maemo.org - Talk - resizing the program icons on desktop?

maemo.org - Talk (https://talk.maemo.org/index.php)

- Themes (https://talk.maemo.org/forumdisplay.php?f=49)

- - resizing the program icons on desktop? (https://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=52474)

Re: resizing the program icons on desktop?

I don't know. I don't see anything about contact shortcut widgets in hildon-home.

Re: resizing the program icons on desktop?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matan (Post 703640)

I don't know. I don't see anything about contact shortcut widgets in hildon-home.

Cool! I found it in another thread. There is no need for a hack as it seams. Don't know if it works but seams like it. http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...9&postcount=16

Re: resizing the program icons on desktop?

Mission accomliced! Thanks to Matan and some Imagemagick. This how it looks now.

Re: resizing the program icons on desktop?

Quote:

Originally Posted by zoner (Post 701425)

I use the QueenBee widgets to script a call to a certain number

See the icons on the lower left - office, farm, & rach

it's a one-click call. I'm sure you could do the same thing to launch applications and you can size the icon to whatever you like.

the queenbee code for a call

Code:

dbus-send --system --type=method_call --print-reply --dest=com.nokia.csd.Call /com/nokia/csd/call com.nokia.csd.Call.CreateWith string:"$NUMBER" uint32:0

edit- sorry op, just saw you didn't want to mess with the widgets...it works though /edit

How did you get the calender to show on your desktop in that montly format? Looks awesome

Re: resizing the program icons on desktop?

Quote:

Originally Posted by bugelrex (Post 703707)

How did you get the calender to show on your desktop in that montly format? Looks awesome

A pretty simple QBW. Acctually NONONOYES! and a google search on date time formats did it for me.

Code:

echo "<span font=\"15\"><b>`date+"%A, %-Y-%m-%d - Week %V"`</b></span>"

Re: resizing the program icons on desktop?

How to shrink your application shortcuts

1. First you need to download the customized hildon-home by Matan.
http://my.arava.co.il/~matan/770/n90...+0m5_armel.deb

(Note: Sometimes the Application manager wants to upgrade hildon-home. Don't. That will just install the stock hildon-home)

2.1 Then in terminal to install: sudo dpkg -i /home/user/MyDocs/Download/hildon-home_0.3.66-2+0m5_armel.deb
2.2 Set it to the size you want: sudo gconftool -s /apps/osso/hildon-home/task-shortcuts-size -t int 62 (Where "62" will need to be the size you choose of the AppletShortcut images.)

3. Then install ImageMagick: sudo apt-get install imagemagick

(The complete step 4 can be done diffrently. Chose your preferred way. This is how i did it.)
4.1 Install Openssh-client to download the complete icon and theme folders to your desktop computer:
4.2 sudo apt-get install openssh-client
4.3 scp -r /usr/share/icons user@ip-number:/home/n900
4.4 scp -r /usr/share/themes/<your theme> user@ip-number:/home/n900

Look in the different folders on your desktop computer on what to change. Then go back to the n900 and use:

(4.5 To send the files back to the n900 from the n900: scp -r user@ip-number:/home/n900/theme/file.png /usr/share/icons/where the original file where/)

(If you want to find a single png file on the n900: find /usr/share/icons/ |grep <file>)

(examples)
5.1 cd /usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/hildon/
5.2 sudo mogrify -resize 48x48! *.png (this will change all the png in the /hildon folder)

(i have the humanity theme so i will edit the shortcut background in the humanity folder)
5.3 cd /usr/share/themes/humanity/images/ApplicationShortcutApplet.png And sudo mogrify -resize 62x62! ApplicationShortcutApplet.png

5.4 cd /usr/share/themes/humanity/images/ApplicationShortcutAppletPressed.png And sudo mogrify -resize 62x62! ApplicationShortcutAppletPressed.png

(change the location and file that complies to you in #5)

6. Restart Hildon-home to see the change: sudo pkill hildon-home

If something got wrong and you don't know how to get it back. First change to another theme. Then reinstall your theme: apt-get remove --purge humanity-theme and apt-get install humanity-theme

When it is done:

Re: resizing the program icons on desktop?

Quote:

Originally Posted by bugelrex (Post 703707)

How did you get the calender to show on your desktop in that montly format? Looks awesome

it's in the repositories - simplecal desktop calendar widget

Re: resizing the program icons on desktop?

@AlMehdi:
Something is missing in your post:

http://i48.tinypic.com/2wh1m4o.jpg

A little help please

Re: resizing the program icons on desktop?

Quote:

Originally Posted by CepiPerez (Post 704110)

@AlMehdi:
Something is missing in your post:

http://i48.tinypic.com/2wh1m4o.jpg

A little help please

Ahh.. yes. Forgot to put in Matans gconf string.. ;) sorry. I'll edit the howto.

Code:

sudo gconftool -s /apps/osso/hildon-home/task-shortcuts-size -t int 62

Re: resizing the program icons on desktop?

Thanks for all the tips guys! Although it is not that easy, it is certainly worth it and I will give it a try later.