[Debian] Auxlaunch

[Ben]

Hi,

thx again Aliasid, but I've got troubles with DMS :

ben at debian-gta02:~$ ./auxlaunch -dms
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./auxlaunch", line 246, in <module>
    auxl = AuxLaunch(sys.argv)
  File "./auxlaunch", line 130, in __init__
    [dmsLbl, dmsImg, dmsCmd] = load_from_dms()
  File "./auxlaunch", line 228, in load_from_dms
    app[pair[0]] = pair[1].strip('"')
IndexError: list index out of range
ben at debian-gta02:~$ 

And I'm asking if the most interesting way is not to create a
middle-hand for a special menu (configured in .auxlaunchrc).
For exemple, on window :
 - left-hand == choice of menu
 - middle-hand == app of the menu
 - right-hand == switcher

And put in .auxlauchrc, something like :

M1=System App,/opt/myicons/system_apps.png,
M2=Games,/opt/myicons/games.png,
M3=System Fonctions,/opt/myicons/system_fonctions.png,

M1,XTerm,xterm,/usr/share/pixmaps/xterm-color_32x32.xpm,
M1,Rox,rox,/usr/share/rox/images/dirs.png,
M2,codebreaker,codebreaker,/opt/myicons/codebreaker.png,
M3,Suspend,apm -s,gtk-media-pause,
M3,Cancel,(cancel),gtk-cancel,
M3,Quit,(quit),gtk-quit,

Is it possible ? Maybe the 3 divisions will be too much ? And if the
name of the top button division is under the icon ?
I really don't know how to make that, sorry ..

Otherwise I've made a patch for AUX hide/unhide (thx
matchbox-keyboard-toggle) c.f. patch-auxlaunch_hide
Sorry if the code is horrible I really never code in PyGTK and haven't
a lot of time for it, but that works.


Le Sat, 18 Oct 2008 18:52:04 -0400,
"Al Iasid" <aliasid at gmail.com> a écrit :

> Ben, thank you for your comments! I just finished adding a command
> line option ("-dms") to add launch items from the Debian Menu System.
> (Note that it only uses DMS entries that specify "needs=x11".)
> 
> Also, I made changes based on your suggestions. I added a "-right"
> command line option to swap the button columns. And, I added code to
> attempt full-screen mode. (I'm not sure this works since I run the
> Matchbox window manager where every window is full-screen). The AUX
> button currently unhides Auxlaunch. I'll investigate causing it to
> also hide Auxlaunch. As always any input is welcome!
> 
> The top level icons (keyboard activiate, battery level, etc) are
> displayed by the really cool "openmoko-panel-plugin" (see link
> below). It is a very helpfull tool. Besides power and GSM status, it
> shows/hides the keyboard and controls Bluetooth, GPS, and USB. It is
> essential in Debian, IMHO. I think there's now a Debian package to
> help install it.
> 
> - alisid
> 
> http://projects.openmoko.org/projects/panel-plugin/
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 4:39 PM, Ben <ben at aid.xdns.eu> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > thx a lot for this nice app, I think I will leave my idesk conf for
> > it.
> >
> > Is there a way to :
> >  - use right-hand entry for making a menu switcher
> >  - making defaults sizes when auxlaunch starts (fullscreen-like ?)
> >  - use aux botton for hide/unhide auxlaunch
> > and how to get your top level icones (gsm info/battery level/etc)
> > please ?
> >
> >
> >
> > Le Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:06:30 -0400,
> > "Al Iasid" <aliasid at gmail.com> a écrit :
> >
> > > I created a wiki page with screenshot [1]. I also enhanced
> > > Auxlaunch. It now also acts as a rudimentary, finger-friendly
> > > task (window) switcher. This is an optional feature. Comments
> > > welcome,
> > >
> > > Aliasid
> > >
> > > [1] http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Auxlaunch
> > >
> > > On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 10:19 AM, Davide Scaini
> > > <dscaini at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > yes a wiki is quite necessary...
> > > > d
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 7:56 PM, Michael Shiloh
> > > > <michael at openmoko.org>wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> This is beautiful. Thanks!
> > > >>
> > > >> It is very simple, very flexible, and easy to configure.
> > > >>
> > > >> On top of that, it makes a great example program.
> > > >>
> > > >> If you have time to write up a wiki page that would be great.
> > > >> Otherwise, I'll add it to my list.
> > > >>
> > > >> Michael
> > > >>
> > > >> Al Iasid wrote:
> > > >> > Hi,
> > > >> >
> > > >> > I wanted a simple, very finger-friendly app launcher for my
> > > >> > Freerunner running Debian. I also wanted to access it using
> > > >> > the "Aux" button. So, I mixed code from the PyGTK hello world
> > > >> > example with code from matchbox-keyboard-toggle and came up
> > > >> > with "Auxlaunch". A screenshot and download link is at
> > > >> > aliasid.googlepages.com/auxlaunch
> > > >> > <http://aliasid.googlepages.com/auxlaunch> if you're
> > > >> > interested.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > At first, it minimizes and waits for the "Aux" button to be
> > > >> > pressed. Then, it pops up full screen and shows 3 large
> > > >> > buttons. You use the up and down buttons to change the top
> > > >> > button. Press the top button and the selected app starts.
> > > >> > You can configure the choices by editing the ".auxlaunchrc"
> > > >> > text file. I added an item for "Suspend" ("apm -s"), too.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >
> >
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