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technosaurus

Joined: 18 May 2008 Posts: 4787 Location: Kingwood, TX
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Posted: Sun 10 Jan 2010, 14:26 Post subject:
Desktop Icons and background with jwm ONLY(no ROX, xtdesk..) Subject description: You can make a tray anywhere |
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For all of you minimalists out there, here is a way to get rid of ROX if you are only using it for desktop icons
here is an example using gparted:
<Tray x="-25" y="-32" height="64" layer="0">
<TrayButton icon="gparted.png">exec:gparted</TrayButton>
</Tray>
You can save them to a file /root/.jwmrc and add this in /etc/xdg/templates/_root_.jwmrc like:
<Include>/root/.jwmrc-desktop</Include>
after
<Include>/root/.jwmrc-tray</Include>
You can also use it for the desktop background - I would recommend using /usr/share/background/default.jpg as a symlink and changing the symlink Code: | ln-s -f $1 /usr/share/background/default |
and running refreshing
more on that here:
http://joewing.net/programs/jwm/config.shtml
and here:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/JWM
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technosaurus

Joined: 18 May 2008 Posts: 4787 Location: Kingwood, TX
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Posted: Mon 11 Jan 2010, 22:04 Post subject:
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Here is further info:
First edit /root/.xinitrc and comment out the rox lines
{just restart X to close rox or use pprocess to kill it
afterwards you can just restart jwm to apply changes}
add my code to your /root/.jwm/jwmrc-personal ... replace <Desktops count="2"/>
{alternatively you can put it in a separate file and use <Include>/pathto/file</Include>}
<!-- Number of virtual desktops -->
<Desktops count="2">
<Desktop Name="One">
<Background type="image">/usr/share/backgrounds/default.jpg</Background>
</Desktop>
<Desktop Name="Two">
<Background type="image">/usr/share/backgrounds/default.jpg</Background>
</Desktop>
</Desktops>
<Tray layout="horizontal" x="10" y="-32" layer="0" border="0">
<TrayButton popup="sda1" icon="drive48.png">exec:rox /mnt/sda1</TrayButton>
<TrayButton popup="sda5" icon="drive48.png">exec:rox /mnt/sda5</TrayButton>
<TrayButton popup="sda7" icon="drive48.png">exec:rox /mnt/sda7</TrayButton>
<TrayButton popup="sda8" icon="drive48.png">exec:rox /mnt/sda8</TrayButton>
</Tray>
<Tray layout="vertical" x="10" y="10" layer="0" border="0">
<TrayButton popup="File Manager" icon="folder48.png">exec:rox</TrayButton>
<TrayButton label="Home"></TrayButton>
</Tray>
<Tray layout="vertical" x="74" y="10" layer="0" border="0">
<TrayButton label="Tools"></TrayButton>
<TrayButton popup="Terminal" icon="console48.png">exec:rxvt</TrayButton>
<TrayButton popup="Control Panel" icon="configuration48.png">exec:wizardwizard</TrayButton>
<TrayButton popup="Manage Drives" icon="gparted.png">exec:gparted</TrayButton>
</Tray>
<Tray layout="vertical" x="138" y="10" layer="0" border="0">
<TrayButton label="Internet"></TrayButton>
<TrayButton popup="Default Browser" icon="www48.png">exec:defaultbrowser</TrayButton>
<TrayButton popup="Default Mail" icon="email48.png">exec:defaultemail</TrayButton>
<TrayButton popup="Default Chat" icon="chat48.png">exec:defaultchat</TrayButton>
</Tray>
<Tray layout="vertical" x="202" y="10" layer="0" border="0">
<TrayButton label="Office"></TrayButton>
<TrayButton popup="Abiword Word Processor" icon="word48.png">exec:abiword</TrayButton>
<TrayButton popup="Gnumeric Spreadsheet" icon="gnumeric48.png">exec:gnumeric</TrayButton>
</Tray>
<Tray x="266" y="10" layer="0" border="0">
<!-- We can use this with sed to place a NEWICON1 -->
</Tray>
<!-- More NEWICONS -->
<Tray x="-12" y="12" layer="0" border="0">
<TrayButton popup="Xlock lock screen" icon="lock-screen48.png">exec:/usr/local/apps/Xlock/AppRun -locknow</TrayButton>
</Tray>
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ttuuxxx

Joined: 05 May 2007 Posts: 11193 Location: Ontario Canada,Sydney Australia
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Posted: Mon 11 Jan 2010, 22:56 Post subject:
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kind of a creative approach nice work, hmmm I bet plug'in play usb sticks don't come up when plugged in
ttuuxxx
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technosaurus

