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Eyes-Only

Joined: 10 Aug 2006 Posts: 1046 Location: La Confederation Abenaquaise
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Posted: Mon 14 Jul 2008, 21:13 Post subject:
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I was just sitting here thinking how neat you're avatar is CatDude. 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,
Eyes-Only
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CatDude

Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 1570 Location: UK
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Posted: Tue 15 Jul 2008, 09:47 Post subject:
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Hello Eyes-Only
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I was just sitting here thinking how neat you're avatar is CatDude. I don't ever recall it doing "that" before with the eyes! Very cool effect indeed my fellow friend!
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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.
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...(I have come to mind "everyone's favourite" the frustrated computerist bashing his head bloody on the keyboard---ghastly thing!)...
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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 )
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But yours deserves an award for being both tasteful and attractive. An Olympic Gold Medal from me CatDude and two thumbs up!
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Thank you very much, i shall wear it with pride.
CatDude
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wjaguar
Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Posts: 335
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Posted: Tue 15 Jul 2008, 10:41 Post subject:
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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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CatDude

Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 1570 Location: UK
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Posted: Tue 15 Jul 2008, 11:28 Post subject:
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Hello wjaguar
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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.
Thanks from one cat to another
CatDude
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Eyes-Only

Joined: 10 Aug 2006 Posts: 1046 Location: La Confederation Abenaquaise
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Posted: Wed 16 Jul 2008, 17:57 Post subject:
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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! LOL!
Amicalement,
Eyes-Only
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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!
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CatDude

Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 1570 Location: UK
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Posted: Thu 17 Jul 2008, 08:49 Post subject:
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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!  |
It will be fine, upon first recieving it i gave it several coats of laquer to keep it from tarnishing.
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CatDude

Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 1570 Location: UK
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Posted: Sun 20 Jul 2008, 18:29 Post subject:
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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)
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.
CatDude
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battleshooter

Joined: 14 May 2008 Posts: 1381 Location: Australia
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Posted: Sat 26 Jul 2008, 23:39 Post subject:
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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"
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Using /root/.wbar config file.
Using a Super Bar.
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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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battleshooter

Joined: 14 May 2008 Posts: 1381 Location: Australia
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Posted: Sat 26 Jul 2008, 23:51 Post subject:
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I don't know why this wbar doesn't like me
I can't configure it or anything cause I keep getting after I type eg. -config conf-file :
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Using /root/.wbar config file.
Using a Super Bar. |
Then nothing happens. Sigh.
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battleshooter

Joined: 14 May 2008 Posts: 1381 Location: Australia
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Posted: Sun 27 Jul 2008, 05:13 Post subject:
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Oh, oopps
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 is cause that's the mode it's running in. Right! I get it! Noob I know
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battleshooter

Joined: 14 May 2008 Posts: 1381 Location: Australia
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Posted: Sun 27 Jul 2008, 05:30 Post subject:
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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
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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WhoDo

Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 4440 Location: Lake Macquarie NSW Australia
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Posted: Sun 27 Jul 2008, 05:47 Post subject:
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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 |
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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 | .
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.
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battleshooter

Joined: 14 May 2008 Posts: 1381 Location: Australia
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Posted: Mon 28 Jul 2008, 00:51 Post subject:
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*Big grin*
Sweetness! Thanks WhoDo! It worked! 'Preciate your empathy for my noobiness too Thanks!
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blacktulipgirl

Joined: 27 Aug 2008 Posts: 31
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Posted: Fri 29 Aug 2008, 21:12 Post subject:
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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 I
Help!
Thanks, B
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blacktulipgirl

Joined: 27 Aug 2008 Posts: 31
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Posted: Sat 30 Aug 2008, 03:20 Post subject:
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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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