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[zigbert]

Nathan Fisher did something in between..... He used a case-function in another file (as I do it), but instead of actual writing the code inside the case-function he linked it to functions in the same file. Like this you could (un)fold them AND keep them in another file.


Sigmund

[technosaurus]

I have already split the files into 2 for convenience

if you want to use bashbox functions just add:
. /usr/share/bashbox/bbfxns.sh

Here is an updated function list:

addgroupgui() { #uses main_dialog() -> #addgroup [-g GID] [user_name] group_name
blockads() { #tweaks /etc/hosts to ban certain sites
brokenlinks() { #find broken links in given input dir or pwd if not given
dirtree() { #show a visualization of directories and files
fixflash() { #mask your flash version as 10.1 rXXXXXX
getflash() { #install latest flash
getflash9() { #flash9 is smaller, fewer deps and still updated
getinput() { #DIALOG box to return user input to stdout
google() { #searches google for $@ or if blank uses $DIALOG
gtkdialog_menu() { #Set up an external menu for your gtkdialog gui
grep "$1() { #" /usr/share/bashbox/bbfxns.sh #list fxn(s)
launcher() { #gtkdialog basic launcher program like gexec + dropdown menu
logstdout() { #usage: logstdout logfile.log command arguments (records normal output)
logstderr() { #usage: logstderr logfile.log command arguments (records error output)
logall() { #usage: logall logfile.log command arguments (records error & normal output)
main_dialog() { #parses template of vars to gen and eval a dialog then return the results
maindialogtemplate() { #example of how to use main_dialog
percentbar() { #usage: "$0" XX% name=filename fgcolor=XXX bgcolor=XXX height=XXX width=XXX [vertical]
pget() { #download $1 to HOME/my-documents with axel
pickdate() { #choose a date - optional input: $1="text" $2=day $3=month $4=year
picktime() { #output a time - optional input: $1="text" $2=hours $3=minutes $4=seconds
pickfile() { #DIALOG box to return a user chosen file to stdout
pickXcolor() { #DIALOG box to return a user chosen X color to stdout
play_au() { #just sends $@ to /dev/audio
play_wav() { #just sends $@ to /dev/dsp
reset_mixers() { #from /usr/sbin/alsaconf... was called from rc.local0.
setDIALOG() { #sets $DIALOG to Xdialog if in X or dialog if in console
setjwmbg() { #TODO tweaks ... include $HOME/.jwmbg in the jwmrc template
setXCOLORS() { #sets $XCOLORS from ...rgb.txt
silent() { #run a command with no output #usage: silent command arguments
silentlog() { #usage: silentlog logfile.log command arguments (records only normal output)
silentlogall() { #usage: silentlogall logfile.log command arguments (records error & normal output)
silentlogerr() { #usage: silentlogerr logfile.log command arguments (records only error output)
test_program_with_LANG() { #$1=LANG followed by command to test
tolower() { #change input $@ to lower case
toupper() { #change input $@ to upper case
tree() { #show a cli visualization of directories and files
tweet() { #send a tweet $1 is username $2 is password "$3" is the tweet (must be in quotes)
webcam2avi() { #capture your webcam to HOME/webcam.avi - requires ffmpeg & rxvt
X2avi() { #capture your desktop to HOME/x11-session.avi - ffmpeg needs x11grab
Xsetvolume() { #set volume with slider
Xshowimage() { #quick view of image
pprocess() { #process manager
ffconvert() { # FFConvert - a frontend of ffmpeg

Edit - tweet needs to be updated for new twitter api - any tweeters want to tackle it?

[technosaurus]

I was testing different build environments for saluki and wanted a way to check the total disk usage including dependencies and came up with these (added a couple similar functions while I was at it)

more functions for next release:

[abushcrafter]

I am adding BashBox to my puplet btw.

Feature Request:
With the "webcam2avi()" and the "X2avi()" functions could you add a option too them or a version of them for OGG and/or WebM output please.

