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Wbar: a fancy launchbar (using Imlib2)
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Eyes-Only


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PostPosted: Mon 14 Jul 2008, 21:13    Post subject:  
I was just sitting here thinking how neat you're avatar is CatDude. Smile I don't ever recall it doing "that" before with the eyes! Very cool effect indeed my fellow friend! Normally I don't care for avatars that "do things" as a lot of people latch onto some that can be down-right gruesome (I have come to mind "everyone's favourite" the frustrated computerist bashing his head bloody on the keyboard---ghastly thing!) and even others with frame rates that can be dangerous for epileptics such as myself.

But yours deserves an award for being both tasteful and attractive. An Olympic Gold Medal from me CatDude and two thumbs up!

Amicalement/In Friendship,

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PostPosted: Tue 15 Jul 2008, 09:47    Post subject:  
Hello Eyes-Only

Eyes-Only wrote:

I was just sitting here thinking how neat you're avatar is CatDude. Smile I don't ever recall it doing "that" before with the eyes! Very cool effect indeed my fellow friend!


Your absolutely correct my friend, it never used to, i got bored and thought i would add a bit of life to it.
The strange thing is, there appears to be a quick flash of white in the eyes, which is not part of the animation.
If you right click on the image and save it to your computer, then view it with mtpaint you will see that it does not
do the white flash, i suppose it must have something to do with the way the forum works. Rolling Eyes

Eyes-Only wrote:

...(I have come to mind "everyone's favourite" the frustrated computerist bashing his head bloody on the keyboard---ghastly thing!)...


I must admit that i did in fact find that particular avvy quite amusing. (But i do have a pretty warped/sick sense of humour Laughing )

Eyes-Only wrote:

But yours deserves an award for being both tasteful and attractive. An Olympic Gold Medal from me CatDude and two thumbs up!


Thank you very much, i shall wear it with pride. Smile Razz

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wjaguar

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PostPosted: Tue 15 Jul 2008, 10:41    Post subject:  
CatDude wrote:
The strange thing is, there appears to be a quick flash of white in the eyes, which is not part of the animation.
If you right click on the image and save it to your computer, then view it with mtpaint you will see that it does not
do the white flash, i suppose it must have something to do with the way the forum works.

No, it is a bug in the animation. The frame #0 has eyes filled with transparent color, which the subsequent frames then draw over - and when animation gets cycled, such an area apparently gets cleaned to background, which in this GIF is set to white. Merge frames #0 and #1 to get rid of it.
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PostPosted: Tue 15 Jul 2008, 11:28    Post subject:  
Hello wjaguar

wjaguar wrote:

No, it is a bug in the animation. The frame #0 has eyes filled with transparent color, which the subsequent frames then draw over - and when animation gets cycled, such an area apparently gets cleaned to background, which in this GIF is set to white. Merge frames #0 and #1 to get rid of it.


Well spotted mate, done as you suggested and now it looks as it was intended to. Cool

Thanks from one cat to another Wink

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PostPosted: Wed 16 Jul 2008, 17:57    Post subject:  
I noticed the white too guys---odd thing is that when I downloaded it to my computer and checked it in Mirage---no white flashy thing. How odd!? I wonder why?

Yeah, I know! I know! "Simple things amuse simple minds!" Well... ya just can't get more simple than MY MIND! Razz LOL!

Amicalement,

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P/S: CatDude? Don't wear the "Gold" medal mate!---it'll rust. You think I can afford to pass out REAL ones? Sheesh! Twisted Evil
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PostPosted: Thu 17 Jul 2008, 08:49    Post subject:  
Eyes-Only wrote:

P/S: CatDude? Don't wear the "Gold" medal mate!---it'll rust. You think I can afford to pass out REAL ones? Sheesh! Twisted Evil


It will be fine, upon first recieving it i gave it several coats of laquer to keep it from tarnishing.

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PostPosted: Sun 20 Jul 2008, 18:29    Post subject:  
Hello all

For those people who would like a different coloured font on their wbar
here are 19 (yes, nineteen) in various colour combinations to choose from.

