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Posted: Mon 17 Nov 2008, 23:43
by headfound
Thanks for the reply Zigbert.
I have increased it a little but it doesn't help the speed of transparency.
My system is reasonably fast amd3000+.

Good news however! I booted into macpup and pwidgets worked perfectly and with instant transparency. Even if you are not supporting other systems, its good to know it works :)

Posted: Tue 18 Nov 2008, 00:44
by sintot
Hi:
Here are the scripts for the weather widget.
WeatherIcon:

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#!/bin/sh
#AccuWeather icon, using weather.ttf
#USAGE: WeatherIcon <locationcode>
#Sintot
METRIC=1 #Should be 0 or 1; 0 for F, 1 for C
LOCCOD="EUR|ES|SP013|Madrid"
if [ -z $1 ] && [ -x $LOCCOD ] ; then
	echo
        echo "USAGE: $0 [locationcode]"
        echo
        exit 0;
elif [ ! -z $1 ] ; then
        LOCCOD=$1
fi
curl -s "http://rss.accuweather.com/rss/liveweather_rss.asp?metric=1&locCode=$LOCCOD">/tmp/Weather.tmp
SIMBOL=`cat /tmp/Weather.tmp|grep -A2 'description>Currently'|grep gif|sed 's/\// /g'|sed 's/_/ /g'|awk {'print $8'}`
case $SIMBOL in
  01 )
	echo "a"
	;;
  02 )
	echo "b"
	;;
  03 )
	echo "c"
	;;
  04 )
	echo "c"
	;;
  05 )
	echo "b"
	;;
  06 )
	echo "c"
	;;
  07 )
	echo "d"
	;;
  08 )
	echo "e"
	;;
  11 )
	echo "v"
	;;
  12 )
	echo "g"
	;;
  13 )
	echo "g"
	;;
  14 )
	echo "g"
	;;
  15 )
	echo "f"
	;;
  16 )
	echo "f"
	;;
  17 )
	echo "f"
	;;
  18 )
	echo "h"
	;;
  19 )
	echo "k"
	;;
  20 )
	echo "k"
	;;
  21 )
	echo "k"
	;;
  22 )
	echo "j"
	;;
  23 )
	echo "k"
	;;
  24 )
	echo "x"
	;;
  25 )
	echo "k"
	;;
  26 )
	echo "k"
	;;
  30 )
	echo "z"
	;;
  31 )
	echo "x"
	;;
  32 )
	echo "w"
	;;
  33 )
	echo "O"
	;;
  34 )
	echo "l"
	;;
  35 )
	echo "m"
	;;
  36 )
	echo "n"
	;;
  37 )
	echo "m"
	;;
  38 )
	echo "n"
	;;
  39 )
	echo "q"
	;;
  40 )
	echo "r"
	;;
  41 )
	echo "p"
	;;
  42 )
	echo "p"
	;;
  43 )
	echo "u"
	;;
  44 )
	echo "u"
	;;
 esac
Weather:

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#!/bin/sh
cat /tmp/Weather.tmp| perl -ne 'if (/Currently/) {chomp;/\<title\>Currently: (.*)?\<\/title\>/; print "$1"; }'|sed 's/C$/ÂșC/'
.conkyrc:

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TEXT
$alignc${color #9C8F5B}Weather
${color #777777}${font weather:size=42}${execi 10 /root/.pwidgets/scripts/WeatherIcon "EUR|ES|SP017|BILBAO"}${font}${voffset -10}  ${color #777777}${execi 10  /root/.pwidgets/scripts/Weather}

The font is in http://img.dafont.com/dl/?f=weather

The only thing you have to do is put your location in conkyrc.

Cheers

Posted: Tue 18 Nov 2008, 09:31
by WhoDo
zigbert wrote:Warren
The config button opens geany with the widgets config file(s). Maybe it would be better to rename button to 'Edit config file'.