[abushcrafter]

Here is your in-dev newer version of Woo-FF

[technosaurus]

looks good - just need to learn about the lates ffmpeg stuff - I have ported almost everything from the last woof build before Barry just updated it.

TODO
port all programs to use a common _STARTING_ and _PROCESSING_ gui dialog
split out gtkdialog functions into templates for common usage

Edit:
I was thinking that it might be good to just add the option of "Source" to woo-ff (I already have ffconvert included too - so I could add there as well) ... options would be: File, Desktop, Webcam

For desktop and webcam it would need a check to wait for the file (when recording is stopped) and then convert it to the chosen format.
Note: recording directly to a compressed format would likely not work well on a lot of machines.

[abushcrafter]

[abushcrafter]

Here is the fix for the Flash get functions.

[technosaurus]

Thanks
missed:
tar -xzf install_flash_player_9.tar.gz

The piping method worked fine for me (I may? have modified it though) ... though it temporarily saves space in ram/save file (only 4-5MB), it may? be dependent on having a decent net connection or version of tar.

I will post a new version with lots of extras soon. It already includes _some_ P-programs, some goodies from other small distros and almost all busybox compatible woof scripts. For testing purposes, I want to release it in conjuction with a FULL busybox with lots of extra addons (old_e2fstools, minimp3, checkfstype, autologinroot, ... pretty much everything in the initramfs and some useful extras ... except ntfs-3g - its a PITA to port) <I want to see if hush is ready to replace ash - Rob Landley already has in aboriginal, but mainly I think to support no-mmu platforms> ... I have hush aliased to sh and ash aliased to bash for the time being.

[abushcrafter]

opps , thanks for pointing out.

tar version:

[technosaurus]

Just got another idea for a useful script based on genhbar (gengraph)
basic idea use sed (or a bash trick?) to remove the first column of "pixels" and add a column on the end (remove first character of a string/line and add one at the end)
- useful for generating a graph (cpu usage comes to mind)

I compile busybox statically against uclibc using Rob Landley's toolkit, so it should run on any 586+ linux.... as to "working" I'm pretty sure busybox has a similar disclaimer.
... that reminds me I have been meaning to work on a patch for busybox to allow extra LDFLAGS - currently I have to run make as follows:

#Q prepends the make calls for silent output - this overrides it

[technosaurus]

I've been adding functions fairly regularly over the last few months:

All woof scripts just for testing ...need to pull some or update
Some p.apps , will remove unless devs are willing to support
Various helper functions ... play au, wav files, strip scripts, calculator, dirtree,...

I'll put out a 1.0 alpha based on these additions, but am already planning for a 2.x series.

Here is the todo list:
Make it portable to other distros.
Help other devs port their apps (so they work with bashbox and other distros)
Split out apps that can use busybox applets so they run 2000% faster.
Better comments in the development version with a script that pulls them into a doc file for release (for start speed)
Wrappers for dialogs where necessary and possible (xdialog, dialog, getgui, gtkdialog, yafsplash,... better portability)

This will add 1 file called ashbox for compliant functions (I consider the others to be in development... hopefully to end up getting compliant to busybox applets where possible ... I have already ported several)

Google code now allows direct editing, I will be using it so that developers can easily update their apps with a quick cut and paste.

I did do some testing for speed and the load time for the script with all the functions is less than the time to load just 1 additional small script... so I'm not all that worried about that aspect.

[technosaurus]

I don't know how many puppy users are using busybox httpd as a web server with ash/hush for cgi scripts, but I know it is quite popular, so I am trying to add some simple and common cgi scripts and have started a framework for establishing a basic dynamic GUI (similar to gtkdialog) ... even better it should allow you to do things like setup networking and other administrative tasks directly from the browser... should have a pre alpha version soon (but no enhanced security _yet_)

[technosaurus]

here are some of the webgui generator functions to use in cgi scripts - still a work in progress

[technosaurus]

some notes on substring manipulation