App Launcher - adeskbar

axion419 · 2009-02-05 02:28:45

I found this application on the crunchbang linux forums. It is a python/pygtk application and it has its own configuration program built it.
I think people on here might like it. I installed by downloading the tar file, unzipping and running ./adeskbar-conf to configure the app and then ./adeskbar to run it. It can sit on the bottom,top,left or right and can autohide. Transparency does not work with xcompmgr, but does with compiz.

https://launchpad.net/adeskbar
latest version http://www.ad-comp.be/public/projets/AD … -4.tar.bz2
forum post http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic … r-openbox/
youtube vid - http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=FR&hl=fr&v=fLxEGIbVf-s

Last edited by axion419 (2009-02-05 02:29:35)

waytin · 2009-02-05 04:33:41

Wow, that's what I keep looking for, but I just install Cairo-dock for my apps launcher....

Thank you, perhaps I'll try it one day.

Ghost1227 · 2009-02-05 05:41:41

Merry Christmas - adeskbar

pjjanak · 2009-02-05 13:03:03

Something also to look into is the latest release of Gnome-do. It has a pretty nice dock interface called Docky! For those who don't know, gnome-do is an application launcher of awesomness. It opens files, opens programs, gets you girlfriends, drinks your milkshake, and a myriad of other things. Using it will really help you understand. But, the docky interface is a smart dock that customizes itself to your usage patterns. Do you open firefox a lot? A launcher will be created on the dock, and so on.

Plus, it's really sexy! Give it a try!

I've never heard of adeskbar, though. Is it rather new? I'd assume it would've been mentioned whenever AWN came up in conversation.

Peter

Last edited by pjjanak (2009-02-05 13:08:12)

moljac024 · 2009-02-05 23:35:58

Hey, I just tried this out and it's the first dock / app launcher I like

axion419 · 2009-02-06 01:37:55

running your bzr pkgbuild and it works great, thanks. Also, I think it is around 2 months old.

Last edited by axion419 (2009-02-06 01:39:01)

ADcomp · 2009-02-06 12:24:30

Hello .. thanks axion419 / Ghost1227 to present my little application It's pretty cool !

@pjjanak : docky looks very promising ..

(sorry for my poor english)

Bye

Last edited by ADcomp (2009-02-06 12:35:06)

Mr Green · 2009-02-06 20:26:45

 adeskbar-conf 
/usr/bin/adeskbar-conf: line 2: /usr/share/adeskbar/-conf: No such file or directory

Change -conf to adeskbar-conf :-)

#!/bin/bash
/usr/share/adeskbar/adeskbar-conf

cdwillis · 2009-02-06 22:53:40

This looks like what I was looking for a few months ago, but I just set up Xfce-panel like a dock now.

ADcomp · 2009-03-15 20:13:17

Hi,

Some news ..

Now you can use more than one bar .. ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5CX3BLPF_0 )
use .desktop file ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0XfTCV6awk )
multilingual , less buggy, ..

source : https://launchpad.net/adeskbar

Bye ..

David [a.k.a] ADcomp

ADcomp · 2009-07-20 10:45:05

Hello,

new release .. http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=26910

!!! lot of changes in code ( 0.1.6 => 0.1.7 ) .. so you must delete old config and reconfigure a new bar .. sorry

rm -rf ~/.config/adeskbar

. .

New video 1 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNvbiaSzFf4
New video 2 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDu4LLNFV1k

Bye ..

geoisis · 2009-07-25 00:26:19

i can't get it to work with pekwm...it shows up and then it stays hidden...mouse over won't bring it up

ADcomp · 2009-07-25 02:32:58

hi geoisis,

I never try pekwm before. So I can't really help you. I just install pekwm , same thing append for me I don't know what 's wrong with this WM ...
If you set "hidden size" to 4 or 5 px , adeskbar bring up on mouse over .. ( you can change this value in config file : ~/.config/adeskbar/config )
I use openbox , so I develop and test ADeskBar for openbox , but it works fine with xfce , fvwm, gnome, ..

Maybe you should add some stuff into your pekwm' config ?

Again , sorry I can't help a lot ( and for my 'scrappy' english, too )

DonVla · 2009-07-25 15:54:25

hey adcomp!

adeskbar is really nice.
but you cannot add commands with options (smth like "/usr/bin/gmusicbrowser -launch_or_cmd ShowHide");
i always get this error:

[ADB] config = config
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/adeskbar/adeskbar", line 46, in <module>
    bar = ADeskBar.Bar(cfg_file)
  File "/usr/share/adeskbar/ADeskBar/__init__.py", line 178, in __init__
    self.load_config()
  File "/usr/share/adeskbar/ADeskBar/__init__.py", line 181, in load_config
    self.config = read_config(self.cfg_file)
  File "/usr/share/adeskbar/ADeskBar/core.py", line 70, in read_config
    desc, icon, cmd = tmp[1].split('##')
ValueError: need more than 1 value to unpack

and the mouseover aminations do not seem to work like in the youtube video. actually only the hover zoom works.
have i missed smth?

vlad

ADcomp · 2009-07-25 18:25:04

Hi DonVla,

It's strange .. It should work. I use command like "xdotool key meta+space" or "midori www.ad-comp.be" , and it works fine for me ..
Can you copy/paste ( pastebin ? ) your config file ? take a look ~/.config/adeskbar/config

here an launcher' example :

## Example : launcher = <command>##<icon>##<description>
launcher = firefox##/usr/share/pixmaps/firefox-3.0.png##Web Browser
launcher = midori www.ad-comp.be##/usr/share/icons//hicolor/48x48/apps/midori.png##Home Page
launcher = xdotool key meta+space##/mnt/data/images/adeskbar/menu.png##Openbox Menu

If you want "animation", "zoom" checkbox should not be selected ..

