Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

[radky]

Recommended OS
Puppy Linux 4.3.1 and above

Purpose and Base Features
PupShutdown permits menu-like access to sixteen common functions that one may find helpful when closing a Puppy session. Backup and task manager selections in the main menu have multi-program support to provide flexibility in managing the shutdown process. If the panel application selector does not have your program, you can add it manually. In addition to the configurable menu options, the appearance of the graphic interface can be quickly changed to complement a personal preference or match a Puppy theme. PupShutdown integrates seamlessly with PupControl, PupMenu and PupApps.

Caveats
1 - The standard version of PupShutdown typically requires Puppy versions 4.3.1 and above to assure accurate markup of title text attributes and to allow automatic retrieval of the font name list. The localized version of PupShutdown supports changing the label name and graphic logo, but does not support changing the title text attributes.

2 - Program access is by Puppy Menu->Utility->PupShutdown or by the default Ctrl+Shift+X keyboard shortcut which is configured for IceWm, JWM, Openbox, Fluxbox, LXDE and LXPanel. If the Xfce window manager is currently active, the hotkey can be set manually as follows: Xfce Settings->Keyboard->Application Shortcuts.

3 - For those with laptops or notebooks, PupShutdown supports suspend (standby) in ACPI compliant systems. This function is mediated by Acpitool, but the suspend option does not work equally in all systems. More information is available here, here, and here.

4 - When one closes a Puppy session in the standard version of PupShutdown, a pop-up dialog provides an opportunity to remove CD media before shutdown. This dialog is easily enabled or disabled: PSD menu->Preferences->Configuration options.

Title and Logo Options
The title frame of PupShutdown is easily configured and one can quickly change the name and version of the Puppy derivative, graphic logo, and title font attributes. An optional Logo-addon.pet contains 64-pixel graphics created by forum member afgs, including those for Dpup, Lighthouse, Slacko and Upup. For those who prefer a more distinctive theme, a logo template is available to facilitate the design of copy-and-paste graphics for the title frame.

Download
Standard Version: (English)
http://www.smokey01.com/radky/PupShutdown-1.8.1.pet

Optional Graphics:
http://www.smokey01.com/radky/Logo-addon-1.1.pet

PupMates
http://www.smokey01.com/radky/PupMates.html

[zigbert]

Offering code in your first post is a great start. Welcome!!!

[radky]

Version 1.1. See main post.
Removed redundant code to improve performance.

[radky]

Version 1.2. See main post.
Added preview of fonts, and changed button selections in Preferences dialog.
Minor improvement in code.

[raffy]

Excellent work!

I wonder whether this approach can also be made for the boot up routine, especially at that point when Puppy searches for its program sfs, the source of most boot-up failures (Here, pmedia, pdev, pupmode as well as psubdir are the less-understood parameters).

[radky]

Thanks raffy

I'm not sure if this approach has any additional utility, especially in the boot-up routine of Puppy, but in PupShutdown it does provide a little diversionary eye candy. Thanks again for your thoughts!

[B.K. Johnson]

That's nice. A couple options I'd like to see in your next update are "PowerOff and Eject" and "Reboot and Eject". Ubuntu has been doing this for a long time and dpup-484 does it too.

Why? Puppy lore encourages booting continually from the LiveCD and to save personal file to enable using the boot CD drive for other purposes after booting. However, if I don't use the drive during a session I find myself forgetting to remove the CD before shut down and have to resort to the paperclip trick.

B.K. Johnson

[radky]

[radky]

Version 1.3. See main post.
-Added option for multi-function management of the desktop and JWM, including 14 secondary options.
-Added Snap2 (if installed) as the first option for file backup, otherwise the call defaults to Pbackup.
-Added Power-Off and Reboot dialog prompts for the discretionary removal of optical disc media before shutdown.
-Minor improvement in code.

[B.K. Johnson]

radky
That's nice. A couple options I'd like to see in your next update are "POwerOff and Eject" and "Reboot and Eject". Ubuntu has been doing this for a long time and dpup-484 does it too.

Why? Puppy lore encourages booting continually from the LiveCD and to save personal file to enable using the boot CD drive for other purposes after booting. However, if I don't use the drive during a session I find myself forgetting to remove the CD before shut down and have to resort to the paperclip trick.

B.K. Johnson

[radky]

[nancy reagan]

Hi Radky,

As you keep rebuilding this pet I take the liberty to ask for the feature the choose the option

"DO NOT SAVE" - at shutdown.

For I only want to save once in a bluemoon. Mainly for the initial settings. It seems I am not the only one.

In the post of the link below, Sc0ttman describes how to write in terminal. Would it be hard to incorporate this in your wonderful pet ?

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=51466&sid=db905276c861d27b530e44d5c8a979d8



Looking forwad to your reply, whether or not, it is possible ?.

[radky]

[nancy reagan]

Hi Radky don't know what goes wrong but I replied 4 or 5 times but my sentbox does not show anything.

Could you pm me your mailaddress or let me know that you received nevertheless my pm's ?

[radky]