Include tint2 wizard and notifyosdconfig in next release?

This kind of config app definitely has a place, I think, especially when it gives you some immediate visual feedback on what you've changed. ObConf is another good example.

Yup it is, and if I mistake my guess: 1. Notify OSD Configuration Tool is an Ubuntu tool - or that's where the link goes BUT:

notify-osd - is installed on my #! Statler - and I have no recollection of installing it myself, so maybe it's a default as well.

I see it says "desktop" - how does that work in OpenBox - or maybe it is because I also installed Xfce here as well.

Which reminds me I really should fire that session up some day 

Last edited by Sector11 (2010-08-07 18:48:37)

alpha2 should have 'tint2conf' theme switcher and when you ask the property of a config file, tintwizard is opened.

see http://code.google.com/p/tint2/wiki/Tint2conf

Last edited by thil77 (2010-08-07 17:25:08)

I should have said "link" not "like"

The link you posted goes to AmandeepGrewal's launchpad site for notifyosdconfig - and a little lower it says:

at that second links it says:

Now I know that there are #! 9.04.01 users out there si this is good for them.

next ... not having a clue what it was I went looking in #! Statler for:

Notify OSD Configuration Tool - nothing
OSD Configuration Tool  - nothing
OSD - and found: notify-osd

And since today is the first time I have seen or heard of it, I don't have the right to give a: thumbs up, or thumbs down on it because I haven't a clue what it does or how to use it. 

Does that clarify it for you?

Ah, i see what you were saying Sector11.

Since Ubuntu was the first to have notify-osd, that is the description.
And it's not in the debian repos because it isn't even in ubuntu's repos.

That said, notifyosd is the same on both systems, so theres no reason it should not work. Perhaps you could give it a try? (I'm actually running Ubuntu now, so I can't).

I never used the fortune-telling aspect of notify-osd but to think that that is all it does is to miss out on what may be a very useful addition to your system.

notify-osd is in the CrunchBang repository as package 0.9.29-0~crunchbang1 and is pulled into service by Xfce [the only DE on which I can comment] to notify of wifi connection, battery usage, and those other services that you've chosen to be aware of during your session.

It is configurable by way of .notify-osd in your /home/username file: for example I've changed the opacity, font-size, time on screen, etc to suit not only my needs but primarily my small screen size.

Agh!    Why did you have to say

Now do you know what I'm going to be doing all afternoon?!?   

Well, in my own defence I did say I had no idea what it was for 

That's OK.  The way I learned was by pushing buttons and saying oh, ahhh or oops. 

I know what it's about but not how to go about explaining how to use it. 

Do you have the original copy of .notify-osd in your /home/username file?  If so, you can compare it with this one I've modified

slot-allocation = fixed
bubble-expire-timeout = 10sec
bubble-vertical-gap = 5px
bubble-horizontal-gap = 5px
bubble-corner-radius = 14,14%
bubble-icon-size = 30px
bubble-gauge-size = 6px
bubble-width = 250px
bubble-background-color = 3C3C3C
bubble-background-opacity = 50%
text-margin-size = 10px
text-title-size = 75%
text-title-weight = bold
text-title-color = FFFFFF
text-title-opacity = 100%
text-body-size = 75%
text-body-weight = normal
text-body-color = FFFFFF
text-body-opacity = 100%
text-shadow-opacity = 0%

corenominal said

so that you could quickly check your changes and gain some wisdom or get a chuckle at the same time, I suppose. 

You could also take a look here http://translate.google.com/translate?j … &tl=en and get a better idea of what it is and what it does, especially what's detailed after the chart here Setting notify-osd. 

Like I said earlier, I'd change one line of code, click cb-fortune, rinse and repeat. 

NOTE - the code above is tailored for the seven inch screen of my eeepc 701 so you [a generic you] will have to take that into consideration when making changes to the code.

EDIT - minor changes to make it sit prettier on page 

Last edited by winotree (2010-08-08 20:26:17)