Thanks for your feedback, bye

## EDIT

This is an "alpha release" so it's for testing .. source : http://www.ad-comp.be/public/projets/AD … .3.tar.bz2

* bar size, icon padding / icon spacing , % fade when inactive, new 'form' for background, some change into UI settings ..
* line and curve form/syle are "in progress" , "Use image as background" need some work around ( mask with cairo drawing/form ? )

New video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqrDPqauS14

Last edited by ADcomp (2009-07-25 18:43:46)

geoisis · 2009-07-26 20:34:14

ADcomp wrote:

hi geoisis,
I never try pekwm before. So I can't really help you. I just install pekwm , same thing append for me I don't know what 's wrong with this WM ...
If you set "hidden size" to 4 or 5 px , adeskbar bring up on mouse over .. ( you can change this value in config file : ~/.config/adeskbar/config )
I use openbox , so I develop and test ADeskBar for openbox , but it works fine with xfce , fvwm, gnome, ..
Maybe you should add some stuff into your pekwm' config ?
Again , sorry I can't help a lot ( and for my 'scrappy' english, too )

hello again

changing the "hidden size" did the trick, but i finally found the solution. if you use pekwm you must set the "EdgeSize" in config file to "0 0 0 0".
i assume having the "hidden size" to "1", and the "edgesize" to "1 1 1 1" didn't allow adeskbar to showup when the mouse was over it.

thanx again and keep rocking

btw i use adeskbar-svn

one more thing...for opacity to work i need xcompmgr right?

Last edited by geoisis (2009-07-26 20:36:00)

ADcomp · 2009-07-26 21:34:22

@ geoisis : Thanks for your feedback .. and yes , it works without composite ( xcompmgr , compiz , .. ) but for opacity , you need it.

DonVla · 2009-07-29 14:12:31

hey ADcomp,

tried now version 1.7.3. works great so far!
though the config file bug still exists. the problematic entries are:

launcher =catfish --method=slocate --path=/home --fileman=rox##/home/vlad/.icons/black-white_2-Vista_big/scalable/apps/tracker-applet-indexing1.png##catfish
launcher =export OPERAPLUGINWRAPPER_PRIORITY=0 && /usr/bin/opera -style skulpture -notrayicon##/home/vlad/.wbar.icons/opera_black.png##Opera

when i uncomment them adeskbar runs fine.
once again, really good work!

thanks,
vlad

ADcomp · 2009-07-29 14:27:35

@ DonVla : Thanks for your feedback. With this , I found where is (my stupid mistake) the bug. I update quickly

By the way, i'm working on little 'menu' for adeskbar ( but you can launch it as standalone ) :

Bye

Last edited by ADcomp (2009-07-29 14:33:23)

ADcomp · 2009-07-29 15:10:56

Hi DonVla,

If you can't wait .. simply apply this change in /usr/share/adeskbar/ADeskBar/core.py , line ~85

            desc, icon, cmd = tmp[1].split('##')

            tmp2 = line[len(tmp[0])+1:]
            desc, icon, cmd = tmp2.split('##')

nb : take care .. Python uses indentation to mark blocks of code.

DonVla · 2009-07-29 17:43:05

thanks ADcomp.

tried that and it works fine now (1.7.3).
kicked wbar"

thefatprecious · 2009-07-29 22:15:09

This is fantastic! Goodbye wbar is right!

DonVla · 2009-07-29 22:26:39

hello ADComp,

i have a feature request .
i like the auto-hide option;
with an opened window, it would be nice if adeskbar would stay below,
but visible when root desktop is shown - like without auto-hide.
when the cursor hits the screen border adeskbar pops up above the window - like with auto-hide enabled.
i don't know if it's hard to implement.
i think it is a nice and useful feature.

vlad

ADcomp · 2009-07-29 22:34:59

Hi,

Thanks guys ..

@DonVla : cool feature but at this time, I can't do it .. I just started python and I'm not a guru So if i found a work around for this , I add it soon as possible.

Bye

DonVla · 2009-07-31 13:41:02

hi ADComp,

adeskbar still hangs because of the

launcher =export OPERAPLUGINWRAPPER_PRIORITY=0 && /usr/bin/opera -style skulpture -notrayicon##/home/vlad/.wbar.icons/opera_black.png##Opera

line.
when i try to start opera by clicking on the opera icon in adeskbar, i get this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/adeskbar/ADeskBar/__init__.py", line 401, in expose
    self.draw_launcher(cr)
  File "/usr/share/adeskbar/ADeskBar/__init__.py", line 445, in draw_launcher
    x, y = self.focus.x0 , self.focus.y0
AttributeError: Launcher instance has no attribute 'x0'
./exec_cmd.sh: line 6: exec: export: not found
ERROR: ld.so: object 'libjvm.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object 'libawt.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
OpenOffice path is '/usr/lib/go-openoffice'

and adeskbar hangs.
i have to kill it with ctrl-c or kill command.

vlad

ps: the last four lines are opera related.
opera starts fine, adeskbar hangs.

Last edited by DonVla (2009-07-31 13:42:45)

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