How To - Latest Tint2 Code and New Tint2 Additions

ew · 2012-10-31 03:07:15

VastOne wrote:

Not spamming... That is what we are here for!
Show me a pic of both the launcher and tasks...
It is my guess that you are telling the launchers what to be from the .desktop file, the tasks will be the same IF they are in the Linux-Lex directory...
So whatever you are using that is separate and not part of Linux-Lex, you just need to copy them to
/home/your user name/.icons/LinuxLex-8/mimetypes
and possibly
/home/your user name/.icons/LinuxLex-8/apps
No worries ew!

Pic here:
Launchers to the left, and tasks to the right. Then you will see that the google icons doesnt match The three other tasks are Thunar, Geany and Brasero, and as you see it doesnt match. I haven`t stored the linux lex icons in my home folder, I have stored them in /usr/share/pixmaps, and I tell my launchers to get them from pixmaps....

VastOne · 2012-10-31 03:11:39

^ How are you telling OB to use Linux-Lex as your default icon set?

ew · 2012-10-31 11:29:02

VastOne wrote:

^ How are you telling OB to use Linux-Lex as your default icon set?

I`m not. By your question I understand that I need to do that somehow, but I don`t know how. I have just selected linux-lex icons for the desktop files in .tint2launchers....

I guess it`s better to move the linux lex-icons to

/home/user/.icons

and then add other icons to that folder. That way it`s easier to keep track of the icons that I`m using, instead of having everything mixed up in "pixmaps". I still need a way to tell OB to use them though, it`s obviously not enough to choose icons for the launchers....

##Edit: Solved, User Interface Settings. To easy for me, my mind doesn`t work like that. I assume everything is complicated:)))

Last edited by ew (2012-10-31 11:39:02)

ew · 2012-11-01 01:50:59

Quick question about tint2. Is it possible to use separators with labels, and labels below the launcher icons? So that I can sort my icons in different categorys. Having a separator labeled "System Tools" and put launchers below it, and then have another separator labeled "Internet" and launchers below that one, etc....

I have tried to add labeled separators, but haven`t succeeded...

I`m working to create a left menu that pops up when you click a start-button in the bottom left corner, and then automatically closes when you hit a launcher. Everything works perfectly. The only thing left to do, is to sort the launchers in categorys, and perhaps put a label below each launcher...

If it isn`t possible, then I`ll work around it. I could do it by using a separate tint2 panel for each category, but if I could get it all into one panel, then I would prefer that. I guess my main problem is how to add text between launchers, and add labels to the launchers ...

VastOne · 2012-11-01 01:53:53

Here is a great site for tint2 config info

It has everything that can be done with tint2 configs and some great examples.

It is also where the developers hang out and suggestions are encouraged.

ew · 2012-11-01 01:58:20

VastOne wrote:

Here is a great site for tint2 config info
It has everything that can be done with tint2 configs and some great examples.
It is also where the developers hang out and suggestions are encouraged.

Thanks. Then I think I`ll hang there a bit, because giving up is not in my vocabulary:)))

ew · 2012-11-02 01:28:52

Hi,

I`m struggling with the same issue that is reported here:
http://code.google.com/p/tint2/issues/detail?id=168

I have installed LinuxLex-8 and I have chosen it in "User Interface Settings". It works nearly with everything, but not with Tint2. I have manually linked every launcher to a png. file in LinuLex-8/apps, and the correct icon is displayed for the Launchers, no problem there. However, when I launch an app then Tint2 displays a totally different icon in the taskbar. What makes it even stranger is that Tint2 taskbar displays the LL-8 icon for some apps, but not for others. I have ensured that all the icons I want to use are present both in the apps folder and in the mimetype folders. I have also ensured that the theme is duplicated and present both in the icons folder and the pixmap folder, but it still wont work.

Some of the apps I`m struggling with are, Geany, Thunar, Gmplayer, GpicView, Gimp, Synaptic and more...

The apps where i have succeeded to match the launcher and task icon is Chromium, Brasero, Abiword, and Transmission. Every other app I have tried mismatch between the launcher and the taskbar icons. Geany is terrible, it displays that ugly yellow pocal in the taskbar.... What should i do? I deleted the pocal everywwhere I found it, but I obviously must have missed something, because it stick regardless of which Icon Theme I choose....

Would it help to rename the desktop files to something else, to ensure that it will use the custom icon both in the launcher and taskbar panels? Setting the icon theme in the tint2 config files has no effect at all...

I got a bit confused by the discussion at code-google, is this a openbox problem, a tint2 problem, a CB problem or an application problem?

VastOne · 2012-11-02 02:21:01

I do not think it can be considered a CrunchBang problem because all #! uses is a working shell of tint2 and is not responsible for user changes to the default.

