Icon size on pinbioard

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rmcellig · #1 Post by **rmcellig** » Fri 12 Jul 2013, 17:01

Is there a way to make the icon larger? I was able to make the text larger. I'm using Puppy 5.2.8 with Rox,and Openbox.

My Mom loves the simplicity of the desktop and asked me if there is a way to increase the size of the icons.

musher0 · #2 Post by **musher0** » Fri 12 Jul 2013, 17:28

Hi!

Maximum icon size on the ROX pinboard is 48x48 pixels. You can check the size of an icon or of any picture in mtpaint: it's on the status line at the bottom, on the left-hand side.

Questions:
Is the desktop in your picture a ROX pinboard?
Do you know how to choose icons for it?

BFN.

musher0

simargl · #3 Post by **simargl** » Fri 12 Jul 2013, 17:33

rmcellig · #4 Post by **rmcellig** » Fri 12 Jul 2013, 17:36

Yes it is a ROX pinboard. I just dragged pics I had when I chose set icon.

Semme · #5 Post by **Semme** » Sat 13 Jul 2013, 12:52

Randy- see this post and the one two below..

rmcellig · #6 Post by **rmcellig** » Sat 13 Jul 2013, 15:09

Thanks as always Semme!!

Semme · #7 Post by **Semme** » Mon 15 Jul 2013, 11:16

Hey Randy- wanna try?

rmcellig · #8 Post by **rmcellig** » Mon 15 Jul 2013, 16:39

Sure Semme!

I'm always up for trying new things in Puppy!!

Semme · #9 Post by **Semme** » Mon 15 Jul 2013, 16:46

Then tell me <based-on-previous-posts> you'll know what to do with this..

musher0 · #10 Post by **musher0** » Mon 15 Jul 2013, 20:51

Hi, Semme.

How do I unpack the above file? Thanks in advance.

musher0

rmcellig · #11 Post by **rmcellig** » Mon 15 Jul 2013, 21:01

I unpacked it in pupzip but am not quite sure what to do next. I looked at the previous posts but am still not sure what to do.

Semme · #12 Post by **Semme** » Mon 15 Jul 2013, 22:20

Musher- doesn't gunzip do it?

==

For starters Randy

you gotta rename it! Then it's this bit..

All you need to do now is replace your current ROX-Filer file with this new one.

So, navigate to: /usr/local/apps/
and right click on the file called: ROX-Filer
and select: Look Inside

You may want to make a backup copy of this original file: /usr/local/apps/ROX-Filer/ROX-Filer
if so then simply Drag 'n' Drop it somewhere and select Copy.

Then Drag 'n' Drop your new file: rox-filer-20100408smw-patched/ROX-Filer/ROX-Filer
into: /usr/local/apps/ROX-Filer
once again, select Copy and allow it to overwrite the current file.

Finally, close all open windows and files,
then restart the X server.

You can now right click on a desktop icon,
and select the Set Icon option in the popup menu. (a window will open for you to drag an icon onto)

Go to wherever you have your bigger icons located,
and then Drag 'n' Drop the appropriate icon onto the Set Icon window that opened before.

Hope this helps
CatDude

Banking and the other 128's >> WebToolHub. Gmail's here.

Make an icons folder in ~/ for when Pup gets wonky..

Special thanks to CatDude for the

inspiration.

rmcellig · #13 Post by **rmcellig** » Mon 15 Jul 2013, 22:36

Thanks so much Semme and the clear instructions CatDude. I will try this and post back.

rmcellig · #14 Post by **rmcellig** » Mon 15 Jul 2013, 23:14

No Luck. After unzipping the file, i renamed the file (rox-filer-20100408smw-patched) to ROX-Filer and then dragged it to the Rox-Filer directory. I was prompted to overwrite the ROX-Filer file that was there and overwrote it with the new file. I then restarted X and all I got was a black screen with no icons, I would imagine because Puppy isseeing the new ROX-Filer file.

I tried to bring up a ROX window. No dice. Through the terminal I renamed the current ROX-Filer file and put the old one back, and restarted. Things look fine.

Where did I go wrong? CatDude's instructions are very straight forward.

Semme · #15 Post by **Semme** » Mon 15 Jul 2013, 23:20

You try this on a live 528 or existing save file? You NEED the big icons for this to work..

You get this for the md5, correct >> 8e96c567876b5b6231d8ce8f05799f31

I might have more libs than you so I'll try'n add the default configure opts tmrw.

As I recall there were three or four that were spec'd during default output..

rmcellig · #16 Post by **rmcellig** » Mon 15 Jul 2013, 23:59

I am using a save file with Puppy 5.2.8.

I wasn't able to open up a new rox window until I replaced it with the original ROX-Filer file.

Hope this helps

musher0 · #17 Post by **musher0** » Tue 16 Jul 2013, 19:24

Semme wrote:Musher- doesn't gunzip do it?

==

For starters Randy you gotta rename it! Then it's this bit..
All you need to do now is replace your current ROX-Filer file with this new one.

So, navigate to: /usr/local/apps/
and right click on the file called: ROX-Filer
and select: Look Inside

You may want to make a backup copy of this original file: /usr/local/apps/ROX-Filer/ROX-Filer
if so then simply Drag 'n' Drop it somewhere and select Copy.

Then Drag 'n' Drop your new file: rox-filer-20100408smw-patched/ROX-Filer/ROX-Filer
into: /usr/local/apps/ROX-Filer
once again, select Copy and allow it to overwrite the current file.

Finally, close all open windows and files,
then restart the X server.

You can now right click on a desktop icon,
and select the Set Icon option in the popup menu. (a window will open for you to drag an icon onto)

Go to wherever you have your bigger icons located,
and then Drag 'n' Drop the appropriate icon onto the Set Icon window that opened before.

Hope this helps
CatDude
Banking and the other 128's >> WebToolHub. Gmail's here.

Make an icons folder in ~/ for when Pup gets wonky..

Special thanks to CatDude for the inspiration.

Hi, Semme.

Yes it unzips. But when I replace the old ROX-Filer with the new one, xwin pekwm loads but hangs "in mid-air".

Regards.

musher0

Semme · #18 Post by **Semme** » Tue 16 Jul 2013, 22:25

Did either of you set the executable bit prior to restarting X?

rmcellig · #19 Post by **rmcellig** » Wed 17 Jul 2013, 00:56

Semme · #20 Post by **Semme** » Wed 17 Jul 2013, 01:08

Randy- it would most likely work if built on your Moms box.

Besides the devx and kernel src, you need autoconf_2.65.

Grab these and I'll

walk you through..

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Icon size on pinbioard

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