HOWTO change settings in Pwidgets

[CatDude]

Hello fenex2004

I just did a quick test using Pwidgets 2.3.0 in a remastered Puppy-4.32,
yes i admit it is not the latest version, but it is what i already had installed.

All that i did was Start it up: Desktop > Pwidgets tiny desktop apps
then in the Pwidgets GUI: File > Stop/Start Pwidgets

Then i closed all open windows and rebooted,
Pwidgets was automatically started when i booted back into Puppy-4.32

I do have the following file: /root/Startup/0_show_widgets
who's contents are:

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fixwidgets -boot &

which is probably resposible for starting it each boot.
NOTE:
That file is executable

Hope that helps
CatDude
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[fenex2004]

Hey catdude,

Thanks! I think that's the file Iwas looking for- sounds familiar anyways I appreciate your help on this one. Maybe now I can get this little project over with LOL

[morgonzola]

hey there i just started looking at these today (better then i thought ) and i have 2 pretty easy questions

1. pupeee 4.4rc2 comes with pwidgets version 2.2.7. does this version have the heavy conky that the wiki talked about that supports images?

2. for some reason i can only get one side transparent. when i tell the gui to make both transparrent, it makes them almost transparent. and when i only pick one, it makes the other one clear, but keeps one the same. is there a way to make both the left and right sides clear?

[jrb]

2. for some reason i can only get one side transparent. when i tell the gui to make both transparrent, it makes them almost transparent. and when i only pick one, it makes the other one clear, but keeps one the same. is there a way to make both the left and right sides clear?

The short answer is yes. I'm still using pwidgets2.2.7 in all my installs but I have it as part of a batch install with all the other .pets I like.

I managed to get both sides clear, wish I remembered how. I've got /root/.pwidgets/tmp/sidebarr set to "fadebar___right.png" but I don't remember whether I had to modify the .png to get it clear.

Am at work right now but will have a look tomorrow and see if I can remember what I did.

Cheers, J

[jrb]

is there a way to make both the left and right sides clear?

Here's what I just did:

1)Went to Desktop-Pwidgets-Plugins-Sidebar
2)Chose the right circle (also tried with left and both)
3)Applied the "DarkArea_left" theme, since mine was clear to start with
4)Clicked the "Remove" button

And presto-chango back to clear.

Hope that works for you, J

[morgonzola]

And presto-chango back to clear.

Hope that works for you, J

presto-chango i like that

thanks jrb it worked like a charm [/quote]

[morgonzola]

And presto-chango back to clear.

Hope that works for you, J

presto-chango i like that

thanks jrb it worked like a charm

[HiDeHo]

[quote="01micko"

zigbert has created a 'howto' for making widgets

Creating a widget
A simple widget
Take a look at /root/.pwidgets/configs/ScrollText. Change the text at bottom of the file. Save new file with another name (keep it in /root/.pwidgets/configs/). Restart Pwidgets, and your new widget is available.

just to let you know in 525 using pwidegts both 2.2.7 and 2.3.1 from quickpet /root/.pwidgets/configs/ has now moved to /usr/local/pwidgets/widgets/configs/