Joined: 18 May 2008 Posts: 4787 Location: Kingwood, TX
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Posted: Mon 11 Jan 2010, 23:33 Post subject:
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I have already thought about that one - since the files are just xml it shouldn't be that hard to adapt the eventmanager
Put <Include>/root/.jwmrc-drives</Include> in the .jwmrc template
When new drive is inserted (or mounted/unmounted) rebuild .jwmrc-drives then jwm -restart
bonus is all of the fixpuppypin stuff can go away
hmmm... what command to use when it is clicked since right click is the same as left click??? ... Xdialog script or just mount if not mounted and open it with <defaultfilemanager> <-- I guess this would be possible too
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sunburnt

Joined: 08 Jun 2005 Posts: 5087 Location: Arizona, U.S.A.
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Posted: Mon 11 Jan 2010, 23:46 Post subject:
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Not to mention folks that don`t like the mess HotPup makes of the desktop.
It doesn`t position the icons very well, and it`s interface is less than intuitive.
It would be much better if it`s icons were on an edge docked panel.
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technosaurus

Joined: 18 May 2008 Posts: 4787 Location: Kingwood, TX
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Posted: Tue 12 Jan 2010, 02:47 Post subject:
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As you can see these trays can be put anywhere so that would be solved. I just wish I could make the background of the tray clear or at least translucent.
I also added these ON/OFF tags to /root/.jwmrc-tray to later be able to turn them on and off using sed and jwm -restart
Does anyone know a good way to toggle this other than sed?
<!-- BLINKYON --><Swallow name="blinky">blinkydelayed -bg "#DCDAD5"</Swallow><!-- BLINKYON -->
<!-- ASAPMON --><Swallow name="asapm">asapmshell -u 4 </Swallow><!-- ASAPMON -->
<!-- FREEMEMAPLETON --> <Swallow name="freememapplet" width="34">freememappletshell</Swallow><!-- FREEMEMAPLETON -->
<!-- XLOADOFF <Swallow name="xload" width="32">xload -nolabel -bg "#888888" -fg red -hl white</Swallow> XLOADOFF -->
as well as an option to turn off absvolume by editing /root/.xinitrc (similar to glipper)
if [ -f /root/.absvolume_on ];then
...
fi
to turn it on echo >/root/.absvolume_on
to turn it off rm /root/.absvolume_on
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magerlab
Joined: 08 Jul 2007 Posts: 737
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Posted: Tue 12 Jan 2010, 03:12 Post subject:
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may be it would be better to use approach what gray uses in NOP with drive icons - to open a dialog when icon is clicked ( mount or unmount)
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technosaurus

Joined: 18 May 2008 Posts: 4787 Location: Kingwood, TX
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Posted: Tue 12 Jan 2010, 15:32 Post subject:
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magerlab wrote: | may be it would be better to use approach what gray uses in NOP with drive icons - to open a dialog when icon is clicked ( mount or unmount) |
thanks, I'll check it out.
Another hack:
If you want desktop "icons" instead of buttons there is an Opacity tag that you can apply to its associated tray (I haven't experimented yet, but I have seen it used before in a puplet for the main tray - same concept) Anyhow I can't find any documentation of its usage except for examples in Patriot's thread.
This would also be good for automatic spacing (such as for drive icons) by including a blank tray button(s) as a separator, while still grouping them in a single tray (avoids having to calculate locations)
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sunburnt

Joined: 08 Jun 2005 Posts: 5087 Location: Arizona, U.S.A.
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Posted: Tue 12 Jan 2010, 15:38 Post subject:
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technosaurus; My thought exactly about the transparent panels.
Much better than icons on the desktop...
Sed and grep are the only ways I`ve ever changed any config. files.
If you must do it a lot, make a utility like mine I made for locating,
changing, and removing ROX desktop icons ( sed and grep ).
The best setup I can think of would be ( with separators in between ):
The taskbar and tray docked on the left side of the screen vertically.
The top is buttons to select which desktop ( 1, 2, 3 ,4 ).
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Then drive buttons for all drives fixed and removable.
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Then the task buttons ( there`s lots of room for many of them ).
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And the clock that`s the Menu button at the bottom.
It`d be really cool if it slid out from the left border...
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dejan555

