TextShadowEdit

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements

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Description:

This is a simple Control Center module one can use to change the look of the shadows under the desktop icons.

Many people complained about ugly default shadows, but there was no easy way (say a GUI) to change this.

You can use this little tool to change this.

Have fun!

Please let me know if it was useful for you.
Last changelog:

16 years ago

05/01/03 - V0.1.1
- Decay-Combo now enables the Apply-Button.
- No debug-messages anymore
- Fixed the build-system
- Removed dummy-docs -> results in smaller source-package
- Removed some unneeded files from the package

05/01/01 - V0.1 initial release

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kosmas

15 years ago

Do you know why on Mandriva 2006 with kde 3.4.3 compiled from sources textshadowedit does not link?
Here is the error:
/bin/sh ../libtool --silent --mode=link --tag=CXX g++ -Wnon-virtual-dtor -Wno-long-long -Wundef -Wall -W -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -ansi -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -D_BSD_SOURCE -Wcast-align -Wconversion -Wchar-subscripts -O2 -Wformat-security -Wmissing-format-attribute -fno-exceptions -fno-check-new -fno-common -o kcm_textshadowedit.la -rpath /usr/lib/kde3 -avoid-version -module -no-undefined -Wl,--no-undefined -Wl,--allow-shlib-undefined -L/usr/X11R6/lib -L/usr/lib/qt3/lib -L/usr/lib textshadowedit.lo shadowpreviewwidget.lo shadowconfig.lo -lkdeinit_kdesktop -lkdeui
.libs/shadowpreviewwidget.o: In function `ShadowPreviewWidget::cleanup()':
shadowpreviewwidget.cpp:(.text+0x27): undefined reference to `KShadowEngine::~KShadowEngine()'
.libs/shadowpreviewwidget.o: In function `ShadowPreviewWidget::init(QString)':
shadowpreviewwidget.cpp:(.text+0xa1b): undefined reference to `KShadowSettings::KShadowSettings()'
shadowpreviewwidget.cpp:(.text+0xae2): undefined reference to `KShadowEngine::KShadowEngine(KShadowSettings*)'
.libs/shadowpreviewwidget.o: In function `ShadowPreviewWidget::selectionType() const':
shadowpreviewwidget.cpp:(.text+0xb73): undefined reference to `KShadowSettings::selectionType() const'
.libs/shadowpreviewwidget.o: In function `ShadowPreviewWidget::algorithm() const':
shadowpreviewwidget.cpp:(.text+0xdf5): undefined reference to `KShadowSettings::algorithm() const'
.libs/shadowpreviewwidget.o: In function `ShadowPreviewWidget::factor() const':
shadowpreviewwidget.cpp:(.text+0xe56): undefined reference to `KShadowSettings::multiplicationFactor() const'
.libs/shadowpreviewwidget.o: In function `ShadowPreviewWidget::offsetX() const':
shadowpreviewwidget.cpp:(.text+0x10f5): undefined reference to `KShadowSettings::offsetX() const'
.libs/shadowpreviewwidget.o: In function `ShadowPreviewWidget::offsetY() const':
shadowpreviewwidget.cpp:(.text+0x1265): undefined reference to `KShadowSettings::offsetY() const'
.libs/shadowpreviewwidget.o: In function `ShadowPreviewWidget::thickness() const':
shadowpreviewwidget.cpp:(.text+0x13d5): undefined reference to `KShadowSettings::thickness() const'
.libs/shadowpreviewwidget.o: In function `ShadowPreviewWidget::transparency() const':
shadowpreviewwidget.cpp:(.text+0x1565): undefined reference to `KShadowSettings::maxOpacity() const'
.libs/shadowpreviewwidget.o: In function `ShadowPreviewWidget::updatePreview()':
shadowpreviewwidget.cpp:(.text+0x1734): undefined reference to `KShadowEngine::makeShadow(QPixmap const&, QColor const&)'
shadowpreviewwidget.cpp:(.text+0x1877): undefined reference to `KShadowSettings::offsetY() const'
shadowpreviewwidget.cpp:(.text+0x1895): undefined reference to `KShadowSettings::offsetX() const'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [kcm_textshadowedit.la] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/a/textshadowedit-0.1.1/src'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/a/textshadowedit-0.1.1'
make: *** [all] Error 2

Any suggetsion would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Kosmas.

