Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

[sc0ttman]

Defaults-Chooser
Easily change the default programs used in your Puppy install..

Features:
- reads /usr/loca/bin/default*** files for the chosen apps at startup (thanks to Iguleder)
- checks through an array of programs and and builds a custom list of only the programs that are installed
- automatically add current defaults to top of the dropdown lists of programs
- changes the default*** files using a custom "defaults-changer" CLI tool from Puppy Arcade 8
- now supports parameters and CLI commands - just type the custom command in the desired field

Changelog

0.8
- more apps added inc xpaint, ooolight, cmus, ted, sns, sodipodi, umplayer, etc, etc
- support for either defaultaudioplayer or defaultmusicpayer built in
- cleaner, more consistent dropdown menus (paths removed from lists, if found)

0.7
- many more apps now supported
- added 'text editor' and 'text viewer' to GUI (whoops!)
- better checking for installed apps
- small fixes here and there for some existing entries
- can load through terminal with given path for chroot (for woofy)

0.5
- many apps added in all categories
- better searching and listing of installed apps in the GUI

0.2
- added support for parameters in the command
- replaced the get_program command, so all parameters and options are found, too
- added many more supported apps to the defaults lists
- fixed openoffice and seamonkey commands in the app arrays
- now uses gtk stock icons (thanks vovchik)

To Do:
- get a full list of the commands that I can include in each list (help me!)
- Please suggest apps that you would like included in the list of apps to search

NOTE: You may prefer this lovely default changer, from Iguleder.
Iguleders app will automatically search the .desktop files, in order to find which apps you have installed

[vovchik]

Dear sc0ttman,

Thanks. Nicely done.

With kind regards,
vovchik

[sc0ttman]

thanks vovchik, glad you like it..

NOTE: I've updated the file in the main post, due to an error with the menu entry!

[Iguleder]

[vovchik]

Dear sc0ttman,

I took the liberty of changing the button icons in defaults-chooser (l. 472) since (a) my old Puppy 3.01 did not have the pixmaps in question and (b) the gtk stock icons are present on all systems with GTK. I will now have a look at Iguleder's code. Perhaps there are further optimizations that can be made. In any case, a nice program. I don't think there are too many options, and I usually end up adjusting all the defaults by hand. I may add a few more options to my own pulldown lists, since I also have KDE and QT3/4 installed, so Kolourpaint, Konqueror might just as well be there.

With kind regards,
vovchik

[sc0ttman]

Thanks for the feedback.. I'll update this later tonight..

About being "confusing and useless" - I think only the "Bare HTML Viewer" is excessive...
And possibly "Search", as most people don't have a "defaultsearch " file (But I like to make one for my installs)

Also, I forgot I was using GrumpyWolfes ControlPanel icons in this script!! I will change that..

And vovchick, I'd be very happy if you could give me a list of the apps you'd like included in the app arrays..

I would like to include all the popular apps, even those not found in Puppy by default.
However, I don't use Puppy 5, KDE, Gnome, etc, etc, so I cannot know all the apps to add by myself!!

[vovchik]

Dear sc0ttman,

I think the list of choices could be pretty extensive:

1. Browser - Opera, Firefox, Seamonkey, Chrome, Konqueror, Midori
2. Email -Thunderbird, Sylpheed, Claws-mail, Opera, Seamonkey
3. Media Player -gxine, gmplayer or mplayer, vlc, smplayer, kaffeine, gnome-player
4. Mixer -Alsamix, aumix, mixmos, retrovol, kalsamix
5. Paint - mtpaint, kolourpaint
6. Bare html viewer - skipstone, netsurf-bare, konqueror, miniweb, dillo, midori
7. Editor - geany, leafpad, tea, gvim
8. Word processor - abiword, swriter (open office), textmaker
9. Spreadsheet - gnumeric, scalc, planmaker
10. HTML editor - seamonkey, kompozer, swriter

I haven't really been exhaustive here, but puppy offers quite a few choices, which is ultimately great. Perhaps others on the forum can add to the list.

With kind regards,
vovchik

[chrome307]

Thanks sc0ttman for this

For some reason I could not get it to recognise 'Aqualung' as my Music Player.

Apart from that it works great!

[sc0ttman]

Updated to 0.2 - see main post

- aqualung now included, as are all the apps suggested above
- other changes

[sc0ttman]

[chrome307]

Thanks sc0ttman for adding Aqualung as a music player

[abushcrafter]

This is excellent! Thanks muchly .

[01micko]

sc0ttman

Does this snippet of code help you at all?

[sc0ttman]

[01micko]

I like your app sc0ttman, and it works fine.

It was just a suggestion to save hard coding in all the apps. You can use it or not.

Cheers