There is no configs for the analog clock. But you can change the clock by setting another skin. The file is /root/.pwidgets/configs/Clock-analog.png
Thanks, Sigmund. Sorry it took so long to acknowledge your post - I've been away in another city on business.

Boy, the enthusiasm for Pwidgets is great! By the time it is launched on the rest of the Linux world in Puppy 4.2 we should have an awesome, functional front end with minimal resources! Well done, mate! 8)

Cheers,

Posted: Tue 18 Nov 2008, 13:07
by 01micko
@Zigbert
I am having lots of fun hacking up (lol, I'm no hacker) your software!
@all other onlookers
lots of clock skins at this site http://www.clocx.net/index.php
It'swindow$ software but you can install it in windows if you like and get to the .png images or download them separately.

EDIT: Howto skin the analog clock

Posted: Tue 18 Nov 2008, 19:43
by zigbert
sintot
THANK YOU !!!

A great explanation! The weather widget is now integrated into Pwidgets, but there are 2 issues:
1.) The weather font is not freeware. Is there any other font we could use?
2.) How can I know the code for my location? "EUR|ES|SP017|BILBAO" works great for some, but not for most. I looked at accuweather, but couldn't find info about the codes. The conkyrc file should contain MANY examples of big cities around the world.

I checked my location, but the closest is Trondheim, 500 km away.
I guess I have to look out my window to check the weather. :)


Thank you again
Sigmund

Posted: Tue 18 Nov 2008, 20:31
by WhoDo
@Sigmund - how can we make Pwidgets persistant i.e. survive a reboot? Conky survives but I have to restart Pwidgets to get back my lovely configuration. Is it something to do with fixwidgets? :?

Posted: Tue 18 Nov 2008, 20:54
by zigbert
Warren
To update widgets at startup, add 'fixwidgets' in /root/.xinitrc (before '#exec $CURRENTWM').

Complete set of notes in the main post.


Sigmund

Posted: Tue 18 Nov 2008, 23:01
by sintot
Zigbert

You can search your code in http://www.accuweather.com/us-city-list.asp (in the "Enter an international location" section). For example, you enter "Valamoen, Norway", and it takes you to a page: http://www.accuweather.com/world-index- ... 5moen|&u=1

Here, you can see your code: EUR|NO|NO009|Val%E5moen (Oh, it's cold there!)

We could use the font from http://simplythebest.net/fonts/fonts/whethers.html , but the decode between accuweather and this font must be redone.

Posted: Wed 19 Nov 2008, 07:10
by WhoDo
zigbert wrote:Complete set of notes in the main post.
Thanks, Sigmund. I must have just missed it because I did run the two font install commands from a console. That "old-timer's disease" is getting pretty savage I guess. :oops:

Posted: Wed 19 Nov 2008, 09:05
by dinky
Been playing around with pwidgets on project ripple, and I'm having issues with transparency. Firstly, looking in the code for pwidgets, it's trying to match the false transparancy to my desktop background. No harm there The problem is that it's looking for my background picture in the wrong place... according to fixwidgets, my background should be in /root/Choices/ROX-background.jpg

Well, this might be true for JWM, but using only Rox for the background setter, my settings are in Rox under /root/Choices/ROX-filer/PuppyPin.

Oddly enough, after about 5 minutes Pwidgets does notice my background, and creates a false transparency around it. Any thoughts on how to acheive this on starting Pwidgets?

Also, using compiz-fusion, or cairo-dock, it is possible to hide the widget layer. What would be involved in hiding pwidgets? In compiz-fusion it's technically possible to hide any window if you give it the right name... ie

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name=xcalc | name=terminal | name=asapm
What name would pwidgets be? I have tried Pwidgets, pwidgets, conky, Conky, etc, with no luck. Would be gret to have this feature. Cheers.
~dinky

Posted: Wed 19 Nov 2008, 11:10
by headfound
Good point dinky. I've just checked and my wallpaper setting is in
rot/.config/tmp/bg_img (puppy 4)
so i've changed the code to reflect it (in fixwidgets) and got instant transparency.

