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[zigbert]

Here is an updated fixmenus that fixes the symlinked .desktop files.

Regarding Jims subdirectory mystery, I don't have a solution yet. - I am simply not able to make fixmenus fail with .desktop files placed in subdirs. Jim, can you point me to an app I can install that fails?


Sigmund

[Jim1911]

Just try Amarok from Quickpet > SFS > SFS Support . That is the application that puts it's .desktop in /usr/share/applications/kde and alerted me to the problem.
Jim

[ejb]

[zigbert]

[technosaurus]

I grew tired of the formatting and features in pprocess so I hacked and compiled the xfce4-taskmanager to work with Puppy (18kb pet) and included the Puppy Control Center as one of the programs it can start (amongst other non-DuDe programs). Currently it is just calling pcc, but if you have some suggestions for improvement let me know.

it is in this thread:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=421488

[zigbert]

technosaurus
xfce4-taskmanager works great, but what I miss the most is the search-function. I most often know what to kill, but to find it in the list is harder. Especially in the later releases of Puppy/DuDE which have more background processes, and the list in the taskmanager is loooong.

I have personally nothing against replacing Pprocess, but it could also be an interesting weekend-project to improve Pprocess. What are the limitations/weaknesses of Pprocess compared to the xfce4-taskmanager? In the end, - all that we want is a taskmanager that pleases us.

If you find out how to override ctrl+alt+esc, please share. - it would be a logical option to set in DuDE.


Sigmund

[technosaurus]

We figured out how to make ctrl+alt+delete (not sure about escape) work in 4.2.X if I recall... some other puplets as well

Pprocess is ok for what it is, but I like being able to kill a process or make it "nice" through a quick right click menu instead of having to navigate the cramped right-side menus for each process.

xfce4-taskmanager is only 39kb (just slightly larger in the scheme of things), starts faster and uses fewer resource than pprocess (things that a rewrite won't fix) and it has had quite a bit of development already with most of the bugs worked out and nice little extra features like ram and cpu monitor and preference settings.

How is something like this for a "search" function...?

killall `Xdialog --stdout --inputbox "enter program name to kill" 0 0`

#it won't do tab completion though ... maybe something with find

[zigbert]

[technosaurus]

Zigbert, pprocess2 looks good so far - At the rate you are going, you'll have an entire OS GUI written in gtkdialog

You must be psychic or something though. This was just committed:

[zigbert]

[zigbert]

technosaurus
start pcc with process-tab like this

[stu90]

New Dark/metallic theme for dude.



Loads into new global them
adds 4 new GTK/JWM dark themes
adds new icon set
adds new wallpapers
adds new volume icon
adds new rox-filer tool bar icons
adds some (not all) GTK and Mime icons
adds freespace to jwm-tray
adds new blinky to jwm-tray

download 787.53KB
http://www.sendspace.com/file/gusush

removes connect and trash icons from desktop + any icons you have previously added, so you will need to re add them - also best to change colours in rox filer options.

[zigbert]

DuDE's not dead
Just a reminder that things are happening.... Favorites menu supports URLs

[zigbert]

technosaurus

This starts Pprocess with hotkey Ctrl+Alt+Delete in JWM.

[zigbert]

Version 0.4
See main post

Not to much new fancy stuff here. DuDE 0.3 worked just fine, so this is more like polishing. The 2 major improvements is URLs in the Favorites menu, and extended use of hot-keys. Read more in the second post.

There are still items in my todo-list, so I will continue to make our dude even better. Ideas and suggestions are welcome.


Sigmund

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Changelog
- Define URL in Favorites menu.
- Improved user interface in Pmenu-Favorites.
- PCC has got a new 'Processes' tab.
- Use optical48.png as Rox MIME for iso-image. (thanks to stu90)
- cleanup menu in pinstall.sh
- Quickpet button in pcc (thanks to 01micko)
- Ctrl+Alt+Delete opens Pprocess
- Ctrl+Alt+x opens Pshutdown
- Alt+Up and Alt+Down adjusts volume (requires Pmusic)
- Alt+right/left goes to next/previous song in Pmusic playlist
- Ptray has got new button beside 'Dock area' with info about tray-apps.
- Updated globicons with news in Quirky 1.2
- Updated pcc (for Quirky) with set_hwclock_type, gtkLPQ, ipinfo and grub4dos (if exist)
- Updated fixmenus, fixmenus_favorites, pmenu, pcc, ptheme
- Bugfix: improved detection of description for Favorites menu (thanks to DaveS)
- Bugfix: improved detection of most-used apps
- Bugfix: detection of symlinked .desktop files (thanks to ejb)
- Bugfix: Pmenu created /root/gtk - debug file (thanks to DaveS)
- Bugfix: Mouse-theme was lost when activating Ptheme without mouse-theme defined.