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PCP - Puppy Control Panel

#1 Post by technosaurus »

Here is a new control panel from scratch with more options, simplified t wording as much as possible and descriptions for each option.

Try it out - it was designed for 4.2 but I think its too late to get it in. Hopefully it works ok with other Puppies???
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#2 Post by Libretto100ct »

Everything works in 411Retro except Cursors and Ptray

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#3 Post by technosaurus »

ptray is not installed by default until 4.2 (not sure about pcursor) - any suggestions for a replacement program(s) in 4.1.x series?
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#4 Post by WhoDo »

technosaurus wrote:ptray is not installed by default until 4.2 (not sure about pcursor) - any suggestions for a replacement program(s) in 4.1.x series?
Yes, ptray and pcursor are new for Puppy-4.2, although both may be backward compatible.
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#5 Post by jamesjeffries2 »

the icons for browsing and video dont appear in my install of puppy 4.00

also the plugging, gParted, antivirus and cursors buttons dont work.

great idea though, i always thought when i first started using puppy that a control panel type program would be useful

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#6 Post by technosaurus »

I don't have 4.0 but it is a user editable file ... /usr/sbin/pcp

executables are for example <action>xfprot &</action>
icons... <input file>/usr/local/lib/X11/mini-icons/mini-x.xpm</input>


More icons are located in /usr/local/lib/X11/mini-icons

Plugging = /usr/sbin/eventmanager (hotplug in 4.0??)
Gparted = /usr/sbin/gparted_shell (maybe change to gparted??)
antivirus = /usr/local/bin/xfprot (was it just fprot??)

you could either download pcursors from the forum or replace it with whatever 4.0 program you like or just delete the entry (from <frame... to ...</frame>)

p.s. I did make an attempt to figure out how to do mouse-over for the info dialogs but to no avail .... maybe a single help dialog would be more visually appealing??
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#7 Post by Lobster »

So far so good
:)
maybe a single help dialog would be more visually appealing?
It would be
A list of icons with an explanation
Most people will just click to see what the option does - no help needed
Try contacting zigbert to see if he can suggest anything

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