Posted: Wed 19 Nov 2008, 21:26
by zigbert
I have got new ideas, and need some knowledge.
Please read my post

sintot
GREAT!
Whats next? rss? :wink:

dinky
I have no idea about your hide trouble, sorry.

headfound
Do you know why your wallpaper setting is in
/root/.config/tmp/bg_img
and not
/root/.config/wallpaper/bg_img


Image

Posted: Thu 20 Nov 2008, 08:58
by dinky
Pity there's less interest in support for compiz-fusion. Is there anyway to set the wallpaper to be found in /root/Choices/ROX-Filer/PuppyPin ? How would I set this to recognise this in this file?
~dinky

Posted: Sat 29 Nov 2008, 02:21
by 01micko
I have been trying hard to get the Pwidgets analog clock to show up at boot without clicking or banging or anything, and.. :D SUCCESS!

I installed 'xevents' http://www.isv.uu.se/~ziemann/xevent/ and that is a small program to generate a keystroke or mouse click or cursor movement.

What I did was write a script (WOW! my first script! Please point out to me what I could have done better, but it works :roll: ) that sleeps for 5 seconds to allow the window manager to load then moves the cursor a few pixels and left clicks the mouse. I edited /usr/sbin/fixwidgets to point it to the script and viola!

Please give feedback, thanks in anticipation.

Update: 'wakeclock.sh' reuploaded, 14/12/08, newer version

Important update: 20th December, '08: There is no need to download this fix because it is now included in Pwidgets-0.2. I will leave it here for perusal/criticism/feedback. The small program 'xevent' may be useful for other purposes.

Micko

Posted: Sat 29 Nov 2008, 04:25
by ttuuxxx
01micko wrote:I have been trying hard to get the Pwidgets analog clock to show up at boot without clicking or banging or anything, and.. :D SUCCESS!
Hi micko puppy has a folder located
/root/Startup
if you system link any file inside it, It will start up automatically after everything is booted. Kind of easy that way.
Also since your using icewm, I think you are, :) Just edit
/root/.icewm/startup (hidden folder)
and follow the examples in it
ttuuxxx
Ps Nice script :)

Posted: Sat 29 Nov 2008, 04:54
by 01micko
ttuuxxx wrote
Also since your using icewm, I think you are, Smile Just edit
/root/.icewm/startup (hidden folder)
and follow the examples in it
No need, I don't think, works fine with just the symlink to /root/Startup in icewm :wink:

EDIT: BTW, works just fine in JWM also :wink:

Posted: Sat 29 Nov 2008, 07:14
by 01micko
Ok, getting a bit too excited here. There is a problem with my fix if you place it in /root/Startup. The clock will not start automatically if you reconfigure Pwidgets from the Pwidgets GUI. Grrrrrrrrr!
So, I edited /usr/sbin/fixwidgets by adding the following line at the end of the script directing it to my script,

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/root/wakeclock.sh
Works great in JWM but now I have some conflict in Icewm with the tray, could be due to an app I use called 'tray_mixer'. Will investigate :cry:

EDIT: In Icewm I fixed the problem, just gave the tray apps some more time to load, (Hmmmmmm,is that a fix?) Anyway, works ok, :? edited /root/.icewm/startup

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sleep 5 && /root/my-applications/blinky-0.8-icewm/src/blinky -bg "#000000" &
and

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sleep 6 && /root/my-applications/freememapplet_tray_puppy215ce/freememapplet-tray &

Posted: Sat 29 Nov 2008, 07:57
by zigbert
This sounds great!


Sigmund

Posted: Sat 29 Nov 2008, 08:11
by zigbert
Works perfect!!!!
Added to Pwidgets 0.2


Thanks for great work!
Sigmund

Posted: Sat 29 Nov 2008, 10:38
by 01micko
zigbert wrote:Works perfect!!!!
Added to Pwidgets 0.2


Thanks for great work!
Sigmund
Thankyou Zigbert! :D Made me get the 'grey matter' working.