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

http://i46.tinypic.com/29xu1if.jpg

These control color and visibility of background for Snippets

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

Thanks for that!

I don't know what happened, but I've fixed it now.

Thanks again.

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

OK ... Queen BeeCon Widget release 0.1.9.5 is now in extras-devel
Partial Change Log since 0.1.4
See complete Change Log in the WIKI

Usual WARNINGS apply to extras-devel material

The new DBUS MONITOR/INTERCEPTOR has been tested and enhanced in this release. See specifications in the WIKI
Feel free to experiment with all extended features implemented since 0.1.4 and please report bugs and experiences or feature requests here.

Please, report any problem or crash during installation/upgrade. Phone and Scratchbox SDK behave slightly different on this matter.


Have fun

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

Cheers for the update downloading now ! great app !!

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

When I upgraded, I got what I now consider to be the normal behavior of all my widgets disappearing off the desktop. That's only a minor nuisance, since adding them back remembers all the config settings so it's a 30-second operation.

Fantastic to have the fd leak fixed. Thanks! I gotta find time to fiddle with those dbus things.

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

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

I had some small problems after the update. I don't use qbw for some super duper extra things- just for free rootfs and battry status. After the update a red heart was blinking all the time, so I had to turn off the update of the widget after going to desktop but after saving all my widgets were gone.. The same went with the second widget for battery.

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

Could you reproduce the problem?
I'd need steps to reproduce it by myself and I'm a bit puzzled with your description of update.
Did you upgrade from previous versions, which one?
Do you use other desktop widgets, which one?

Ciao.

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

I have recaler, foreca weather, personal data plan monitor, sleeper, calendar. The beacons are set to snipet. I always have the latest version of QBW so I probably updated from 1.9.4 to 1.9.5. I also have modified hildon desktop.

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

A question:

Working with the "Enable/disable Wi-Fi script" with a beacon, I can see that:
- with the echo "" at the end, there is no exit status passed to the QBW, so the image is always the same (exit 0).
- without the echo "", there is the proper exist status (0 or 2), with the background color of the icon correctly shown. However, I also see all the text output in the screen.

My question, how could I hide the output text? I am only interested in the exit code, not in the text.

I imagine I can use awk, but I think it is not too elegant. Is there something I am missing here??

Thx

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

There are a couple of approaches. You can dump any output by redirecting it to /dev/null:

(if "mycommand" is sufficiently complex, parenthesize it). But I think that if your script produces no output whatsoever, QBW replaces its results with "No Output". So what you really want to do is to do the echo, but not affect the status. That takes a slight bit of shell magic:

Here, $? is the exit status of the previous command (mycommand). You save it in the variable s, do the echo, and then explicitly make s be the exit status.

Warning: don't put blanks around the equals sign. The shell doesn't like that.

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

Or just hide the results output like this:

http://i46.tinypic.com/2ylprv7.jpg

http://i47.tinypic.com/2nsc7f7.jpg

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

Thanks! I was really thinking in the first option, but about filtering the output to print ... well, to print nothing (but the exit was kept then). But this didn't convince me, so indeed this is what I was searching, how to pass variables between the pipeline.

But, when the kind program has already an easy solution for it, then life is ... well, easier :)

Thanks for the fast answer =)

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

Hi - just wondering if this is a possibility? To me it would have a distinct advantage over other apps you have to physically access to see online status as you could just see it at a glance with a beecon.

Thanks in advance

Tom

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

Hi and sorry for late response ... technically I don't believe it's a big problem to create a beecon for this.
Only problem is to find the relevant scripts, dbus commands for looping through contact list (or a shorter subset which can be specified in the beecon itself) and fetching the online status.

I suggest you reformulate your question and post it into Fremantle or N900 forum groups and hope someone with sufficient knowledge will be able to answer.

If you find the scripts/command I'll be happy to help in manufacturing the beecon.

I already searched a bit for such scripts but with no success so far.

Ciao.

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

http://telepathy.freedesktop.org/spe..._Presence.html

This can be a start but I still haven't found how to translate a nickname/contact into the integer that the GetPresences method is looking for as a paramater

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

Hi! I'm looking for a method to control the wi-fi power saving level for a defined internet connection with Qeen BeeCon Widget.
Can this be done with dbus calls?

I read the wiki but found no hint - so please can someone here point me to the right direction?

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

Still in the brewery and internal testing ... in extras-devel within few days

queen-beecon (0.1.9.6)

• New: REVOLUTION!!! :) Implementation of multiple (9 = grid 3x3) Hot Spots to click on the widget. Clicked Hot Spot Index Position can then be passed to the executed script via Parameter Variables Substitution $QBW_HOTSPOT_PRESS (0=Not Pressed or other update policy,1=Top Left,2=Top Center,3=Top Right,4=Center Left,5=Center,6=Center Right,7=Bottom Left,8=Bottom Center,9=Bottom Right)
  
  http://i47.tinypic.com/e8khh2.jpg
  
  Code:

