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"paddock" (prototype of another desktop dock) is a dock/panel written for SuperKaramba. It's main objective is to provide a highly configurable desktop dock/panel.
Currently only compatible with KDE 3.x.
Features:
Can dock in any screen position and be used in Horizontal or Vertical mode;
Configuration tools to access all configurable options;
Launchers can be edited with a simple right-click;
Indicators that show currently running applications;
Plugins to show information and provide access to some common tasks ( Media player control (Amarok, Juk, Kaffeine, XMMS, BMP); Calendar; Clock; Desktop access; (...) ) ;
Various backgrounds available.
12 years ago
17-Sep-2008
- Added support for control of XMMS, Kaffeine and BMP media players;
- Added support of handling multiple instances of an app;
- Added new icon effects and configuration options;
- Multiple bugfixes.
26-Sep-2008
- Multiple bugfixes;
- Added option to configure spacing between icons;
- Added new artwork, moved some artwork to the paddock extras package.
01-Oct-2008
- Added option to display mirror effects on icons, icons are reflected on the background as if it was a mirror (optional);
- Multiple bugfixes.
02-Oct-2008
- Added the DarkGlass_Reworked iconset (available in paddock Extras);
Multiple bugfixes.
21-Oct-2008
- After many requests, the default browser launcher now comes configurated for firefox;
- Added online manual;
- Minor bugfixes.
24-Oct-2008
- Re-designed mach background;
- Added source download;
- Minor bugfixes.
29-Oct-2008
- Small bugfix on configuration launcher.
12 years ago
17-Sep-2008
- Added support for control of XMMS, Kaffeine and BMP media players;
- Added support of handling multiple instances of an app;
- Added new icon effects and configuration options;
- Multiple bugfixes.
26-Sep-2008
- Multiple bugfixes;
- Added option to configure spacing between icons;
- Added new artwork, moved some artwork to the paddock extras package.
01-Oct-2008
- Added option to display mirror effects on icons, icons are reflected on the background as if it was a mirror (optional);
- Multiple bugfixes.
02-Oct-2008
- Added the DarkGlass_Reworked iconset (available in paddock Extras);
Multiple bugfixes.
21-Oct-2008
- After many requests, the default browser launcher now comes configurated for firefox;
- Added online manual;
- Minor bugfixes.
24-Oct-2008
- Re-designed mach background;
- Added source download;
- Minor bugfixes.
29-Oct-2008
- Small bugfix on configuration launcher.
ElQuijote
11 years ago
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Lechio
11 years ago
Post this issue in the project's page, maybe they can provide some insight and a possible fix.
Best regards, Lechio.
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ElQuijote
11 years ago
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zuargo
12 years ago
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Lechio
12 years ago
Now it reflects the mandatory dependency for KDE 3.x.
Compatibility with KDE 4 will be assured in some time, maybe with a plasma script. Regards.
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OpenAugusto
12 years ago
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Lechio
12 years ago
http://i40.tinypic.com/mie9ao.jpg
Will release a preview as soon as it gets usable. :)
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trait
12 years ago
"SuperKaramaba cannot continue to run this theme. One more of the required components of the Kross scripting architecture is not installed. ..."
i installed python-kde3 and python-qt3
but which other packages are required?
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Lechio
12 years ago
This dock is not compatible with KDE 4. Will have to rewrite it entirely for compatibility with KDE 4. It maybe be a Superkaramba theme or a Plasmoid, that is yet to be decided.
For now, only KDE 3.x is supported, sorry.
Regards.
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rssn6
12 years ago
KDEInit could not
launch '/home/user/paddock/scripts/w_confWin.py'.
Im using slackware 12.1
help please!!
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rssn6
12 years ago
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rssn6
12 years ago
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Lechio
12 years ago
Thank you for reporting this. Regards, Lechio.
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djseverin
12 years ago
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djseverin
12 years ago
- Uninstalled widget;
- Restart SuperKaramba;
- Re-install paddock;
- Still unable to configure dock.
Where are the config files located?
I can not even find any w_confWin.py file on my system.
Ubuntu Gutsy.
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Lechio
12 years ago
If after all of that done it still fails to load the configuration window, run superkaramba from a terminal and post the output here if you can. Regards, Lechio.
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djseverin
12 years ago
Also having the "Sorry - kfmclient", "KDEInit could not launch '/home/user/paddock/scripts/w_confWin.py'." error message when right-click, "Configure Dock" is selected.
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mintlars
12 years ago
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Lechio
12 years ago
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curiousgeorge
12 years ago
Really beeen looking forward to trying it out but not really looking forward to trying to figure out how to get the required qt3 libs running beside my current qt4 libs.
Just curious (i hope that I have my terminology correct in this post)
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Lechio
12 years ago
PyQT3 is needed to run this theme, I'm using this version of PyQT to do just what you said in yor post, make this theme accessible to more users. PyQT3 is common in most distros including some of the most popular ones, like Kubuntu which is the one that I'm using to test this widget on.
Widget should not crash SuperKaramba, the only thing it should do when it doesn't have the necessary libs is to display a message to inform the user about missing libs. Something gone wrong, maybe a bug. I just don't have that distro to test on.
What version of SuperKaramba are you running? Regards.
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curiousgeorge
12 years ago
Really hoping that I can figure this out as Paddock looks very useful.
Steve
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Lechio
12 years ago
Close superkaramba and execute the following commands:
rm -rf ~/.kde/share/config/superkarambarc
rm -rf ~/.superkaramba
rm -rf ~/.kde/share/apps/superkaramba/themes/paddock
rm -rfv ~/.qt/paddock*
This to remove all of the superkaramba and widget previous config.
Now download the available source file for this widget, extract the file somewhere, browse to that dir and open paddock.py with a text editor. Comment the following lines located at the top of the file by putting an "#" at the start of each line:
"
#from qt import QPixmap,QWidget,QCheckBox,QPushButton,Qt,\
#QFontMetrics,QFont,QSettings,QString,QTextCodec,QApplication,QPoint,QCursor
"
Now run superkaramba from a terminal and open the .theme file from that same extracted dir with superkaramba. Widget will not load OK, we are only doing this to see if the superkaramba crash is really related to the PyQT libs. Report back with the results please. Regards, Lechio.
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curiousgeorge
12 years ago
Steve
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Lechio
12 years ago
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