I use the same thing in my OB environment, LL-8, the same tint2 files, same locations and everything works just the same for me for my stock tint2 layout and icons.

I just ran Gimp and synaptic, what I see are the /usr/share/pixmaps icons, and not the LL-8 icon. I ran Thunar and am seeing a bizarre icon that I cannot find anywhere on my machine, an ugly face. Even though I copied the correct Thunar.png to /usr/share/pixmaps, it still shows up wrong in Tint2.

I think the issue is /usr/share/pixmaps. It seems to be loading the icons from there before anything else... Instead of the default/selected/chosen Icon theme (LL-8).

In all of my Xfce4 menus, it is showing the correct icons that coincide with the .desktop files AND the LL-8 icon. Xfce4 uses .desktop files just like tint2 BUT correctly uses the default/selected/chosen Icon theme (LL-8)...

I am curious if /usr/share/pixmaps was not available what would tint2 then show.

Bottom line, this IS a tint2 issue. I will respond on that thread and let them know it is an issue with them.

Congrats ew, you now have me just as frustrated... tongue

Sector11 · 2012-11-02 03:06:39

VastOne wrote:

I just ran Gimp and synaptic, what I see are the /usr/share/pixmaps icons, and not the LL-8 icon. I ran Thunar and am seeing a bizarre icon that I cannot find anywhere on my machine, an ugly face. Even though I copied the correct Thunar.png to /usr/share/pixmaps, it still shows up wrong in Tint2.
Congrats ew, you now have me just as frustrated...

Actually you do that that "ugly face" in your ICON set. Thunar is not using the program Icon, It's using the "folder icon" for Home, open the "Trash" directory and you'll see a Trash Can.

<<-- Thunar is telling you where you are!

VastOne · 2012-11-02 03:14:14

^ Thanks Sector11, that one was driving me crazy.

So by renaming a correct Thunar.png to replace the current /home/vastone/.icons/LinuxLex-8/places/user-home.png solves one problem, but it is a very long way around the issue, IMO.

Edit .. I did confirm that this did correct the Thunar issue.

It still makes no sense as to why every menu item anywhere uses the correct LL-8 icons but Tint2 does not.

Last edited by VastOne (2012-11-02 03:16:20)

ew · 2012-11-02 11:04:37

VastOne wrote:

I do not think it can be considered a CrunchBang problem because all #! uses is a working shell of tint2 and is not responsible for user changes to the default.
I use the same thing in my OB environment, LL-8, the same tint2 files, same locations and everything works just the same for me for my stock tint2 layout and icons.
I just ran Gimp and synaptic, what I see are the /usr/share/pixmaps icons, and not the LL-8 icon. I ran Thunar and am seeing a bizarre icon that I cannot find anywhere on my machine, an ugly face. Even though I copied the correct Thunar.png to /usr/share/pixmaps, it still shows up wrong in Tint2.
I think the issue is /usr/share/pixmaps. It seems to be loading the icons from there before anything else... Instead of the default/selected/chosen Icon theme (LL-8).
In all of my Xfce4 menus, it is showing the correct icons that coincide with the .desktop files AND the LL-8 icon. Xfce4 uses .desktop files just like tint2 BUT correctly uses the default/selected/chosen Icon theme (LL-8)...
I am curious if /usr/share/pixmaps was not available what would tint2 then show.
Bottom line, this IS a tint2 issue. I will respond on that thread and let them know it is an issue with them.
Congrats ew, you now have me just as frustrated...

LOL, you`re welcome. I have worked 24/7 the last two days trying to get those icons correct, and it`s safe to say that I started go get a bit frustrated. Nice to see that it`s not just me.... LOL

Sector11 · 2012-11-02 14:44:36

VastOne wrote:

^ Thanks Sector11, that one was driving me crazy.
So by renaming a correct Thunar.png to replace the current /home/vastone/.icons/LinuxLex-8/places/user-home.png solves one problem, but it is a very long way around the issue, IMO.
Edit .. I did confirm that this did correct the Thunar issue.
It still makes no sense as to why every menu item anywhere uses the correct LL-8 icons but Tint2 does not.

