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ANTICO DEVELOPMENT IS ENDED (I SWITCHED TO MAC OS X).
I'M AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE ANY CLARIFICATION TO ALL INTERESTED DEVELOPERS TO CONTINUE THE PROJECT.
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Antico is a Qt4/X11 Desktop/Window Manager (i.e. KDE+KWin).
The goal is to create a Desktop/Window manager simple and fast. All parameters must be configured from few files, avoiding unnecessary complications, following the K.I.S.S. philosophy.
The whole project is based only on Qt4 libraries, without any other external dependencies (e.g. kdelibs ...).

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FEATURES
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The whole application is based on "antico.cfg" file.
Frame border dimension, color, pixmap, desk wallpaper are managed from "Manager" panel.
The style is selected from "Manager" and save in a xxx.stl file: if you want to share your personal style, save the directory and send it.
General style (Oxygen, Plastique ..), fonts family and size, window background etc. can be selected from "qtconfig".
See "git commits" on repository ...

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REPOSITORY
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http://github.com/antico/antico/tree/master

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DOWNLOAD
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- on first installation: "git clone git://github.com/antico/antico.git"
- to update your local repository: "git pull"

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INSTALLATION
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To compile, enter in "Antico" dir (where is the antico.pro) and type on shell:
"qmake" (this create the Makefile)
"make"
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To install, type on shell (as root):
"sh install"
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To run the window manager:
- from KDM/GMD, select "Antico" from WM list
- from shell, type "xinit /path/to/antico/bin" (first "pkill" kdm/gdm and X)
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To uninstall, type on shell (as root):
"sh uninstall"
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To init the WM, just delete the "antico.cfg".

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DEVELOPMENT
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To test the window manager, type on shell:

DISPLAY=:0
Xephyr :1 -ac -screen 1024x768 & DISPLAY=:1; $HOME/antico/antico

(where 1024x768 is your preferred screen size and $HOME if you have download Antico in user home)
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To hide debug messages, uncomment in antico.pro
//DEFINES = QT_NO_DEBUG_OUTPUT
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STYLE
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Use "qtconfig" to select your preferred style (Oxygen, Plastique), fonts, effects, etc.
Last changelog:

10 years ago

25/01/09: version 0.1
29/05/09: version 0.2

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davidcs

12 years ago

A desktop with the simplicity of Gnome and the consistency and power of KDE and QT. Congratulations!

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peppino

12 years ago

Thx

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disels

12 years ago

Some questions
1. WM crashed if the manager when you add an application does not used autocompletion and the directory tree, entered manually in app_path. Make a small fix
2. The issue of translation. Looked at the code that has no corresponding bookmarks ( tr ())
3. I want to make the ability to import settings from the menu, XFCE, KDE, GNOME. This is useful?

Sory, for my english.

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peppino

12 years ago

1: can you be more precise, i can't reproduce it ...
2: to do
3: to do
cheers

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disels

12 years ago

MANAGER -> Add application
Entered manually in the edit box the full path to the application and clicking "Add". App crashes as TreeView not chosen any one element. Here's how to screenshot http://img136.imageshack.us/my.php?image=testlv9.png

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disels

12 years ago

MANAGER -> Add application
Entered manually in the edit box the full path to the application and clicking "Add". App crashes as TreeView not chosen any one element. Here's how to screenshot http://img136.imageshack.us/my.php?image=testlv9.png

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peppino

12 years ago

Have you update the repo to last version?
I check the tree selection with:
tree_view->currentIndex().isValid())
and in your case no action would be executed.
Let me know ..

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peppino

12 years ago

Have you update the repo to last version?
I check the tree selection with:
tree_view->currentIndex().isValid())
and in your case no action would be executed.
Let me know ..

