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[connorfranciswillcocks]

[mill0001]

Hey Connor, nice lookin Mac Pup there. When using Wbar the executable has to be in usr/bin or usr/local/bin to work properly. Put the executable in one of those, open ROX, hit button to see hidden files, click on .wbar and scroll down to your app that you're adding and make sure that it is correct.

[connorfranciswillcocks]

[Eyes-Only]

Hmm... Connor? About the only thing I can suggest is this: Open up the gnomeplayer .desktop file in "/usr/share/applications" and make sure that the "exec" line points to either "/usr/bin/mplayer" or "/usr/bin/gmplayer" - and that the exe really does exist in "/usr/bin".

Also: Go to "/usr/bin" and click on either one of the above mentioned exes ( one is a real exe and the other is a link I believe... I can't remember off the top of my head as I so seldom use gnomeplayer ) to make sure that what you're pointing to does work.

Then in "/root" I believe there's a ".wbar" settings directory or file itself which holds your settings - I believe the latter actually from which the .wbar exe works ( the directory holds a backup of the settings and so forth ). Open that up in any text reader and make sure the exec line in that is pointing to the working gnomeplayer exe held in /usr/bin.

I remember back along in version 4.31 of Puppy they had a very difficult time running gnomeplayer, it was VERY touchy and wouldn't run from the link, nor would it run if there was any trailing commands after the exe line in the .desktop file ( if memory serves me correctly, seldom does tho ) and so forth. I realise you said you're running 5.33, but because of my experience in 4.31 I tend to shy away ever since. Thankfully my multimedia needs aren't much!

I hope this has helped in some small way until someone with far more knowledge in multimedia players comes along?

Cheers/Amicalement,

Eyes-Only
"L'Peau-Rouge"

[connorfranciswillcocks]

[connorfranciswillcocks]

Another pic

[Eyes-Only]

EXCELLENT!! Now remember to post some of these in the desktop section of the forum quoted above, okie Connor? These are stunning shots - especially for anyone interested in the "Mac-look"! I dare say you've done an even far better job than I did - and I ran a Mac-styled desktop on my computers for nearly 6 to 7 years. Never did it look this great.

Likewise, that's an excellent look for the wbar. Wow...

You Da Man here! -thumbs up!-

Cheers/Amicalement,

Eyes-Only
"L'Peau-Rouge"

[connorfranciswillcocks]

[RSH]

Hi.

Losing the wbar mostly means:

1. You have put an icon to the file /root/.wbar that is not found
2. You did not save the file /root.wbar as /root/.wbarstuff/wbar-backup/wbarvt - both files must have exactly the same content.

Just to give an answer to the topic question, How to get the mac look?:

BUY A MAC!

Lets assume there would be a band called AB/CD that plays the music of AC/DC. What would you buy? The AC/DC cd or the AB/CD cd and covering it with the AC/DC logo?

Greetings,

RSH

[connorfranciswillcocks]

[vovchik]

Dear puppians,

I also have a mac look on my Puppy desktop, and for a good reason. I have a mac mini (ebay - 75 euros), and I want the interfaces to be the same (or, at any rate, similar). As it is easier to modify the puppy icons and themes, that's what I did (I use IceWM). I also use that interface on a netbook. For people with a mac and other computers who want to avoid multiple-interface schizophrenia, it is a good idea, I think. Also, the mac interface is intuitive and pretty attractive.

With kind regards,
vovchik

[Eyes-Only]

Exactly vovchik! Plus RSH - it's the challenge of trying to make your interface look/resemble anything you wish it to look like... or so I've found it to be for me anyway as a themer who has made themes in the past for myself and GUI themes for browsers, etc.

Yet as we tend to say in French: "Chacun a son gout!" ( "To each his own [ taste ]." )

@Connor: If you go back to the first page of this thread I believe you'll find a brief tutorial I gave - perhaps in an "EDIT"? - on just how to change the menu icons in IceWM by manufactoring your own "PuppyMac" theme. That is very reasonably easy to do in fact, maybe requiring only 30 minutes of one's time - if even that?

That's likewise very sage advice which RSH made about always making sure to backup your working wbar configuration file to the directory in which he indicated so that should a mishap like this ever happen again you can always replace a non-working file with a working one, refresh ( it's a right-click over the wbar area ), and you should have your working wbar returned to you. It's been quite some time since I've done any work with wbar I'm sorry to say as I normally use bbdock as that serves my purposes just fine and takes up less CPU/RAM.

Whatever, good luck in your endeavours my fellow Puppian friend!

Cheers/Amicalement,

[connorfranciswillcocks]

A Vista look i tried to make



still looks like puppy though ,

[connorfranciswillcocks]

Also a windows 7 Look

[nilsonmorales]

tnx in advance