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dinky wrote: .........I love the idea of the widgets, but they don't deliver the goods. My issue is that they slow down the desktop considerably. On initial bootup they take ....

trio wrote:Just dowloaded and try rc2..wireless module setup ok, but cannot find wireless network...reboot using rc1 pupsave, wireless ok. I think the biggest bug on the list is only wireless. It has to be fixed once and for all...

pa_mcclamrock wrote:Not that I wish to inflict any further supposed injury on Zigbert's feet, but . . . I was noticing that the new mtPaint screenshot capture script is greatly improved in functionality, but not in looks. Here's a little Tcl/Gnocl script to improve the looks (if you don't like purple, just substitute another GTK+ theme) and let the user select the exact number of seconds to wait. (The script does get rid of the screen-shooting window before the screenshot is taken, but I had temporarily modified it so it could take a picture of itself.) If you think this is worth a couple hundred extra bytes, after looking at this screenshot . . .



. . . then just substitute this code for the existing contents of /usr/bin/mtpaintsnapshot.sh:

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#!/usr/bin/env tclsh
package require Gnocl
set now [gnocl::button -text "Capture Now!" -onClicked {
	$win delete
	update
	exec mtpaint -s
}]
set can [gnocl::button -text "Cancel" -onClicked {$win delete}]
set nowbox [gnocl::box -orientation horizontal \
	-children [list $now $can] -fill {1 1} -expand 1]
set wait [gnocl::button -text "Wait: " -onClicked snap]
set secs 10
set num [gnocl::spinButton -digits 0 -variable secs]
set blab [gnocl::label -text " seconds"]
set waitbox [gnocl::box -orientation horizontal \
	-children [list $wait $num $blab] -fill {1 1} -expand 1]
set bigbox [gnocl::box -orientation vertical \
	-children [list $nowbox
$waitbox]]
set win [gnocl::window -child $bigbox -title "mtPaint Capture"]
proc snap {} {
	$::wait configure -text "Waiting"
	after [expr {$::secs * 1000}] {
		$::win delete
		update
		exec mtpaint -s
	}
}

pa_mcclamrock wrote:Here's a little Tcl/Gnocl script to improve the looks (if you don't like purple, just substitute another GTK+ theme) and let the user select the exact number of seconds to wait.

dinky wrote:
.........I love the idea of the widgets, but they don't deliver the goods. My issue is that they slow down the desktop considerably. On initial bootup they take ....


Understood Dinky, and the latest Pwidgets is faster (not in RC2). We are going after the 'bling' factor... sex sells..... you know what I mean.

Thanks for your input!

Cheers mate
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Micko

NathanO wrote:Trying to keep it to a live CD for showing at the computer shows, If I change my CD and the release is not changed then I am not showing people Puppy.

WhoDo wrote:

NathanO wrote:Trying to keep it to a live CD for showing at the computer shows, If I change my CD and the release is not changed then I am not showing people Puppy.

Ahem... that's your choice. Puppy will neither live nor die simply because you decided one way or the other. The next release will have the workaround embedded so the wireless problems should be fixed by then. We'll see.

BTW, I don't respond well to threats, Nathan, whether explicit or implicit. Capice?

We're all just volunteers trying to do our best with what we've got. If you want better hardware support than we can provide here, then consider ... umm ... well actually there really isn't anything else to consider, is there? Even Ubuntu is battling broken drivers these days... *sigh*

WhoDo wrote:

pa_mcclamrock wrote:Here's a little Tcl/Gnocl script to improve the looks (if you don't like purple, just substitute another GTK+ theme) and let the user select the exact number of seconds to wait.

I love it, pa ... well ... NOT the purple, but the script. I'll add it to RC3/Final. Thanks.

WhoDo wrote:

pa_mcclamrock wrote:Here's a little Tcl/Gnocl script to improve the looks (if you don't like purple, just substitute another GTK+ theme) and let the user select the exact number of seconds to wait.

I love it, pa ... well ... NOT the purple, but the script. I'll add it to RC3/Final. Thanks.

trapster wrote: - Now, how do I get rid of this annoying mouse shadow? /Menu/Desktop/PCursor you also might want to add new cursor themes also
- What window is the cups configuration using. I don't have right clicking options in it? Please explain clearer

- Great job on streamtuner, But...shouldn't we include streamripper if it's an option in streamtuner? Or, get rid of the button? Streamripper will be a addon in repo hopefully if WhoDo says its ok, So removing the button would stop the addon from working, if we had extra space it maybe would of been included. Or if zigbert would come onboard and help, he could modify his small script to work out of the box.
ttuuxxx

Back to snooping.

ttuuxxx wrote:Yes I don't like the purple/pink sorry, PA I'm more for black, grey, orange, more manly colours [ . . . ]

The script on the other hand is really nice, I do like the new one already included in mtpaint, and if its replaced, I think it should be archived, in the repo, well If we due away with tcl/tk in the future like before scripts like the one we are now using will be lost, always handy to have around. even if it was a simple one, it was a good idea, and worked perfectly. Plus it gives a nice example how to script for new comers.

What window is the cups configuration using. I don't have right clicking options in it? Please explain clearer

pa_mcclamrock wrote:

ttuuxxx wrote:Yes I don't like the purple/pink sorry, PA I'm more for black, grey, orange, more manly colours [ . . . ]

Then you'll really hate "Clearlooks-MamaRose" (my wife's favorite), but try "Clearlooks-Autumnalia" (which my wife hates because she doesn't like orange). You don't have to like purple, but I believe it was considered quite a manly color in the days when kings wore purple robes (whence the name "Clearlooks-RoyalPurple2"). As for black and gray, I didn't see any need to reinvent the many existing black and gray wheels, I mean, GTK+ themes.

The script on the other hand is really nice, I do like the new one already included in mtpaint, and if its replaced, I think it should be archived, in the repo, well If we due away with tcl/tk in the future like before scripts like the one we are now using will be lost, always handy to have around. even if it was a simple one, it was a good idea, and worked perfectly. Plus it gives a nice example how to script for new comers.

So does mine, I hope. I thought the idea behind (temporarily) getting rid of Tcl/Tk was to standardize the GTK+ 2 look, which (on the whole) is better than what you're likely to get with Tk, and far better than what you can get with xdialog and the like. It turns out, I believe, that reinstituting Tcl with Gnocl actually helps to standardize the GTK+ look, as in this little script. So, um, if you (or anyone else) would like to discuss any remaining reasons for possibly dumping Tcl, maybe a new thread on that point could be started.

tasmod wrote: what on earth happened to shutoff menu. It's OK but yellow is my least favourite colour and the menu doesn't seem to follow themes.