DuDE-0.4.1

[zigbert]

Jim and Dave

I will look at the 'description' issue of the Favorites menu....... No more time today........see you tomorrow


Sigmund

[01micko]

It's a Quickpet problem ziggy, so don't you waste your time

I have a work around in place for Jim (and DuDE) and he did let me know that it's ok.

Cheers

[zigbert]

Version 0.3
See main post - also second post is updated with further explanations

Changelog
- Ptheme does handle mouse themes - without restarting X.
- Pcur is improved and included into DuDE.
- Added mouse-themes: RedDot, aero and HaikuHand. Included into global themes.
- Added MicksClock. Start from bottom-right corner. (thanks to 01micko)
- Added numlockx, and integrated it with pcc (thanks to Jim1911 and DC)
- Paste content of Pnote using primary buffer. (thanks to seaside)
- Include icon2desk into pcc.
- Pnote can use different colors of background/font (thanks to jpeps)
- Increased width of jwm-window border (flat-grey) for easier window-sizing.
- Added tooltip in Ptray: how to move items in list (thanks to Jim1911)
- Maintray now built dynamically depending on your system.
- combined 'tray-services' and 'Standalone' groups in Ptray to 'Swallowed'.
- Pcc points to flsynclient if exist.
- Updated globicons for Quirky and lupu
- Updated ptheme, pnote, ptray, fixmenus, pcc
- Bugfix: fixmenus splitted 'Floppy - Formatter'
- Bugfix: let fixmenus look for subdirectories in /usr/share/applications (thanks to Jim1911)
- Bugfix: Show only available tray-services in Ptray.
- Bugfix: Use Pwireless or Pwireless2 in pcc (whatever is available)
- Bugfix: fixmenus failed when Exec value contained extended info (thanks to Jim1911)

[zigbert]

Jim and Dave
Your problems with getting wrong description in Favorites menu is not possible for me to reproduce. Neither in my Stardust 013 system nor on a fresh lupu. I know this problem happened earlier, but now seems to work ok. BUT, to get fresh descriptions, you need a fresh install. If you uninstall, please also remove whatever is left in /root/.stardust.


Sigmund

[01micko]

Sigmund

This is outstanding! And just when Lupu hits the shelves.

Great that Barry has reverted to JWM in Quirky too.

Ha! An app named after me! Works well too.

Did you read my rant in the Lupu thread? Mandriva refugees will love this.. for certain.

I'm just wondering.. did you already know about that yaf-splash font trick? You can use any installed font but some are certainly tricky to get going and some don't do the big size..

One suggestion for the next version and I should have mentioned it earlier. Can you integrate a button in the "Install" tab for Quickpet in PCC? It showed up in Favourites in the last version and I gather will do so again.

Oh, and one more thing. If you did read my rant you may know I now have a new fast box with AMD X2 processor that has 2 cores. We need to update the cpu_bar widget with Caneri's hack. I'm on to it .

This is fantastic. All the great features of 421, 431 and the added features of 500 all rolled together with the great new features you (and the other guys) have come up with.

Cheers

Mick

[Jim1911]

Jim and Dave
Your problems with getting wrong description in Favorites menu is not possible for me to reproduce. Neither in my Stardust 013 system nor on a fresh lupu. I know this problem happened earlier, but now seems to work ok. BUT, to get fresh descriptions, you need a fresh install. If you uninstall, please also remove whatever is left in /root/.stardust.
Sigmund

Working great on a fresh install of Lucid Puppy-5.0. Above problem isn't showing up with this version. Haven't checked out all the new features, but so far it's working great. Didn't know what to expect with Micksclock, cool.

Thank you for DuDE,
Jim

[01micko]

Hmmmm... ( )

EDIT: It's ok now, the cat's out of the bag (hehe, I downloaded a bit early )

[Jim1911]

Hi Mick,

Your clock needs a little more contrast, maybe yellow on black, or a light gray on black. Dark gray on black is too close for my old eyes to make out the time if it's across the room. Real cool clock.

Thanks,
Jim

[DaveS]

Got a bit crazy trying to get Lupu and Quirky to run on my stuff. Xorg/Intel crap. Gave up and re-built a new 4.3 with DuDE 0.3. Total JOY! Cursors are loads of fun. Still have the same junk naming (seamonkey-addressbook) etc. but hey, who cares

[ejb]

Zigbert,

Dude is a fantastic addition to the Puppy interface. I installed version 0.3 on top of a new lupu 500 frugal install. I also added several applications using sfs files. The apps in the sfs files do not show up in the favorites list. They are in the Puppy menus. This was working properly with dude-0.21. The apps do have .desktop files in /usr/share/applications.

As a test I copied the fixmenus from a dude-0.21 install and copied it to the dude-0.3 installation. Reran fixmenus and the apps showed up in the favorites list. This was working with 0.21.

Outside of this small problem, everything else I have tested is working great.

Thanks,
Ed

[zigbert]

Did you read my rant in the Lupu thread?

I did, and regarding Pburn, I have to say: I always recommend k3b when someone finds Pburn too weak K3b is the king, but also the only one to recommend. In the open source wilderness of burning apps, I find Pburn the second best alternative. Looking at size/dependencies, no one beats Pburn, and now when burning is not that important that it was 5 years ago, I think Pburn fits perfectly as the builtin burning-app.

