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

@nononoyes:

great! i just installed the update, i was gonna report about the bug but your already workin' on it! awesome!

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

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Originally Posted by gabby131 (Post 705140)

@nononoyes:

great! i just installed the update, i was gonna report about the bug but your already workin' on it! awesome!

There is also another issue with hildon-extras he_color_button which I'm trying to get rid of through support from maintainer and it is:

Both on device and in sandbox, color selection dialog box only pops up if I click on the frame of the button
http://i45.tinypic.com/talnqs.jpg

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

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Originally Posted by No!No!No!Yes! (Post 704364)

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}'

Why wouldn't we be able to use commands like that? There's no reason that g_spawn_async_with_pipes() shouldn't be able to kick off a complex shell command line. You'd just need to add the "/bin/sh" "-c" arguments before the command line string... I'm pretty sure that's what popen() does behind the scenes, anyway.

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

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Originally Posted by gkuenning (Post 693041)

Feature request: environment variable passed to commands, telling them what triggered the update (timer, click, network action, etc.)

Implemented in 0.1.9.1 in extras-devel SEE DETAILS HERE

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Originally Posted by gkuenning (Post 693041)

Also, I personally wish you'd made the timeout an integer in the config file, rather than an index. That way we could have intermediate timeouts like 9 seconds even if they weren't on the menu. But that's a minor quibble.

Implemented in 0.1.9.2 in internal testing now...
http://i48.tinypic.com/2h7qquo.jpg

http://i50.tinypic.com/2pz0lmp.jpg

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

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Originally Posted by Cirne (Post 705635)

Yes... you probably have a point here ... I'll investigate further. ;)

:eek:
HERE I'M DYING BEHIND SIGSEGV with he_color_button ... if somebody can help ... please do!!!!
Every time I compile and regenerate a new package to test, after installation, every first click on wrench for "settings" causes QBW and Hildon-Home to DUMP!!!
If I restart Xephyr and Hildon-Desktop then it works flawlessly!!!

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

can i ask how to get v 1.90 ? latest with colour issues so want to backtrack a version ?

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

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Originally Posted by moepda (Post 706882)

can i ask how to get v 1.90 ? latest with colour issues so want to backtrack a version ?

Sorry ... not sure I understand you.
Are you still having color issues? (apart from the tap on the frame to open color dialog)?
I noticed crash issues only when reinstalling package over previous one.
Once you have installed 0.9.1.1 package you should not have crash any more apart from 1st time.
Could you please confirm you crash case?

However you should be able to find 0.1.9 HERE

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

sorry for the confusion , no crash issues just didnt like all qbw black and wasnt sure how to fix so was only 'colour tap issue to open colour dialog' i had problems with.
cheers for replying though and thanks for my favourite maemo app , much appreciated all your hard work and dedication :)

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

OK ... Queen BeeCon Widget release 0.1.9.2 is now in extras-devel
Partial Change Log since 0.1.4

Code:

queen-beecon (0.1.9.2)



  * New: Added custom timeout in seconds for periodic update, not just predefined list of values

  * Changed: Restyle in settings configuration for Update Policies, Fonts & Colors Buttons  

  * Bugfixing:  



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 still a weird bug/behaviour with this release surely localized in the new implementation of extended color/font dialog boxes.
You can experience a QBW (Hildon-Desktop) crash when accessing the extended Fonts and Colors widgets in 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.
I SUGGEST YOU REBOOT YOUR PHONE AFTER INSTALLATION.
DOING THIS IT WON'T POSSIBLY CRASH!

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

Here's the shining new settings UI:

http://i47.tinypic.com/24g9l3m.jpg

Have fun

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

It's hard to scroll that settings thing without touching the size-adjustment sliders. and if you touch them, it instantly changes the value. could you leave a 20-30 pixel border there, on the right edge? or maybe there's a better way... just my suggestion :)