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A JWM applications-panel with GUI control
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mavrothal
 Joined: 24 Aug 2009 Posts: 1058 |
I hopefully do not rediscover the wheel but I made a little app that provides an applications panel for JWM and a control GUI to go with it (see picture), similar to other window/desktop managers. It is handy for small screens, where any window will cover all the Desktop launchers, and voids the need to navigate through the (deep) menus too. This started some time ago and evolved based in a Micko's app, but I thought to give it an independent thread for possible feed back/problems. The panel control GUI has a menu entry under "Desktop -> Settings". Through the GUI you can change the position and the "thickness" of the panel (from 24 to 64 pixels), the order of the buttons and make the panel always visible on top of windows or auto-hiden. Makes fairly simple to add new application buttons in the panel and of course delete them. Even provides the option to manually edit an item in a text file (eg correct a typo without deleting and re-adding the app button), and if you have geany will open exactly on the line you want to edit. The pet will also generate an initial panel at the top of the screen as shown in the picture. The icon style follows your desktop icon theme and will change if you change it (as long as you use the icons from the default location) You may also want to install Micko's desksetup.pet to easier change the layout of the ROX desktop icons or eliminate them all together Enjoy. Update v0.7 will not auto-quit anymore after applying some changes Update 2 v0.8 has an uninstall script to remove every trace of the pet after removal with PPM. Also includes the options to generate backup at will. Update 3 v0.9 is if functionally identical to v0.8 but in notebook layout so can fit in very small (640x480) screens Update 4 v1.0 is not closing other open gtkdialogs when reseting. The picture from v0.8 (lower) shows the main, single panel, interface and the dialogs to reorder/edit/delete an application in the panel (though they do not appear all together as shown  )
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mavrothal
Joined: 24 Aug 2009 Posts: 1058 |
Boy... do I?... 
Only too late I fount 2Palt - 2Ps2d! That's because is in French and does not contain the words JWM and panel or tray, so is not picked by searches. If you are looking for an JWM applications tray give it a try (after you try this one  ). Don't be deterred by French, comes with English, German and Spanish too.
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disciple
Joined: 20 May 2006 Posts: 6179 Location: Auckland, New Zealand |
I think you're also reinventing TrayManager 
I presume your one uses gtkdialog... does 2Palt - 2Ps2d also use gtkdialog? I remember seeing it, but I never added it to the Index of programs using gtkdialog Is there anything which distinguishes each of these programs from the others? _________________ DEATH TO SPREADSHEETS - - - Classic Puppy quotes - - - Beware the demented serfers! |
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mavrothal
Joined: 24 Aug 2009 Posts: 1058 |
No. That was discover'able.
They all do. 2Palt - 2Ps2d is the most polished, feature-rich and easy to use with a couple of little issues (for my taste - posted there). It also has a sister app that allows for easy desktop icon additions This one, I find a bid more "involved" in button addition but still fairly simple and with better flexibility on the looks. Is also more "graphical" in the configuration options. TrayManager is even more "involved" and in contrast to the above 2, is focusing on the existing app tray of JWM, but when I tried it just made my jwm tray disappear and the second panel feature did no work. So I did not look at it any further  . I'm sure is something simple probably specific to the pupplet I used, but since the jwm tray may change from pupplet to pupplet has more room for the things to go sour.
But I'm sure that other people may have different reviews on the above...
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