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Back2mydesktop-1.0_x86.pet
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Whitesnow


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PostPosted: Fri 24 Jun 2011, 09:12    Post subject:  Back2mydesktop-1.0_x86.pet
Subject description: Desktop backuper & recoverer		  
Hi everybody,

this is my solution to the desktop troubles, i.e. when you add a sfs, and icons lost their alignment.
I prepared two script with GUI. One called "bkp-my-desktop" ("Backup my Desktop", in Puppy menu) and the other one called "desktop-recoverer" ("Recover my Desktop", in Puppy menu).

Some comments from my scripts to explain better, now:

== "bkp-my-desktop" ==
is to backup your desktop icon order and your background. Do this backup everytime you change desktop icon order and/or your background. To recover your desktop, use after this one, "desktop-recoverer" script (look in Desktop menu and search "Recover my Desktop").

== "desktop-recoverer" ==
is to recover your PuppyPin and globincons files from a backup, after a modification on your system (i.e. useful when you add a squash file, sfs). Please, before you run this one, first create a backup, via "bkp-my-desktop" script (look in Desktop menu and search "Backup my Desktop"). Do this backup everytime you change desktop icon order and/or your background.

For the last one, I provide two shots below (first of them appears only if you haven't already backuped first).
For "bkp-my-desktop" script, notice of backup done is non-interactive (just "EXIT" button or 3 seconds timeout), so I didn't shot it.

Interactive GUI is ensured by Gxmessage windows.

Icons are available (with the same name of scripts), to allow to put script links on desktop.

Enjoy! Smile

EDIT: I have just uploaded new shots, same as the script ones (first, I uploaded those ones of beta version, without correct text alignment in Gxmessage windows). Now attached pet is below and download counter is reset. Sorry for inconvenience. Smile
checking_if_bkp_exists.png
 Description   Checking if desktop backup exists (Gxmessage window from FIRST step of "Recover my Desktop" script. Note: it appears ONLY if you haven't already backuped first).
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checking_if_bkp_exists.png
recoverer.png
 Description   Gxmessage window from SECOND step of "Recover my Desktop" script. Note: first notice (see image above) appears ONLY if you haven't already backuped first.
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Back2mydesktop-1.0_x86.pet
Description  Desktop backuper & recoverer
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disciple

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PostPosted: Tue 28 Jun 2011, 04:39    Post subject:  
I haven't looked at your script, but you shouldn't need to restart X. You can just do
Code:
killall ROX-Filer
exec rox -p /root/Choices/ROX-Filer/PuppyPin

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PostPosted: Tue 28 Jun 2011, 04:44    Post subject:  
Also, Puppy doesn't usually include gxmessage - you might want to make it use xmessage unless gxmessage is available.
e.g. something like this code from the Trash roxapp
Code:
 # Write the confirmation message.
 MSG=`which gxmessage` || MSG=xmessage
 $MSG -buttons "Delete:21,Cancel" -default Cancel -center -title "Confirm Delete" "$stuff"

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PostPosted: Tue 28 Jun 2011, 08:47    Post subject: Back2mydesktop in everyday use  
Hi disciple, thanks for your replies. Smile
disciple wrote:
Code:
killall ROX-Filer
exec rox -p /root/Choices/ROX-Filer/PuppyPin

These commands are useful when you haven't got widgets on your desktop. Last one reloads desktop (sometime with black background, instead of yours :-/), but not add-ons.
In addition, when I thought to Back2mydesktop, I had newbies in mind, no forced terminal use (but you can, I provided names of my scripts) to encourage everybody to approach Puppy Linux, also if it manages sfs archives that change desktop at every new load.
disciple wrote:
Also, Puppy doesn't usually include gxmessage - you might want to make it use xmessage unless gxmessage is available.

Gxmessage is part of Puppy. I didn't install it apart.

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PostPosted: Tue 28 Jun 2011, 21:09    Post subject:  
Quote:
These commands are useful when you haven't got widgets on your desktop.

Ah, OK. I didn't know that as I don't use Pwidgets.

Quote:
Gxmessage is part of Puppy.

Well, part of the version of Puppy that you happen to be running Wink
In the past it was typically only included in puppies/puplets that weren't made by Barry. It is possible that he also includes it now, but I'd have to check in Wary or Quirky to see.
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PostPosted: Wed 29 Jun 2011, 07:55    Post subject: Gxmessage is a standard in Puppy Linux  
Whitesnow wrote:
Gxmessage is part of Puppy.

disciple wrote:
Well, part of the version of Puppy that you happen to be running Wink
In the past it was typically only included in puppies/puplets that weren't made by Barry. It is possible that he also includes it now, but I'd have to check in Wary or Quirky to see.

Gxmessage is part of Puppy Linux (straight line, I can't talk about Wary and Quirky, but you can check and writing about them here) since end of 2006 (since Puppy Linux 2.12, see http://www.puppylinux.com/news/news211-212.htm and http://www.puppylinux.com/download/release-2.12.htm). So, time has gone to allow me to use it as an ordinary standard in our favorite distro... Don't you agree? Wink
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PostPosted: Thu 30 Jun 2011, 02:20    Post subject:  
Actually, no - Barry must have changed his mind after that, because Puppy 4.x does not have gxmessage.
However, I now see that it does have a symlink to xmessage named gxmessage. So your code should work fine.
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