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jerem

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From: France

Registered: 2005-01-15

Posts: 310

[REQUESTED] aDesklets , a very nice gDesklets replacement

I recently tried aDesklets on my Gentoo box and I think this software is a must-have in Arch repositories.

It is a gDesklets replacement ( a Desklet is an eye-candy desktop enhancement like a docker, a launchbar, a nice-drawn weather information post-it, etc... )
with only two dependencies : imlib2 and, of course, X-server.

It is lightning fast(because of imlib2) and it looks awesome on my desktop.

http://adesklets.sourceforge.net/desklets.html

For those who will install it from source, here is some advice on how to configure it :

The desklets *.py scripts must be run once. Then you right-click on the desklet and move it where you want it to be.
Then exit X, and have a look at ~/.adesklets and edit it to your likings.

To start the desklet :

nano -w ~/.xinitrc

#blablablah
adesklets &
exec mywm

and NOT

randomdesklet.py &
exec mywm

Think of the *.py scripts they are installation scripts and then sould not be run to actually launch the program.

stonecrest

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From: Boulder

Registered: 2005-01-22

Posts: 1,190

Re: [REQUESTED] aDesklets , a very nice gDesklets replacement

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=10126

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phrakture

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From: behind you

Registered: 2003-10-29

Posts: 7,879

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Re: [REQUESTED] aDesklets , a very nice gDesklets replacement

locking, because the link to the actual post exists

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