 as soon as it gets as usable as illume1 is now (hopefully soon as every new illume2 version is getting closer fast). Regards, -- uin:136542059jid:martin.ja...@gmail.com Jansa Martin sip:jama...@voip.wengo.fr JaMa ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: [SHR] Application for desktop categories
On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:25:36 +0100 Martin Jansa martin.ja...@gmail.com wrote: Haven't tried it yet, but from what I'm reading, does it just move the .desktop file to subdir and then if I reinstall some package (and original .desktop file is restored) then I'll see both icons? It renames the .desktop for the application to .desktop.ignore which is ignored by the illume desktop. If the select the All icon then all desktop files are restored. You should probably do this before you upgrade any applications. The worst thing which could happen is if a desktop file changes in an upgrade and is hidden during an upgrade the new version would be overwritten by the old one when the desktop file is restored. Please also note that illume2 homescreen is said to be much more easier to customize/improve and shr-launcher/DeskCat features would be nice to have integrated there as SHR will move to illume2 as soon as it gets as usable as illume1 is now (hopefully soon as every new illume2 version is getting closer fast). Thats worth noting, thanks. -- Michael Smith +61 416 062 898 http://glitch.tl ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: [SHR] Application for desktop categories
There are some interesting apps on your repos, but it would be nice to have some screenshot to understand better what is about and how it looks loke before installing them... anyway thanks for your efforts :) d On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 12:13 AM, Michael Smith openm...@netapps.com.auwrote: The number of applications on the SHR Illume desktop was getting to be a problem for me so I wrote a program which will rename batches of .desktop files to a different extension and hide them. The blog post is here: http://glitch.tl/deskcat.html Screenshot: http://artifacts.glitch.tl/DESKCAT-0.2-screenshot.png Package: http://opkg.glitch.tl/deskcat_0.3_arm.ipk Source: http://glitch.tl/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/home/host/glitch.tl/repos/deskcat/ Important: read the whole blog post before installing the package. This is somewhat experimental. Basically you define categories in the application and assign a category to any application. The application creates desktop launchers which will rename any managed .desktop files in /usr/share/applications to a different extention if they are not in the desired category. One problem with this application is that it does create quite a few .desktop files of its own and they do clutter the place up. The category icons could be put into categories of their own but that would make navigating slower. Please reply with any comments, complaints and feature requests. One thought I had after getting the application to work on the phone is that I could reduce the number of icons by using the GUI application to switch categories. Doing it that way would be slower and require more finger presses, but it would be tidier. -- Michael Smith +61 416 062 898 http://glitch.tl ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
[SHR] Application for desktop categories
The number of applications on the SHR Illume desktop was getting to be a problem for me so I wrote a program which will rename batches of .desktop files to a different extension and hide them. The blog post is here: http://glitch.tl/deskcat.html Screenshot: http://artifacts.glitch.tl/DESKCAT-0.2-screenshot.png Package: http://opkg.glitch.tl/deskcat_0.3_arm.ipk Source: http://glitch.tl/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/home/host/glitch.tl/repos/deskcat/ Important: read the whole blog post before installing the package. This is somewhat experimental. Basically you define categories in the application and assign a category to any application. The application creates desktop launchers which will rename any managed .desktop files in /usr/share/applications to a different extention if they are not in the desired category. One problem with this application is that it does create quite a few .desktop files of its own and they do clutter the place up. The category icons could be put into categories of their own but that would make navigating slower. Please reply with any comments, complaints and feature requests. One thought I had after getting the application to work on the phone is that I could reduce the number of icons by using the GUI application to switch categories. Doing it that way would be slower and require more finger presses, but it would be tidier. -- Michael Smith +61 416 062 898 http://glitch.tl ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