Joined: 30 Nov 2008 Posts: 2805 Location: Montenegro
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Posted: Tue 12 Jan 2010, 17:12 Post subject:
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This is cool:
Panel code:
Code: | <JWM>
<Tray y="-32" halign="center" layer="0">
<TrayButton icon="/usr/local/lib/X11/pixmaps/home48.png">exec:rox ~</TrayButton>
<TrayButton icon="/usr/local/lib/X11/pixmaps/console48.png">exec:rxvt -bg black -fg white -sr</TrayButton>
<TrayButton icon="/usr/local/lib/X11/pixmaps/www48.png">exec:defaultbrowser</TrayButton>
<TrayButton icon="/usr/local/lib/X11/pixmaps/drive48.png">exec:pmount</TrayButton>
<TrayButton icon="/usr/local/lib/X11/pixmaps/chat48.png">exec:defaultchat</TrayButton>
<TrayButton icon="/usr/local/lib/X11/pixmaps/multimedia48.png">exec:defaultmediaplayer</TrayButton>
<TrayButton icon="/usr/local/lib/X11/pixmaps/paint48.png">exec:defaultpaint</TrayButton>
<TrayButton icon="/usr/local/lib/X11/pixmaps/shutdown24.png">exec:/usr/bin/shutdownjwm</TrayButton>
</Tray>
</JWM>
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For gradiented background:
Code: | <Background type="gradient">black:#6EBDC7</Background> |
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technosaurus

Joined: 18 May 2008 Posts: 4787 Location: Kingwood, TX
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Posted: Fri 15 Jan 2010, 01:43 Post subject:
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Here is a tray button and bash script (Xsetvol) to replace absvolume
Tray button recommend putting it after <Dock/> in /root/.jwmrc-tray
<TrayButton popup="Audio Control" icon="audio-volume-high.png">exec:Xsetvol</TrayButton>
Xsetvol bash script to set volume
Code: | #!/bin/sh
VOLUME=`amixer get Master | grep 'Mono:' | cut -d '%' -f 1 | cut -d '[' -f 2`
VOLUME=`Xdialog 2>&1 --under-mouse --title "Volume Control" --icon /usr/share/mini-icons/audio-volume-high.png --ok-label Set --cancel-label Advanced --wrap --help "Click on Advanced to adjust Mic, input, CD and other settings." --rangebox "Master Volume" 9 45 0 100 $VOLUME`
if [ $? -eq 0 ];then
amixer set Master $VOLUME"%"
else
rxvt +sb -geometry 90x20 -e alsamixer
fi
aplay /usr/share/audio/2barks.au & |
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technosaurus

Joined: 18 May 2008 Posts: 4787 Location: Kingwood, TX
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Posted: Fri 15 Jan 2010, 10:32 Post subject:
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I forgot to post a screenshot for my volume control script. It pops up a slider with a "Set" and "Advanced" button (will post a shot tonight)
Set: changes the Master Volume
Advanced: brings up an nicely formatted alsamixer
The problem with Xdialog is that it doesn't always behave as documented/expected.
1. exiting other than pressing cancel does not set $? to 255 (but maybe that is jwm?)
2. pressing the UP arrow in a slider menu makes the value go down (Lets call it pilot mode)
3. geometry is random XxY-X-Y does not give you an X by Y window X and Y from the bottom right
"rxvt +sb -geometry 90x20 -e alsamixer" should be the default for starting alsamixer in its .desktop file (maybe something in the title bar saying something like "Use your keyboard to change volume settings")
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bugman

Joined: 20 Dec 2005 Posts: 2131 Location: buffalo commons
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Posted: Sat 16 Jan 2010, 07:24 Post subject:
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ah, this is great, i love it, many thanks!!!
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technosaurus

Joined: 18 May 2008 Posts: 4787 Location: Kingwood, TX
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Posted: Sun 17 Jan 2010, 00:58 Post subject:
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bugman wrote: | ah, this is great, i love it, many thanks!!! |
I'm glad you approve - I had you in mind when I started doing this.
I've been trying to find the specific code that builds the drive icons... in the mean time a single icon for pmount works fair enough
What else am I missing?
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bugman

Joined: 20 Dec 2005 Posts: 2131 Location: buffalo commons
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Posted: Sun 17 Jan 2010, 07:21 Post subject:
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i'm using pmount for the cd, my hard drives are all mounted at boot
the pup event thing was always flaky for me anyways, sometimes it worked right, other times it brought up pmount anyways
i've also disabled cups and a couple of other unused services, and i use the 24px icons
kept absvolume and blinky as i like them--bad internet connection so blinky helps me keep an eye open, weird volume control on my speakers so absvolume is often used as well
my starting ram usage varies [why is that?], ranging from the high 40s to low 60s
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