LS programming help please :)
Sunday, October 3, 2004 by werewolf | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Hi, thanks for looking.
I am trying to do something which seems to be very simple: Click the Middle mouse button and display a list of desktops from the vwm.
There is a theme, fo-src, which does this. I have looked at every .rc file I could find and I have tried the following in my theme:
I have jdesk.rc which contains the following:
jdeskworkarea "0,25,1280,974" !haven't figured out how the negative number thing works yet
*jDeskMButton3 [CTRL!none!ToggleCommand!none] << THIS WORKS
*jDeskMButton3 [!none!none!popupvwm!none]
I have popupvwm.rc which contains the following copied from the fo-src theme:
If VWM TRUE
*Popup "" !New !Popupvwm
*Popup "Desktop 1" !VWMDesk 1
*Popup "Desktop 2" !VWMDesk 2
*Popup "Desktop 3" !VWMDesk 3
*Popup "Desktop 4" !VWMDesk 4
*Popup ~New
ENDIF
I have these two entries in my theme.rc file:
include "$configDir$jdesk.rc"
include "$configDir$popupvwm.rc"
I really don't know what else to do to get this to work. I've looked through the docs for the vwm module and the jdesk module, but I can't find any docs which state "if you want to do something like this, you have to have this/these .rc file(s) and you have to make entries in these .rc files and you have to set up these themevars...."
jdesk-0.711
popup2-2.1.4
ckvwm-1.40
Thanks so much. This isn't as easy as AstonShell
David
I am trying to do something which seems to be very simple: Click the Middle mouse button and display a list of desktops from the vwm.
There is a theme, fo-src, which does this. I have looked at every .rc file I could find and I have tried the following in my theme:
I have jdesk.rc which contains the following:
jdeskworkarea "0,25,1280,974" !haven't figured out how the negative number thing works yet
*jDeskMButton3 [CTRL!none!ToggleCommand!none] << THIS WORKS
*jDeskMButton3 [!none!none!popupvwm!none]
I have popupvwm.rc which contains the following copied from the fo-src theme:
If VWM TRUE
*Popup "" !New !Popupvwm
*Popup "Desktop 1" !VWMDesk 1
*Popup "Desktop 2" !VWMDesk 2
*Popup "Desktop 3" !VWMDesk 3
*Popup "Desktop 4" !VWMDesk 4
*Popup ~New
ENDIF
I have these two entries in my theme.rc file:
include "$configDir$jdesk.rc"
include "$configDir$popupvwm.rc"
I really don't know what else to do to get this to work. I've looked through the docs for the vwm module and the jdesk module, but I can't find any docs which state "if you want to do something like this, you have to have this/these .rc file(s) and you have to make entries in these .rc files and you have to set up these themevars...."
jdesk-0.711
popup2-2.1.4
ckvwm-1.40
Thanks so much. This isn't as easy as AstonShell
David
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werewolf
Reply #2 Sunday, October 3, 2004 9:54 PM
Reply #2 Sunday, October 3, 2004 9:54 PM
Hi Jafo,
Thanks for your advice.
Didn't help. Nothing happens at all on ctrl-middlemousebutton (which is the scroll wheel, if that makes a difference)
[Message Edited]
Thanks for your advice.
Didn't help. Nothing happens at all on ctrl-middlemousebutton (which is the scroll wheel, if that makes a difference)
[Message Edited]
Jafo
Reply #3 Sunday, October 3, 2004 9:57 PM
Reply #3 Sunday, October 3, 2004 9:57 PM
Got a link to the theme that this works in?
