skippy

phrakture · 2004-10-15 20:10:58

the solution for XFCE was from fluxbox......

lanrat wrote:

You can also load skippy from .xinitrc or .xsession if you do some simple trick. Detailed explanation is here (and it's one of the best I found on the net about running programs from xinitrc):
http://fluxbox.org/docbook/en/html/app-setup.html
In this case If you want to run skippy from .xinitrc put there something like this:
your_favourite_wm_start_command_here & wmpid=$!
skippy &
wait $wmpid

mdirolf · 2004-10-15 21:00:51

for some reason i havent been able to get the wmpid solution to work for me with fluxbox-devel, but for any other fluxbox users having the same problem I used a little bit of a hack - edit whatever style you are using and put as the last line

rootCommand: skippy

This way the style will run skippy when it loads... This should work with any other apps you want to start too, plus you can have different styles start different things. Its not the most elegant solution i know, but it works.
- Mike

phrakture · 2004-10-15 21:09:31

are you using startx or a DM (GDM/KDM/XDM)?

most likely you're uing a DM if this doesn't work - put these lines in .xsession instead of .xinitrc then

mdirolf · 2004-10-15 21:43:18

im using XDM and put the lines in my .xsession - skippy wont start but fluxbox does, and when i check my .xsession-errors skippy says im not using a netWM compliant window manager, when it runs fine from the terminal. Id still like to know whats wrong here? but at the same time im satisfied with my workaround now.
thanks,
mike

phrakture · 2004-10-15 22:28:41

report it as a fluxbox bug - sounds like the NetWM stuff isn't fully initialised right away

hyp0luxa · 2004-10-16 01:40:06

skippy is cool!

yowwww · 2004-10-18 23:13:54

well, done, ty for sharing

nice to be able to get features of mac os x without spending $3000, hehe

phrakture · 2004-10-18 23:20:20

well, both packages worked... for a bit... something changed and now i get keygrabbing errors....

I originally had to switch from F11 to something else (KP_Add) due to fluxbox controlling F11.

but both skippy and skippy-xd in my repo below should work

thegnu · 2004-10-25 23:02:35

nice to be able to get features of mac os x without spending $3000, hehe

That's $2999.99 plus tax. So quitcher exaggeratin'

I'm using pekWM and skippy comes up with window decorations. I was going to put skippy into the autoproperties file and disable them, but xpropping the skippy window brings up absolutely NOTHING.

Crazy, huh? wtFudge? Thanks for an awesome app anyway! I'm gonna see if it does the same in openbox!

Notze · 2004-12-23 16:16:12

I have a "problem" using it with fvwm... perhaps it is not a "bug".
Everytime i press f11 i have all windows listed but every window excluding one have no snapshots.

Notze

big_gie · 2005-03-31 22:29:25

Hey phrakture, I've changed some minor things in the PKGBUILD. Things are more clear...

skippy

PKGBUILD

pkgname=skippy
pkgver=0.5.0
pkgrel=2
pkgdesc="Full screen task switcher for NetWM or Gnome WM compliant window managers"
url="http://thegraveyard.org/skippy.php"
depends=('imlib2')
install=skippy.install
source=(http://thegraveyard.org/files/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.bz2)
md5sums=('c7b5c7f0dd870513494916afd8581323')

build() {
  cd $startdir/src/$pkgname-$pkgver
  make || return 1
  install -D -m755 $startdir/src/$pkgname-$pkgver/$pkgname 
        $startdir/pkg/usr/bin/$pkgname
  install -D -m644 $startdir/src/$pkgname-$pkgver/${pkgname}rc-default 
        $startdir/pkg/etc/skippy/${pkgname}rc-default
}

skippy.install

post_install() {
  echo "------------------------------------"
  echo "Copy /etc/skippy/skippyrc-default to ~/.skippyrc"
  echo "in your home directory and modify it to your"
  echo "liking. Remember that skippy can be used only"
  echo "with NetWM or Gnome WM compliant window managers."
  echo "For more information read skippy hompage:"
  echo "http://thegraveyard.org/skippy.php"
  echo "------------------------------------"
}

post_upgrade() {
  /bin/true
}

pre_remove() {
  /bin/true
}

post_remove() {
  /bin/true
}

op=$1
shift
$op $*

skippy-xd

PKGBUILD

pkgname=skippy-xd
pkgver=0.5.0
pkgrel=2
pkgdesc="Full screen task switcher for NetWM complaint Window Managers 
- REQUIRES XRENDER, XCOMPOSITE, XDAMAGE, and XFIXES extensions"
url="http://thegraveyard.org/skippy.php"
depends=('imlib2')
install=skippy-xd.install
source=(http://thegraveyard.org/files/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.bz2)
md5sums=('0e847845c4cb8c16f79bc4538ae288ad')

build() {
  cd $startdir/src/$pkgname-$pkgver
  make || return 1
  install -D -m755 $startdir/src/$pkgname-$pkgver/$pkgname 
        $startdir/pkg/usr/bin/$pkgname
  install -D -m644 $startdir/src/$pkgname-$pkgver/$pkgname.rc-default 
        $startdir/pkg/etc/skippy/$pkgname.rc-default
}

skippy-xd.install

post_install() {
  echo "------------------------------------"
  echo "Copy /etc/skippy/skippy-xd.rc-default to ~/.skippy-xd.rc"
  echo "in your home directory and modify it to your"
  echo "liking. Remember that skippy can be used only"
  echo "with NetWM or Gnome WM compliant window managers."
  echo "For more information read skippy hompage:"
  echo "http://thegraveyard.org/skippy.php"
  echo "------------------------------------"
}

post_upgrade() {
  /bin/true
}

pre_remove() {
  /bin/true
}

post_remove() {
  /bin/true
}

op=$1
shift
$op $*

phrakture · 2005-03-31 22:38:23

I don't really understand what you changed...

Arch Linux

#26 2004-10-15 20:10:58

Re: skippy

#27 2004-10-15 21:00:51

Re: skippy

#28 2004-10-15 21:09:31

Re: skippy

#29 2004-10-15 21:43:18

Re: skippy

#30 2004-10-15 22:28:41

Re: skippy

#31 2004-10-16 01:40:06

Re: skippy

#32 2004-10-18 23:13:54

Re: skippy

#33 2004-10-18 23:20:20

Re: skippy

#34 2004-10-25 23:02:35

Re: skippy

#35 2004-12-23 16:16:12

Re: skippy

#36 2005-03-31 22:29:25

Re: skippy

#37 2005-03-31 22:38:23

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