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I contacted John Hass, the original developer and synchronized changes with him.

I've uploaded a newer version (at the top of this thread) that includes his changes, the changes made by Leon and my changes.

I've also set the default font to DejaVu to match the rest of Puppy

Leon,
Could you remove your attachments so new users don't get confused? (don't remove your message, as it is important to keep track of the history)

Great team work!
Leon made the following changes
- Align bottom buttons
- Set white field backgrounds

John Hass, the original developer, sent me the following changes which I synchronized with our changes. Now our version and his official version are the same.
- Added console mode to Desktop tab
- Added error checking if /usr/bin/rdesktop does not exsist (I modified it to check for "which rdesktop")
- Added compression to experience
- Added do not send mouse motion events to experience
- Added Force bitmap updates to experience tab
- Added a Makefile for easy installation (As the package is already a dotpup, it does not include the make file)

rarsa wrote:Leon,
Could you remove your attachments so new users don't get confused? (don't remove your message, as it is important to keep track of the history)

Done.

rarsa wrote:I've uploaded a newer version (at the top of this thread) that includes his changes, the changes made by Leon and my changes.

It would be useful to add version number in window title like Remote Desktop Client 0.3 and into the contents of About tab.

Hey rarsa,

I love this new RDP client script, but I'm having trouble running it on Puppy 2.14. Here is a link to my enquiry, just in case the problem is with the script and not Puppy 2.14

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=14909

Any assistance greatly appreciated

WhoDo wrote:Hey rarsa,

I love this new RDP client script, but I'm having trouble running it on Puppy 2.14. Here is a link to my enquiry, just in case the problem is with the script and not Puppy 2.14

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=14909

Any assistance greatly appreciated

See topic about bugs in Pup 2.14ALPHA on Puppy Developer Forum:
http://www.puppyos.net/forum/?1169851092;2

Solution:
Download and install remotedesktopclient-0.3.pup from the first page of this topic.

Dotpup:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... ch&id=2994

Leon wrote:Solution:
Download and install remotedesktopclient-0.3.pup from the first page of this topic.

Dotpup:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... ch&id=2994

Sorry, Leon. Already done that. See quote here:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 3522#93522

Thanks anyway.

WhoDo wrote:

Leon wrote:Solution:
Download and install remotedesktopclient-0.3.pup from the first page of this topic.

Dotpup:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... ch&id=2994

Sorry, Leon. Already done that. See quote here:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 3522#93522

Thanks anyway.

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 3526#93526

How about keymap forwarding, the -k switch. I was using the GUI last night but couldn't find a \ key on the remote machine without editing the script to include "-k en-gb" in the rdesktop call.

I thught it was there, but I've been working on a newer newer GTK based UI that looks twice as nice as this one. I'll post it later today.

Updated version 2.15

- I've converted the code from tk to gnocl for full GTK compliance. It now follows your GTK theme and looks great!
- I've implemented the same look as the windows application to increase familiarity
- I've implemented most of the options available on the command line

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=92220

When I saw the thumbnails, I thought, "What are Windows screenshots doing here? Must be an example or something...". Then it clicked. So I clicked on them to see the full sizes. I sat there at ImageShack trying to figure out how to see them. Then I realized the ad that looked like a dialog box wasn't an ad at all, but the screenshot So I slapped myself a second time, decided I should go to sleep soon, and came back to tell you they look great.

I'm going to have to look into this gnocl stuff.

rarsa wrote:Updated version 2.15

- I've converted the code from tk to gnocl for full GTK compliance. It now follows your GTK theme and looks great!
- I've implemented the same look as the windows application to increase familiarity
- I've implemented most of the options available on the command line

Just tested new version and found slight problem. It looks just like the RDP client in Windows, which is a plus for our client base. Only problem I found is when I click on save to store a profile - computer grabs every CPU cycle and goes into hard disk thrashing mode for several minutes with no end in sight!

I end up needing to kill the process to stop the lock up. Client connects fine otherwise.

Cheers.

WhoDo wrote:Only problem I found is when I click on save to store a profile - computer grabs every CPU cycle and goes into hard disk thrashing mode for several minutes with no end in sight!

Damn! that happened to me once but as it was just once I thought that it was something else.

I will remove the download until I fix it later today.

Thanks for the advice.

The interface looks great rarsa!

Version 2.15-2 uploaded

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=92220

I've fixed a couple of bugs:
- I've fixed the bug reported by WhoDo where the application was freezing and using 100% of computer resources if trying to save without having loaded a profile before.
- I've fixed a bug where clicking the load or save button made it forget the name of the last file saved.

This version should be solid as a rock. (yes, it is a challenge to see if you find bugs)

rarsa wrote:This version should be solid as a rock. (yes, it is a challenge to see if you find bugs)

Just call me The Wrecker!

Found a bug with v2.15-2 running under Puppy 2.15CE. When I start the application I get TWO windows, one with the GUI and one empty one. If I close either then both get closed.

Looked in the /usr/local/remotedesktopclient folder and found the following:

1. If I click remotedesktopclient.tcl then I get the two windows
2. If I click on remotedesktopclientGUI.tcl then I only get the empty one

Also found that I can no longer save and retrieve my profile settings after saving them.

Hope that helps.

Cheers

WhoDo wrote:Found a bug with v2.15-2 running under Puppy 2.15CE.

You found a bug in Puppy 2.15CE thanks to my beautifyl and solid Remote desktop client? Woow, you are lucky...

I'm guessing that the reason is that in 2.15CE you associated the .tcl extension with wish instead of associating it with tclsh.

If you execute wish, you are forcing a tk window even if Gnocl applications do not use tk.

Thats something to fix in Puppy 2.15CE... Gotcha!

My challenge is still standing

Good luck.

rarsa wrote:I'm guessing that the reason is that in 2.15CE you associated the .tcl extension with wish instead of associating it with tclsh.

Hmmmm....that still makes ME the Wrecker!

I'll fix for the next Beta.

Cheers.

WhoDo wrote:I'll fix for the next Beta.

Be carefull how you fix it.

Some tcl programs may be implicitly expecting to be run from wish instead of explicitly requiring the tk package.

If you find a program that do not start after changing to tclsh, then add the "package require Tk" line near the top.

rarsa wrote:If you find a program that do not start after changing to tclsh, then add the "package require Tk" line near the top.

Don't mean to seem obtuse, but can you explain this bit to me, please mate? I've fixed the wish/tclsh call for the next Beta, but knowing my luck it WILL break something and I'd like to know what to do when that happens. Thanks again, mate.

Cheers