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Re: [Announce] Queen BeeCon Widget: Customizable and flexible monitoring tool.

Seems i was :) Silly of me not to check that, thanks for your help!

Re: [Announce] Queen BeeCon Widget: Customizable and flexible monitoring tool.

Would it be possible to run telnet commands with this?
Found a way to control atleast winamp trough telnet and it would be awesome to have buttons instead of having to type commands everytime i want to do something

Re: [Announce] Queen BeeCon Widget: Customizable and flexible monitoring tool.

Do these scripts time out after a certain amount of time? I have a script that runs, but takes about 5 seconds to run before returning a value. Is this too long?

It seems to freeze up the widget when I run it, but runs fine in the terminal.

Re: [Announce] Queen BeeCon Widget: Customizable and flexible monitoring tool.

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Originally Posted by Tinnet (Post 700832)

Resolved it myself. If anybody is interested to know how/what i'll explain.
http://tinnet.net/imghost/files/Scre...606-004030.png

Re: [Announce] Queen BeeCon Widget: Customizable and flexible monitoring tool.

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Originally Posted by Tinnet (Post 701699)

Resolved it myself. If anybody is interested to know how/what i'll explain.
http://tinnet.net/imghost/files/Scre...606-004030.png

Sure... please do and I'll make a new entry in the wiki for it (or you can do that yourself) :)

Re: [Announce] Queen BeeCon Widget: Customizable and flexible monitoring tool.

No!No!No!Yes!, since you're around, can I prod you for a "yes/no" on https://garage.maemo.org/tracker/ind...1295&atid=4851? :)

Re: [Announce] Queen BeeCon Widget: Customizable and flexible monitoring tool.

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Originally Posted by qwerty12 (Post 702773)

No!No!No!Yes!, since you're around, can I prod you for a "yes/no" on https://garage.maemo.org/tracker/ind...1295&atid=4851? :)

Busy with GUINNESS WORLD RECORD SOFTBALL MARATHON - June 1st - June 6th, 2010 last week and segregated on field 24/24h with no material time to stick to QBW.

I'm back now (WINNER! :D) and hope to have some time soon to restart developments.

Request is absolutely worth a try but I'm now in the process of debugging some serious issues with new implementations:

Code:

queen-beecon (0.1.9.1)



  * New: Implementation of Command and Results text orientation angle (w/ relevant configuration parameters)

  * New: New extended color dialog for background and foreground colors (Old color selection deprecated; backward compatibility for instances exported from previous releases is guaranteed and settings upgraded as necessary)

  * Changed: Restyle in settings configuration for Beecon Command Exit Statuses area & Command Title/Results Settings area + changed color settings appearance  

  * Changed: Removed Help hints from settings dialog box (refer to the WIKI)!  

  * Changed: Changed transpacency settings both for beecons and for snippets... now both are less transparent  

  * Bugfixing: Disabled instance (icon) wasn't correctly drawn on startup; fixed 

  * Bugfixing: Memory deallocation bug for >=3 Exit Status image file beecon_idxge2_ImgFilename; fixed 



queen-beecon (0.1.9)



  * New: New extended font dialog for command and results labels (Old font selection deprecated; backward compatibility for instances exported from previous releases is guaranteed and settings upgraded as necessary)

  * Changed: Due to new font settings implementation, exported instances from this release onward will have their fonts reset to command="Nokia Sans bold italic 12" results="Nokia Sans bold 12" when imported in previous releases  

  * Bugfixing: Some fixing and cleanup in package install/uninstall

which introduced random regressions (SEGFAULTS) in package install/update/settings procedures.
So priority and major effort goes here till situation gets better.

I'll release soon in extras-devel a very-very premature 0.1.9.x version in order to have feedback about this issues and possible contributions in debugging and the like.

But feel free to propose .diff files if you want to speed up release process, as usual, and I'll try to integrate them ASAP and release unstable semi-version.

Re: [Announce] Queen BeeCon Widget: Customizable and flexible monitoring tool.

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Originally Posted by xur17 (Post 701178)

Hi, I use scripts which retrieve data from the internet and it takes even more than 5 secs (~10secs with wget -T 10 option).
desktop freezes for the time the script is running and then reverts back normal functionalities.
Have a suggestion by qwerty12 on this matter and I'll try to work on it ASAP.

Re: [Announce] Queen BeeCon Widget: Customizable and flexible monitoring tool.

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Originally Posted by qwerty12 (Post 702773)

No!No!No!Yes!, since you're around, can I prod you for a "yes/no" on https://garage.maemo.org/tracker/ind...1295&atid=4851? :)

Uhm ... I believe we'll lose backward compatibility for scripts if I implement this new g_spawn_async_with_pipes function.

I suppose commands like this will not be acceptable any more:

Code:

export s="foo"; wget -O - "http://www.acme.inc" | awk '{print $1 $2}'

Re: [Announce] Queen BeeCon Widget: Customizable and flexible monitoring tool.