I'm just wondering.. did you already know about that yaf-splash font trick? You can use any installed font but some are certainly tricky to get going and some don't do the big size..

I was not aware of this until I saw you using DejaVu in your clock. I thought is was limited to fixed fonts. This makes yaf-splash MUCH better looking than what we are used to see.

One suggestion for the next version and I should have mentioned it earlier. Can you integrate a button in the "Install" tab for Quickpet in PCC? It showed up in Favourites in the last version and I gather will do so again.

Will do! The reason why it showed up by default in the most-used menu is that defaultbrowser points to quickpet in lupu.

This is fantastic.

Puppians are not hard to please


Sigmund

[zigbert]

Jim and Dave
Your problems with getting wrong description in Favorites menu is not possible for me to reproduce. Neither in my Stardust 013 system nor on a fresh lupu. I know this problem happened earlier, but now seems to work ok. BUT, to get fresh descriptions, you need a fresh install. If you uninstall, please also remove whatever is left in /root/.stardust.
Sigmund

Working great on a fresh install of Lucid Puppy-5.0. Above problem isn't showing up with this version.

Thank you for mention


Sigmund

[zigbert]

Hi Mick,

Your clock needs a little more contrast, maybe yellow on black, or a light gray on black. Dark gray on black is too close for my old eyes to make out the time if it's across the room. Real cool clock.

Thanks,
Jim

Jim, you can start the clock with whatever color

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MicksClock black yellow

[zigbert]

Got a bit crazy trying to get Lupu and Quirky to run on my stuff. Xorg/Intel crap. Gave up and re-built a new 4.3 with DuDE 0.3. Total JOY! Cursors are loads of fun. Still have the same junk naming (seamonkey-addressbook) etc. but hey, who cares

Dave, I really care.... - I do want it to act correct

Since Jim nor I am able to find this bug, please be as specific as you can. What did you do to get the wrong description in the Favorites menu?

Thank you for your help
Sigmund

[zigbert]

I also added several applications using sfs files. The apps in the sfs files do not show up in the favorites list. They are in the Puppy menus. This was working properly with dude-0.21. The apps do have .desktop files in /usr/share/applications.

Please point me to one of these sfs-files.


Thank you
Sigmund

[DaveS]

Got a bit crazy trying to get Lupu and Quirky to run on my stuff. Xorg/Intel crap. Gave up and re-built a new 4.3 with DuDE 0.3. Total JOY! Cursors are loads of fun. Still have the same junk naming (seamonkey-addressbook) etc. but hey, who cares

Dave, I really care.... - I do want it to act correct

Since Jim nor I am able to find this bug, please be as specific as you can. What did you do to get the wrong description in the Favorites menu?

Thank you for your help
Sigmund

Just right click on the desktop, select edit favorites and add seamonkey. Entry shows up as Seamonkey Addressbook. Clean install of 4.3.1 Final, frugal, hard drive.

[ejb]

I also added several applications using sfs files. The apps in the sfs files do not show up in the favorites list. They are in the Puppy menus. This was working properly with dude-0.21. The apps do have .desktop files in /usr/share/applications.

Please point me to one of these sfs-files.


Thank you
Sigmund

Zigbert,

I was using ch4-alsa-streamtuner-3.sfs from choicepup 431. I started from scratch again. Reinstalled lupu500, pwidgets, dude-0.3 and added the sfs file via bootmanager. This time it worked perfectly. Obviously, I must have messed something up the first try. Sorry for the confusion.

Thank you for a great tool.

Ed

[zigbert]

Just right click on the desktop, select edit favorites and add seamonkey. Entry shows up as Seamonkey Addressbook. Clean install of 4.3.1 Final, frugal, hard drive.

Okeeeeey, that's how you do it .........Now fixed for next release.


Thank you
Sigmund

[zigbert]

Zigbert,

I was using ch4-alsa-streamtuner-3.sfs from choicepup 431. I started from scratch again. Reinstalled lupu500, pwidgets, dude-0.3 and added the sfs file via bootmanager. This time it worked perfectly. Obviously, I must have messed something up the first try. Sorry for the confusion.

Thank you for a great tool.

Ed

I really appreciate that you give this feedback, instead of letting me in complete darkness hunting non-existing bugs.......


Sigmund

[Jim1911]

Hi Mick,

Your clock needs a little more contrast, maybe yellow on black, or a light gray on black. Dark gray on black is too close for my old eyes to make out the time if it's across the room. Real cool clock.

Thanks,
Jim

Jim, you can start the clock with whatever color

Code: Select all

MicksClock black yellow

Thanks, I had already discovered that when I checked the corner settings, naturally, hours after my post.

I did run across a troubling problem. I tried to update the ppm and discovered that the program entries and pets installed were both blank. I continued and updated the ppm, closed, restarted same problem. So I unstalled DuDE (it was the only installation made after ppm was last used) by first deleting /root/.stardust and restartingX, checked ppm again and the installed pets showed up so I unstalled DuDE and rebooted. Updated ppm and windows came up properly. I then reinstalled DuDE and it and the ppm appear to be working properly. I hope that there was some other cause for the ppm problem because this could be a showstopper. Please don't spend any time on this unless it's reported again.

For me, DuDE is the best program for taking control of the desktop and menus that we've ever had available.

Thanks,
Jim