  ---

  [queen-beecon-header]
version=1.000000
checksum=2131154
[queen-beecon-exported-instance]
widgetType=0
widgetVisible=1
operationalStatus=0
hideCanvas=false
snippetBgRGB=0
snippetExtBgRGB=#000000000000
beecon_lt0_ImgZoom=0
beecon_lt0_BgRGB=2
beecon_lt0_ExtBgRGB=#808080808080
beecon_lt0_ImgFilename=queen-beecon-syserr.png
beecon_eq0_ImgZoom=0
beecon_eq0_BgRGB=3
beecon_eq0_ExtBgRGB=#0000ffff0000
beecon_eq0_ImgFilename=queen-beecon-appok.png
beecon_eq1_ImgZoom=0
beecon_eq1_BgRGB=4
beecon_eq1_ExtBgRGB=#ffffffff0000
beecon_eq1_ImgFilename=queen-beecon-appwrn.png
beecon_ge2_ImgZoom=0
beecon_ge2_BgRGB=5
beecon_ge2_ExtBgRGB=#ffff00000000
beecon_ge2_ImgFilename=queen-beecon-apperr.png
beecon_idxge2_ImgZoom=0
beecon_idxge2_BgRGB=11
beecon_idxge2_ExtBgRGB=#0000ffffffff
beecon_idxge2_ImgFilename=queen-beecon-index.png
widWidth=130
widHeight=130
instanceTitle=Test HotSpot
instanceCmd=echo -e "Hot Spot\\nPressed!\\nIndex:\\n<span size='x-large' color='red'>$QBW_HOTSPOT_PRESS</span>"; exit 0
cmdImgFilename=queen-beecon.png
cmdImgZoom=0
cmdFgRGB=1
cmdExtFgRGB=#000000000000
cmdTextAngle=0
cmdVisibilityPosition=2
cmdImgVisibilityPosition=9
cmdJustify=0
cmdExtFont=Tahoma bold italic 13
cmdFontName=3
cmdFontSize=12
resImgFilename=queen-beecon-resimg.png
resImgZoom=0
resFgRGB=1
resExtFgRGB=#ffffffffffff
resTextAngle=0
resVisibilityPosition=8
resImgVisibilityPosition=0
resJustify=2
resExtFont=Tahoma bold 11
resFontName=2
resFontSize=12
updOnStartup=false
updOnClick=true
updOnDesktop=false
delayIndex=0
updNeworkPolicy=0
customIntervalSecs=0
updOnDBUS=0
updOnDBUSBus=0
updOnDBUSMatchRule=

  ---

• Changed: Logic to purge configuration settings of non-existent QBW instances from configuration file. (Check/Purge performed at every entrance in Settings dialog)
• Bugfixing: Incomplete unreferentiation of DBUS resources. Fixed.
• Bugfixing: Incorrect logic for updating when widget desktop was active/on. It was updating also when active widget's desktop was swept off. Now updates content only if "Update on Desktop" is TRUE and Widget's Desktop is being swept on. Fixed.

The implementation of QBW click hot spots opens up a new world ... :D
Like, for example, something like this...
http://i48.tinypic.com/2w3ugj6.jpg

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

Many thanks for your time spent looking - you do have my real gratitude for pursuing this.

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

Hello ,

can me some one pls give me the command for "Battery(%):"
i have deleted the command =(

thanks

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

Ciao, see HERE

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

OK ... Queen BeeCon Widget release 0.1.9.6 is now in extras-devel
Partial Change Log since 0.1.4
See complete Change Log in the WIKI

Usual WARNINGS apply to extras-devel material

The new feature of multiple (9 = grid 3x3) Hot Spots to click on the widget has been implemented in this release together with plenty of new substitution parameters (PROXY + PERMANENT STORAGE) for scripts/command. See specifications in the WIKI
Plus a lot of stabilization and bugfixing to improve reliability
Feel free to experiment with all extended features implemented since 0.1.4 and please report bugs and experiences or feature requests here.

Please, report any problem or crash during installation/upgrade. Phone and Scratchbox SDK behave slightly different on this matter.

Have fun

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

Beecon to test Proxy Variables implementation

http://i48.tinypic.com/246a046.jpg

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

Beecon to Test the $QBW_REMEMBER_ME substitution variable
Every time widget is clicked, previous result is incremented by 1

http://i48.tinypic.com/34dpiqc.jpg

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

Hi I have a issue with the positioning of QBW widgets on the desktop.
They seem to move a few pixels up, if placed at the bottom, after a reboot or switching activities through Desktop Activity Manager.
I also reported this to your tracker to an existing bug (#5893) but the 0% of activity there made me doubt if it would come to your notice.
So I am posting here hope you don't mind.

I have updated QBW to devel-version (AWESOME changes btw!) but it persists.

The widget moves up independent of whether it is a beecon or snippet.
I have also found that (at least on my N900) the widget moves up only if its height is less than 91 else it stays at the bottom as it should.

Here are my screenshots:
Widgets positioned as intended
http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/7379/n9001.png

Widgets after rebooting or switching activities (DAM)
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/1144/n9002.png

Beginning from left the heights are:
30 , 91 , 80 , 200(way>91)
For some reason they move up to align at the top,I don't know why, except of course the big widget.