And issue or feature - Thunar defaults to showing the folder your are in, if you have a specific folder for "Music" it will probably show that

Here's Serctor11 on desktop 2 and Root on desktop 3

ew · 2012-11-02 23:48:20

Sector11 wrote:

VastOne wrote:
^ Thanks Sector11, that one was driving me crazy.
So by renaming a correct Thunar.png to replace the current /home/vastone/.icons/LinuxLex-8/places/user-home.png solves one problem, but it is a very long way around the issue, IMO.
Edit .. I did confirm that this did correct the Thunar issue.
It still makes no sense as to why every menu item anywhere uses the correct LL-8 icons but Tint2 does not.
And issue or feature - Thunar defaults to showing the folder your are in, if you have a specific folder for "Music" it will probably show that
Here's Serctor11 on desktop 2 and Root on desktop 3
http://t.imgbox.com/achrAuzW.jpg

Correct. It shows the icon for the folder you are in. I can`t decide whether that`s good or bad, I guess it`s a choice of preferance. So maybe if I replace that ugly head with a pic of someone prettier, then I probably could live with it. That ugly yellow tepot that tint2 uses for Geany is much worse. It`s so ugly that I consider replacing Geany with something else:)

If anyone just could tell me where tint2 finds that ugly teapot, then it would be nice. I have tried deleting it from pixmaps, and from icons/hicolor but tint2 still finds it. Grrrr... lol:)

Last edited by ew (2012-11-02 23:49:04)

VastOne · 2012-11-03 00:05:51

^ Medit is an excellent editor that I use... Very lite, is a lot like gedit but has none of the gnome dependencies that gedit has.

You might also want to look at SpaceFM to replace Thunar... IMO it is loads better and lighter with tabs and add ons.

With both of these you can easily change their icons, which is what I have done.

ew · 2012-11-03 00:10:19

VastOne wrote:

^ Medit is an excellent editor that I use... Very lite, is a lot like gedit but has none of the gnome dependencies that gedit has.
You might also want to look at SpaceFM to replace Thunar... IMO it is loads better and lighter with tabs and add ons.
With both of these you can easily change their icons, which is what I have done.

I`ll try them. But if I choose to replace thunar, should I start the new filemanager daemon in autostart, like thunar is being started now?

VastOne · 2012-11-03 00:12:03

^ SpaceFM can be started as a daemon with the -d flag. I do not use it as a daemon, but you could if you need to.

ew · 2012-11-03 00:25:21

VastOne wrote:

^ SpaceFM can be started as a daemon with the -d flag. I do not use it as a daemon, but you could if you need to.

Ok. Thanks. But at least I`ll remove Thunar as a daemon.... I didn`t find SpaceFM with synaptic, but I found it with google. Should I choose the deb. package with HAL, or the one without HAL...

Last edited by ew (2012-11-03 00:26:05)

Sector11 · 2012-11-03 00:25:32

Everywhere I look RE Tint2 Icons:

The icons are not taken from a theme, they are drawn from the application

As seen here:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=141152

http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=12471

http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic. … 437#p45437

VastOne · 2012-11-03 00:27:24

ew wrote:

VastOne wrote:
^ SpaceFM can be started as a daemon with the -d flag. I do not use it as a daemon, but you could if you need to.
Ok. Thanks. But at least I`ll remove Thunar as a daemon.... I didn`t find SpaceFM with synaptic, but I found it with google. Should I choose the deb. package with HAL, or the one without HAL...

One without hal will be the correct one.

ew · 2012-11-03 00:34:57

Sector11 wrote:

Everywhere I look RE Tint2 Icons:
The icons are not taken from a theme, they are drawn from the application
As seen here:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=141152
http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=12471
http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic. … 437#p45437

If that is correct, why do tint2 use the LL-8 icons for Chromium and Brasero? Those are showing correct for me..

VastOne · 2012-11-03 00:37:19

^ It is obvious... Chromium and Brasero are smarter... wink

I think Sector11 was only pointing out that this is an issue that has been going on for a long long time.

I do not see a fix for it.

dura · 2012-11-03 00:45:29

ew wrote:

That ugly yellow tepot that tint2 uses for Geany is much worse. It`s so ugly that I consider replacing Geany with something else:)

ugly teapot? I thought that was the geany's lamp, who might make our dreams come true?

I quite like it, especially with colours twiddled a bit... glasses

ew · 2012-11-03 00:47:35

VastOne wrote:

^ It is obvious... Chromium and Brasero are smarter...
I think Sector11 was only pointing out that this is an issue that has been going on for a long long time.
I do not see a fix for it.

Ok. I have installed SpaceFM, and get this warning :

ew@crunchbang11-m70:~$ spacefm

** (spacefm:10912): WARNING **: No root settings found in /etc/spacefm/  Setting 
a root editor in Preferences should remove this warning on startup.   Otherwise 
commands run as root may present a security risk.

Not quite sure what to put as Roots Editor in preferences...

VastOne · 2012-11-03 00:51:25

I have it as

medit %F

because medit is what I use... Put in your editor with %F is all you need.

ew · 2012-11-03 00:56:18

VastOne wrote:

I have it as
medit %F
because medit is what I use... Put in your editor with %F is all you need.

OK. Thanks- I see the %F in ssome of the desktop-files. Why the %F? It launches fine without... I seem to remember that some desktop-files used % with other letters too... was it %U?

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