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Superstoned

15 years ago

can you please try to get these KDE folks include this :D

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aivs

16 years ago

What about to add a list with samle?
Sample from http://kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=12380

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18volt

16 years ago

Much easier and convenient to change desktop shadows with your program

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Lenz

16 years ago

Hi,

First I have to say: great program!
But, I have a question. Which config file does this program change? And I also have a suggestion for future versions: A possibility to restore the original setting would be nice (there is a button in your program for that, but it doesn't work yet).


-- Lenz

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SegFault

16 years ago

For just this reason (it doesn't work yet) I removed this button in the current release :-)
Please update ;-)

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gorbeia

16 years ago

Read about it at http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=12380

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lokheed

16 years ago

Why did you add such a huge plain border around the controls? I hate huge windows and this one is giant for no reason at all. Considering the shadows is just a simple line in a text file, I have no use for this but the actual GUI needs some polish. It is way to big for no reason at all.

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SegFault

16 years ago

I don't like this, too.
I added some spacers to the layout, so the widgets will be resized in a nice way when the window is enlarged.
These spacers cause the large border.
I need to tune them a bit to make it smaller.

Please note this control center module is meant as a kind of workaround, which should be replaced by a proper dialog by the KDE-people.
I only made this because of so many complaints about the standard shadows.

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elektroschock

16 years ago

So rather the original settings shall get adjusted rather than a new configuration option.

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stic

16 years ago

This is really nice. Thanks for doing it, otherwise I would have lost my temper while trying to do it :D Oh yeah, I would be really happy if you could implement support for some kind of themes.

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SegFault

16 years ago

I already thought about adding themes to this.
I abjected the idea.
Why you ask?
This kcontrol module was meant as a workaround one can use until the KDE-people implemented this thingy in KDE.
I don't think it's worth the effort.
How many themes would one actually create?
Two?
Three?
There aren't that many possibilities that really make sense.

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Ekardnam

16 years ago

I've waited for this... and here it is!
Haven't tried it yet (my Linux computer is dead :(...).

Just a question: Would it be possible to add so you could select the angle?

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SegFault

16 years ago

Erm sorry...
What should be added?
What angle are you speaking about?
I'm a bit confused :-)

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Ekardnam

16 years ago

Angle of the shadow :P
Up, down, left, right, upright...

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Cypress

16 years ago

Compiles fine this time. This should really go into the KDE project. Would be nice to add an option to expand the shadow around the font, like an aura.

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SegFault

16 years ago

Did you try to set the offsets to 0?

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kdeappsce

16 years ago

Best application ever! Outstanding!


Cheers ti the author ;-) !

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IceSheep

16 years ago

I think it's really useful and should be merged into KDE.

Maybe there's one little bug: When I change the "Decay Algorithm" the apply button doesn't get activated.

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maitre

16 years ago

That really is _quality_ work. Good job. My desktop actually looks good with text shadows now. FC3 / x86_64.

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Cypress

16 years ago

Compilation halts @ make:

bash-3.00# make
make all-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/compile/textshadowedit-0.1'
Making all in doc
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/compile/textshadowedit-0.1/doc'
Making all in .
make[3]: Entering directory `/home/compile/textshadowedit-0.1/doc'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'.
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/compile/textshadowedit-0.1/doc'
Making all in en
make[3]: Entering directory `/home/compile/textshadowedit-0.1/doc/en'
/opt/kde/bin/meinproc --check --cache index.cache.bz2 ./index.docbook
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/compile/textshadowedit-0.1/doc/en'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/compile/textshadowedit-0.1/doc'
Making all in po
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/compile/textshadowedit-0.1/po'
make[2]: *** No rule to make target `de.po', needed by `de.gmo'. Stop.
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/compile/textshadowedit-0.1/po'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/compile/textshadowedit-0.1'
make: *** [all] Error 2

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shadowrm

16 years ago

check out the post about 2 comments above yours "Doesn't compile", this looks like the same problem others were having... look before you post ;-) hope this helps

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jaugen

16 years ago

Now it has compiled, but it doesn't appear anywhere is the KDE Control Center.

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SegFault

16 years ago

Have you configured it with the correct prefix?
Try to do this:
cd textshadowedit-0.1
make uninstall
./configure --prefix=$(kde-config --prefix)
make
make install

Please tell me if it worked for you.
You should find it in Look'n'Feel

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motyR

16 years ago

u have my vote.

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16 years ago

05/01/03 - V0.1.1
- Decay-Combo now enables the Apply-Button.
- No debug-messages anymore
- Fixed the build-system
- Removed dummy-docs -> results in smaller source-package
- Removed some unneeded files from the package

05/01/01 - V0.1 initial release

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