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Arakis

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From: Hamminkeln - Germany

Registered: 2013-08-11

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Screen caliper for Linux (gCaliper)

Hi ARCH'ers,
i've created a screen caliper / ruler for Linux to measure pixel distances with variable rotation, written in C#, using GtkSharp2. I was inspired by a proprietary windows product, and i found no equivalent application for Linux (most of them are only simple rulers), so i decided to implement one for Linux. gCaliper is 100% open source, of course.

Even if it seems that this is a simple application, it takes several days to implement this app, because using GTK was absolutely new for me. I do not use WinForms, because it needs WIN32 api calls to create shaped forms.

Maybe someone could help me to create a DEB and RPM package. And i need to know where to place/register the app icon for the application launcher. (/usr/share/icons/...?)

Suggestions are very welcome!

By the way: The theme is customizable without recompiling the source.

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gcaliper/
https://github.com/Arakis/gcaliper

Last edited by Arakis (2014-06-21 21:28:09)

Trilby

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Re: Screen caliper for Linux (gCaliper)

Maybe someone could help me to create a DEB and RPM package.

I'm really not qualified - but I've received lots of help on the same question.

You may want to see the following threads + wiki page:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=175409
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=182198
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Us … tributions

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Arakis

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From: Hamminkeln - Germany

Registered: 2013-08-11

Posts: 46

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Re: Screen caliper for Linux (gCaliper)

I read your links some weeks ago, but it seems to be a little bit complicated. Another goal is to create a "source debian package" and request for a push into the official debian repositories.

By the way, i just added the feature to use the up/down key to resize gcaliper, too. It's usefull when the caliper is in vertical mode. Lot's of other small features was added after my first post, too. For documentation, check the readme on github.

Last edited by Arakis (2014-07-21 05:10:46)