OK ... Queen BeeCon Widget release 0.1.9.1 is now in extras-devel
Partial Change Log since 0.1.4

Code:

queen-beecon (0.1.9.1)



  * New: Parameter Variables substitution usable by script (Ex. Own Instance ID, Reason for updating content)

  * New: Implementation of Command and Results text orientation angle (w/ relevant configuration parameters)

  * New: New extended color dialog for background and foreground colors (Old color selection deprecated; backward compatibility for instances exported from previous releases is guaranteed and settings upgraded as necessary)

  * Changed: Restyle in settings configuration for Beecon Command Exit Statuses area & Command Title/Results Settings area + changed color settings appearance  

  * Changed: Removed Help hints from settings dialog box (refer to the WIKI)!  

  * Changed: Changed transpacency settings both for beecons and for snippets... now both are less transparent  

  * Bugfixing: Disabled instance (icon) wasn't correctly drawn on startup; fixed 

  * Bugfixing: Memory deallocation bug for >=3 Exit Status image file beecon_idxge2_ImgFilename; fixed 



queen-beecon (0.1.9)



    * New: New extended font dialog for command and results labels (Old font selection deprecated; backward compatibility for instances exported from previous releases is guaranteed and settings upgraded as necessary)

    * Changed: Due to new font settings implementation, exported instances from this release onward will have their fonts reset to command="Nokia Sans bold italic 12" results="Nokia Sans bold 12" when imported in previous releases

    * Bugfixing: Some fixing and cleanup in package install/uninstall 



queen-beecon (0.1.8-testonly-PR1.2)



    * WARNING This release is for testing purposes only as PR1.2 upgrade brought some instabilities which need forensics!!!

    * New: Implementation of DBUS methods: reset_rearm_timer

    * New: QBW is now integrated into the N900 system backup/restore features according to standard specifications as better described in SDK "Using Backup Application" http://wiki.maemo.org/Documentation/Maemo_5_Developer_Guide/Generic_Platform_Components/Using_Backup_Application#Custom_back-up_locations

    * Changed: Completely revised Timer logic and reset/re-arming for widget periodic auto-update

    * Changed: Visual feedback when Beecons pressed; now rectangle gets drawn as well as cell (better chance of noticing feedback for canvas-less Beecons)

    * Bugfixing: Fixed segmentation fault if dbus get_position method called and dbus_method_monitor turned on 



queen-beecon (0.1.7-PR1.1.1)



    * NOTE: Special Build for PR1.1.1

    * New: Implementation of Widget Instance visibility toggle and configuration parameter (for showing or hiding the widget also via DBUS)

    * New: Implementation of following DBUS methods: dbus_method_monitor, show, hide, wakeup, sleep, update_content, update_layout, exec, set_param_string, set_param_int32, set_param_uint32, set_param_double, set_param_boolean, get_param string, set_position, get_position, get_exit_status

    * New: Implementation of following DBUS signals: sig_content_updated

    * Changed: Enhanced DBUS implementation for Widget2Widget & System2Widget Inter Process Communication

    * Changed: Changed default values for some Update Policies in new QBW instances (updOnStartup now defaults to FALSE; updOnDesktop now defaults to FALSE) to prevent bugged Beecons from freezing hildon-home even after restart

    * Respect: To querty12@talk.maemo.org Many, many, many, many, many thanks for supporting QBW IPC implementation 



queen-beecon (0.1.6)



    * New: Simple DBUS implementation for Widget2Widget & System2Widget Inter Process Communication

    * New: Added Widget Instance ID in Settings Dialog Title

    * Changed: Compiled Vs. PR1.2 



queen-beecon (0.1.5)



    * Changed: Thanks "qwerty12" disabled automatic capitalization for all text entry fields 



queen-beecon (0.1.4)



    * New: Implementation of Widget Instance disabling and minimizing on desktop (click on minimized icon on desktop will wakeup and maximize instance)

    * New: Implementation of image/icon scaling function for all images used (Zoom In/Out from 5% to 200% or Fit to Widget Width/Height)

    * Bugfixing: In Advanced Maintenance Dialog Box several bugfixes for Import/Export commands and instances.

See complete Change Log in the WIKI

Usual WARNINGS apply to extras-devel material

WARNING!!! WARNING!!! WARNING!!!
There is a weird bug/behaviour with this release possibly localized in the new implementation of extended color dialog button/boxes.
You can experience a QBW (Hildon-Desktop) crash when accessing the "Settings" dialog box.
This seems to happen just once after you install the package.
If this happens and you lose some of your on-screen widgets, just add back again the old missing widgets and QBW and all will be back on-shape.
I'm in the process of dealing with this problem.
Use this release just to test the added functionalities and report back any unexpected issues.

Feel free to experiment with all extended features implemented since 0.1.4 and please report bugs and experiences or feature requests here.

Have fun!