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Idesk is a simple program for putting icons on your X desktop. It can also manage your wallpaper with a built in changer similar to that found in Windows 7. | Idesk is a simple program for putting icons on your X desktop. It can also manage your wallpaper with a built in changer similar to that found in Windows 7. | ||
| − | ==Installation== | + | == Installation == |
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| − | then set up in your home directory: | + | [[pacman|Install]] {{Pkg|idesk}} from the official repositories, then set up in your home directory: |
$ mkdir ~/.idesktop | $ mkdir ~/.idesktop | ||
$ cp /usr/share/idesk/dot.ideskrc ~/.ideskrc | $ cp /usr/share/idesk/dot.ideskrc ~/.ideskrc | ||
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$ cp /usr/share/idesk/default.lnk ~/.idesktop/ | $ cp /usr/share/idesk/default.lnk ~/.idesktop/ | ||
(the default icon just runs Xdialog to display a little message but can be used as a template) | (the default icon just runs Xdialog to display a little message but can be used as a template) | ||
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| − | + | == Configuration == | |
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| + | The ''idesk'' package doesn't come with a man page, but it does come with a readme file: {{ic|/usr/share/idesk/README}}. There's also documentation on [http://idesk.sourceforge.net/html/usage.html '''SourceForge.net'''], even though most of the options are self-explanatory. | ||
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| + | === Background options === | ||
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If you're using another program for setting wallpaper (such as [[feh]]) the defaults will work fine (you may want to set {{ic|Background.File}} and {{ic|Background.Source}} to "/" to silence the error messages). | If you're using another program for setting wallpaper (such as [[feh]]) the defaults will work fine (you may want to set {{ic|Background.File}} and {{ic|Background.Source}} to "/" to silence the error messages). | ||
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Supported wallpaper formats include JPEG, PNG, GIF, and XPM. | Supported wallpaper formats include JPEG, PNG, GIF, and XPM. | ||
| − | ===Icons=== | + | === Icons === |
| − | Idesk looks in ~/.idesktop for files which names end with | + | |
| + | Idesk looks in {{ic|~/.idesktop}} for files which names end with {{ic|.lnk}} for icons. Each file should define one icon (if you attempt to define a second icon is will be silently ignored). Aside from ending with {{ic|.lnk}}, the files' names are not important. | ||
Example for Chromium: | Example for Chromium: | ||
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end}} | end}} | ||
| − | {{ic|Width}} and {{ic|Height}} should match the actual dimensions of the icon. {{ic|X}} and {{ic|Y}} will be modified by idesk to reflect the icon's actual position | + | {{ic|Width}} and {{ic|Height}} should match the actual dimensions of the icon. {{ic|X}} and {{ic|Y}} will be modified by idesk to reflect the icon's actual position. |
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| + | == Issues == | ||
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I've noticed that icons seem to show the contents of semi-transparent urxvt windows that are on other desktops... I'm not sure it this's the fault of idesk, urxvt, OpenBox, or xcompmgr. It's not ''that'' irritating, so I do not plan to look into it, but it is odd... --[[User:Solarshado|Solarshado]] 01:09, 3 November 2010 (EDT) | I've noticed that icons seem to show the contents of semi-transparent urxvt windows that are on other desktops... I'm not sure it this's the fault of idesk, urxvt, OpenBox, or xcompmgr. It's not ''that'' irritating, so I do not plan to look into it, but it is odd... --[[User:Solarshado|Solarshado]] 01:09, 3 November 2010 (EDT) | ||
Revision as of 14:08, 1 November 2013
Idesk is a simple program for putting icons on your X desktop. It can also manage your wallpaper with a built in changer similar to that found in Windows 7.
Installation
Install idesk from the official repositories, then set up in your home directory:
$ mkdir ~/.idesktop $ cp /usr/share/idesk/dot.ideskrc ~/.ideskrc
optional:
$ cp /usr/share/idesk/default.lnk ~/.idesktop/
(the default icon just runs Xdialog to display a little message but can be used as a template)
Configuration
The idesk package doesn't come with a man page, but it does come with a readme file: /usr/share/idesk/README. There's also documentation on SourceForge.net, even though most of the options are self-explanatory.
Background options
If you're using another program for setting wallpaper (such as feh) the defaults will work fine (you may want to set Background.File and Background.Source to "/" to silence the error messages).
Background.Source seems to take predence over Background.File; however, it is ignored if Background.Delay is set to 0.
Supported wallpaper formats include JPEG, PNG, GIF, and XPM.
Icons
Idesk looks in ~/.idesktop for files which names end with .lnk for icons. Each file should define one icon (if you attempt to define a second icon is will be silently ignored). Aside from ending with .lnk, the files' names are not important.
Example for Chromium:
chromium.lnk
table Icon Caption: Chromium ToolTip.Caption: Google's OSS Web Browser Icon: /usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/chromium.png Width: 32 Height: 32 X: 977 Y: 369 Command[0]: chromium end
Width and Height should match the actual dimensions of the icon. X and Y will be modified by idesk to reflect the icon's actual position.
Issues
I've noticed that icons seem to show the contents of semi-transparent urxvt windows that are on other desktops... I'm not sure it this's the fault of idesk, urxvt, OpenBox, or xcompmgr. It's not that irritating, so I do not plan to look into it, but it is odd... --Solarshado 01:09, 3 November 2010 (EDT)