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Topic: add wallpaper tool, yep, thats what im making

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roberts

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Posted: Mar. 29 2008,00:56

A GUI, even a simple one for recording (burning cdroms).
We used to have bashburn, then switched to cdw. Still those are not very friendly. We recently had a question on how to set the image for a simple burn. Even if we start with a simple version it would be a start. Features can always be added later.

Apsfilter setup is another one. Currently it is very cumbersome to use with so many screens. Again even a simple version with the basics. Typically gimp-print is the one that works.

The issue, perhaps, will be trying to read the current bash scripts and /or whiptail dialogs. But even a simple version that does only gimp-print setup would be a very useful start. Sometimes, just seeing the user interface and knowing the command line usage, one can develop without ever studying the old existing code.

roberts

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Posted: Mar. 29 2008,01:24

Dialup modem configuration is another one. Many modem users have had difficulty with the initial configuration. If I recall they miss the "write configuration" option. Many of the issues are related to the flow. It is different than modern GUIs. With each update of murgaLua come new capabilities.

curaga

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Posted: Mar. 29 2008,07:42

Would X-cd-roast take too much space? It's a gtk1 burning app after all..

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jaapz

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Posted: Mar. 29 2008,21:33

Quote (roberts @ Mar. 28 2008,18:34)

Here's the senaniro, user downloads very large background to home directory. Take for example the original background that you made. Then copy to /opt/.backgrounds via your mod. Now they have two copies of a very large file in their backup. To add only copy/delete functions therefore means that the use will still have to use a file manager to avoid this situation, i.e, (to delete the duplicate in home/dsl, therfore, it would be more efficent to move it. Therefore the filemanager is the more appropriate tool. Always thinking of small machines having duplicates (especially large ones) only magifies this situation, longer, slower backups, or even "broken pipe" backup situation.

There are many GUIs that still need to be made. However as developer of DSL I reserve the right on what will be included in core DSL. There are many users whose murgaLua scripts (ucitool.lua, netcardconf.lua, flrun.lua, editor.lua, slide_puzzle.lua, and mydslBrowser.lua) have been accepted.

Of course, and u probably know it, it's not that hard to make some checkboxes in the gui where the user can select what happens to the original copy of the wallpaper he wants to add, options like "Delete Original", and "Keep Original". So that the user can choose his own. (with of course the Delete Original as default option)

And sure, u reserve the right of deciding what comes with DSL xD. I'm not blaming u for the fact u dont add my script ;-).

And i think its a good idea for u (roberts) to make a new topic with a list of GUI's that need to be made, i'll try to make some then.

@mikshaw: lol, yesterdayi thought about how cool it would be if i made a wget/download GUI script with Lua. I'll try to make some like that too.

EDIT:
again updated addWallpaper.lua, you can now select if u want to delete or keep the original image.
http://jaapz.fambro.nl/dump/wallpapertool.tar.gz

(oh, and keep in mind these are my first steps in developing ((very)little) apps ;-) )