If I ran it I might be able to see where your problem is...
werewolf
Reply #4 Sunday, October 3, 2004 10:06 PM I just found it in the Wincusto libraries. I think I got it originally from the litestep.net libs.
https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?Library=6&skinid=336
The author of this theme didn't arrange his .rc's in the same way mine is, so it's a little confusing. This whole .rc thing is a bit confusing
Everything says to make an entry in the step.rc file, but all the themes I've looked at, most of the stuff is in the theme.rc file. This is fun 
Reply #4 Sunday, October 3, 2004 10:06 PM
I just found it in the Wincusto libraries. I think I got it originally from the litestep.net libs.https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?Library=6&skinid=336
The author of this theme didn't arrange his .rc's in the same way mine is, so it's a little confusing. This whole .rc thing is a bit confusing
Everything says to make an entry in the step.rc file, but all the themes I've looked at, most of the stuff is in the theme.rc file. This is fun 
werewolf
Reply #5 Sunday, October 3, 2004 10:08 PM
Reply #5 Sunday, October 3, 2004 10:08 PM
Something else that's fun:
the LSXcommand bar. If you set the thing to have a transparent edit area, it won't go away, no matter what command you give it.
the LSXcommand bar. If you set the thing to have a transparent edit area, it won't go away, no matter what command you give it.
werewolf
Reply #8 Sunday, October 3, 2004 10:17 PM
Reply #8 Sunday, October 3, 2004 10:17 PM
yeah it is a bit plain compared to the one you're current working on , but what doesn't
(It has features I wanted to learn about.)
, but what doesn't (It has features I wanted to learn about.)
Jafo
Reply #9 Sunday, October 3, 2004 10:18 PM
Reply #9 Sunday, October 3, 2004 10:18 PM
LS was at 50%....had to kill it as the theme was borked
werewolf
Reply #10 Sunday, October 3, 2004 10:19 PM
Reply #10 Sunday, October 3, 2004 10:19 PM
You could try where I got it originally:
http://www.litestep.net/index.php?section=2&action=details&id=790
You have to be a subscriber or whatever
http://www.litestep.net/index.php?section=2&action=details&id=790
You have to be a subscriber or whatever
Jafo
Reply #11 Sunday, October 3, 2004 10:21 PM
Reply #11 Sunday, October 3, 2004 10:21 PM
now I have to work out what's wrong with the theme itself....has one hell of a leak somewhere
werewolf
Reply #12 Sunday, October 3, 2004 10:22 PM
Reply #12 Sunday, October 3, 2004 10:22 PM
Also, could you please tell me why
CommandX 350
CommandY 488
puts the bar at the bottom of my 1280x1024 screen?
CommandX 350
CommandY 488
puts the bar at the bottom of my 1280x1024 screen?
werewolf
Reply #13 Sunday, October 3, 2004 10:22 PM
Reply #13 Sunday, October 3, 2004 10:22 PM
Hmm I never had any problems with the theme from litestep.net. Sorry Jafo.
Jafo
Reply #15 Sunday, October 3, 2004 10:24 PM
Reply #15 Sunday, October 3, 2004 10:24 PM
OK...back in Antares.....now I'll have a closer look...
Jafo
Reply #16 Sunday, October 3, 2004 10:27 PM
Reply #16 Sunday, October 3, 2004 10:27 PM
Stupid amount of complexity with all those rc's.....waste of time....
Jafo
Reply #18 Sunday, October 3, 2004 10:29 PM
Reply #18 Sunday, October 3, 2004 10:29 PM
I'll try switching now from within the loaded theme...instead of 'expecting' it to load correctly on install
Jafo
Reply #19 Sunday, October 3, 2004 10:31 PM
Reply #19 Sunday, October 3, 2004 10:31 PM
nope....there's a specific problem here....perhaps with my use of RC3 of LS......desktop leaks like a sieve...as if no images load because of lost path....
belay that....it loaded....took about 30 seconds or more
Jafo
Reply #20 Sunday, October 3, 2004 10:35 PM
Reply #20 Sunday, October 3, 2004 10:35 PM
Why do people insist on wanting desktop icons...and a bottom bar that looks so much like Exploder....why not use Exploder and be done with it?
Looks like my standard popup causes it to go gaga looking for images that don't exist.......I can sort that but I'm wondering what other dramas are in store...
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Reply #1 Sunday, October 3, 2004 9:51 PM
comment out that one....to check it's not conflicting with the next line...