Only the wbar executable is included (well 19 of them actually) Laughing

They were all compiled in Dingo using wbar-v1.3.3 with the offset patch,
the same one as posted Here

It requires the same imlib2-1.4.0.pet as posted by Wolf Pup Here


When extracted you will see the following directory:

    wbar-v1.3.3-offset-patch-different-coloured-fonts

Inside of that directory you will find the following directories:

    Black-Text-Coloured-Shadow
    blue
    green
    red
    white
    yellow

    Coloured-Text-Black-Shadow
    blue
    cyan
    green
    red
    yellow

    Coloured-Text-White-Shadow
    blue
    cyan
    green
    red
    yellow

    White-Text-Coloured-Shadow
    black
    blue
    green
    red


Also included is a README explaining how to use them.

Some of the colour combinations may not be to everyones taste,
but i included as many as i could.

Thanks go to Dougal for pointing me in the right direction as to what code to change.

I hope you find one that you like.

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battleshooter


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PostPosted: Sat 26 Jul 2008, 23:39    Post subject:  
It seems that no one in this forum has had the same problems as I have in trying to get wbar going. I've got it going now, but I thought it was pretty strange.

Before I got wbar going, whenever I typed "wbar" into the console it gave me"

Code:

Using /root/.wbar config file.
Using a Super Bar.


and I could see nothing. I looked at a couple different forums and I stubled upon the strangest fix: Just click where the bar should be, I did and it appeared! How weird is that? What did I do to get so strange a response? I used someone's patched pet file, sorry, I can't remember whose it was.

Edit: I remember! T'was CatDude's here
Not blaming CatDude in anyway BTW
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PostPosted: Sat 26 Jul 2008, 23:51    Post subject:  
I don't know why this wbar doesn't like me Sad

I can't configure it or anything cause I keep getting after I type eg. -config conf-file :

Code:

Using /root/.wbar config file.
Using a Super Bar.


Then nothing happens. Sigh.
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PostPosted: Sun 27 Jul 2008, 05:13    Post subject:  
Oh, oopps Embarassed

Right, I get it now, super bar runs cause that's the script that's running and the reason why I get it when I type in
Code:
-config conf-file
is cause that's the mode it's running in. Right! I get it! Noob I know Embarassed
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PostPosted: Sun 27 Jul 2008, 05:30    Post subject:  
Yes, I know I'm back again. Terrible I know, 4 posts back to back. I'd delete them if I could, I hope I'll not be hung as a spammer Laughing

This is just a yes or no question: Can wbar have shortcuts to directories? It doesn't seem to like me placing a directory on it. It says
Code:
sh: /mnt/hda5: is a directory
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PostPosted: Sun 27 Jul 2008, 05:47    Post subject:  
battleshooter wrote:
Can wbar have shortcuts to directories? It doesn't seem to like me placing a directory on it. It says
Code:
sh: /mnt/hda5: is a directory

wbar expects something that can be executed. A directory cannot be executed. Remember, it's a "launch bar".

To do what you want you might try this...
Code:
rox --dir=/mnt/hda5
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I've never tried it myself, but something like that should open the directory you are seeking. If not, open a console and type rox --help to see the parameters needed.

Hope that helps. Don't worry about the noob questions; most of us have been there before. I'm just surprised you didn't get any response to your earlier posts. Shocked
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PostPosted: Mon 28 Jul 2008, 00:51    Post subject:  Solved!  
*Big grin*

Sweetness! Thanks WhoDo! It worked! 'Preciate your empathy for my noobiness too Smile Thanks!
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PostPosted: Fri 29 Aug 2008, 21:12    Post subject: ignore this post  
I installed the patched one, and it shows up like this:

I would like it to start up... BUT IT DOESN'T. I tried the help above and it doesn't come back when i click on the desktop after typing wbar into the console.

I'm still new at all this linux stuff, its v. exciting to be able to customize Smile I

Help!

Thanks, B
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PostPosted: Sat 30 Aug 2008, 03:20    Post subject: It works finally! I'm going to bed  
I followed these directions and was finally able to have it work:



http://www.puppylinux.org/wiki/how-tos/easy/installing-wbar-program-launcher

Yippee!

B
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