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disels

12 years ago

Hah.. Now it`s work correct. Apparently I was wrong. Check homes for Gentoo

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disels

12 years ago

MANAGER -> Add application
Entered manually in the edit box the full path to the application and clicking "Add". App crashes as TreeView not chosen any one element. Here's how to screenshot http://img136.imageshack.us/my.php?image=testlv9.png

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franzf

12 years ago

Is it possible to add keyborad shortcuts?
One thing i really miss is the [Alt + F2] for the run cmd.
I don't like the behaviour of the built-in runner, that comes with antico.
You have to click twice to get the entry in the menu, then move the mouse to the middle of the screen again to be able to run a command.

I also would like to add shortcuts for e.g. konsole and other apps i launch really often.

Thx
Franz

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andrecbarros

12 years ago

Give a try to xbindkeys. As a bonus it is also desktop agnostic.

Regards,
Andre

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andrecbarros

12 years ago

Don't know if the problem is on my building but here are some things I would like to see changed:
* on "Manager" "Application add" tab, it would be faster and easier if we could type the command AND its parameters, if any. A check would be only triggered when button "OK" was pressed. The same for the right click on desktop link option;
* drag-and-drop between the menu and the desktop;
* multiple desktops are a must (and selectable). The pager could be in the toolbar as is usual;
* Seems to have a bug on alt-tab shortcut and "Manager" when we have multiple windows open (it is skipped).

Thanks and keep improving it.

Regards,
Andre

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peppino

12 years ago

Application tab: ok
D&D: ok
Multiple desk: never used
Pager: i'm thinking about
Alt+Tab: to fix

Antico is a WM for my personal use .. i don't need a bad KDE clone ..

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andrecbarros

12 years ago

Thanks for replying.

Do you have a plan to create a kind of dock/launcher (like itask-ng) for antico? If not, I may spend some time trying to do so.

Here I don't have to many use for heavy DEs too. Most things I need are already Qt, pure Gtk or Xfce based.

Keep up with your good job.

Regards,
Andre

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peppino

12 years ago

Antico targets are:
- only one .cfg file
- no external lib (only X11/Qt4)
- no install (run in $HOME)
- style in one dir (to share it, save and send)
- K.I.S.S. philosophy
If you can develop something with this features, for me is good ...

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silverblood

12 years ago

if QtDBus errors pop up when building, try appendng:
INCLUDEPATH += /usr/include/qt4/QtDBus
LIBS += -lQtDBus
to antico.pro and running qmake again.

if you have multiple Qt installations, executing:
QTDIR=/usr/lib/qt4 /usr/lib/qt4/bin/qmake
(or something similar, distro dependant) should work.

this is a distro dependant bug, in no way the fault of the developer (the Qt+=dbus line should have added these).

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DnS

12 years ago

Just a desktop that work without useless stuffs : that make me happy , you know !

Thx for your work and plz plz plz keep it up in the same way ( KISS ) :]

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peppino

12 years ago

Too kind :)

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peppino

12 years ago

... and my target is a WM running in $HOME, no installation files ...

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peppino

12 years ago

There is antico.pro :)

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jirityr

12 years ago

Antico.pro is not a Makefile and "qmake -project" doesn't make the correct Makefile. You should follow the standard philosophy and provide the "configure" script which would create a Makefile. On top of that, the Makefile should contain at least two sections - one for the source code compilation and the second one for installation of the binaries into the system. Everything should be configurable over command line options like --prefix=something.

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peppino

12 years ago

If you enter in "antico" directory and type on shell:
"qmake"
the Makefile is created.

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jirityr

12 years ago

Please, could you provide a Makefile or Cmake file?

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jirityr

12 years ago

OK, I managed to create the Makefile like this:

$ git clone git://github.com/antico/antico.git
$ cd antico
$ qmake -project
$ qmake
# at this point you have to modify the Makefile and add -I/usr/include/qt4/QtDBus into the INCPATH variable and then also -lQtDBus into the LIBS variable
$ make

Then you get it compiled and you can start it by the following command:

$ xinit /path/to/antico/antico -- :1

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10 years ago

25/01/09: version 0.1
29/05/09: version 0.2

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