Please advice.

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

Also can somebody explain what the values of X & Y do.
They seem to have no effect when i change them and they actually get restored to their previous values.
Wiki didn't help much either.

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

Widget Size can be customized (Width: 10-800, Height: 10-420) and position can be fine tuned (X,Y +/- 5pix); Tweaking /usr/share/hildon-desktop/transitions.ini may also help. (snap_grid_size = 1 & snap_to_grid_while_move = 1)
The default values for "snap_grid_size" parameter is 4 so Hildon-Home itself, at next reboot or when you reposition the widget while in "gear/desktop-menu" mode it sticks to default values when moved.

For other issue ... I can confirm the problem and I'm investigating ... sorry I didn't get notified about open issues in bugtracker (or maybe I got but mails spammed off :) )

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

Ok ... I can confirm the issue and on first thought I'm quite pessimistic about its resolution.

Problem is Hildon-Home seems to perform some usability check on widgets geometry which are way out of the programmer's control.
I verified a few things:

1. It seems HH wants to preserve space for the two icons "Wrench" and "Widget Close" to display in their whole (Especially if widget are near bottom and left margins of the screen, so even if widget is 1x1 px you will almost always get a minimum allocation of ~48*2x48*2)
2. It seems HH wants to preserve space for you to point your stylus to your Widget and be able to drag and drop it around the screen
3. It seems that the vertical bands to the right and left of the screen, to "teleport" widgets to other desktops, also have some implications in this size/position choice
4. There is non programmatic way to make HH override default behaviour.

http://i48.tinypic.com/w8vsed.jpg
http://i47.tinypic.com/27zm4xs.jpg
http://i50.tinypic.com/2a0j0bs.jpg 60x60 size is barely usable (with stylus)
http://i45.tinypic.com/15cjypv.jpg 50x50 size is almost unusable
http://i50.tinypic.com/o0v1bp.jpg Even if 200x40 is quite usable, HH however offsets it from bottom border of at least Wrench+Close icons height

I believe there is no way out of this :(

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

Oh:( that's sad, but not your fault.Thanks for looking into this problem i appreciate it.
I was just wondering if what you have described is right, then why DCEW widgets, having default height of 1.3(lines), can be placed at the bottom without losing position after switching or rebooting.
Do they implement something different?:confused: Just curious

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

I maybe managed to find a solution ... and actually it makes me think that PR1.2 brought lot of bugfixing to Hildon-Home vs. PR1.1[.1]
In fact I made some tests also in PR1.1.1 scratchbox which seemed to be a bit buggy in this area especially with respect to "Wrench" and "Close" positions based on widgets geometry ... when widget was dragged on next desktop, positions of "Wrench" and "Close" changed randomly ...
However ... long story short ... internal testing for amendments and maybe tonite or tomorrow I'll release new package.
Thanks for letting me excite with this "challenge" :)

P.S. Current QBW had been restyled and reworked, both functionally and and programmatically, so many times that it's now very hard to find resemblances with DCEW seed it grew from :o

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

Man you are a genius!
I wouldn't dare compare dcew and qbw.They both are useful but QBW is far more capable and customizable and is indispensable for me.Though I still use dcew for simpler inbuilt and my one-line commands.

Mind explaining a bit what the issue was , I am learning programming and it might be useful to me one day.

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

These are the APIs used for dealing with size of the widget ...

In PR1.1[.1] tweaking with them allowed you to precisely set "Wrench" & "Close" icons like this no matter the size of the widget:
http://i49.tinypic.com/155j48g.jpg
And when you moved the widget to other desktop, at times they ended up randomly like this:
http://i48.tinypic.com/qrdt1y.jpg
With very small widgets, that looked like this, you always had the chance to pick the widget with the stylus and move it around.
http://i45.tinypic.com/2j2tjid.jpg

With PR1.2 and fixed HH, it seems that no matter the size of the widget the "Wrench" and "Close" icons get layed out like this and retain the status even if you drag them onto other Desktop ("Wrench" gets aligned with bottom left corner and "Close" with top right corner).
http://i47.tinypic.com/282qjib.jpg
And with small widgets they get like this:
http://i49.tinypic.com/6y1w83.jpg
With smaller widget it's impossible to move them around:
http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/0fcfd850dc.png http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/eb4e7e0986.png

In this QBW case, I had to completely rewrite the layout and size code of the widget.

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

OK ... Queen BeeCon Widget release 0.1.9.7 is now in extras-devel
Partial Change Log since 0.1.4
See complete Change Log in the WIKI

Usual WARNINGS apply to extras-devel material

WARNING, this is one of the latest intermediate release to extras-devel!

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

QBW shouldn't crash any more if upgraded from 0.1.9.6 to 0.1.9.7!!! Please, report any problem or crash during installation/upgrade if they still persist
Have fun

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

a competition sounds great ! it will be really useful for the community to try some cool new qbwidgets , to collect the best qbw together would be good too so they can all be easily found .

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

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

Hello No!No!No!Yes!

I want to use your great application, but I can't find a guide anywhere, and it is rather complicated for a new user like me.

Basicly i want to know, how can I make a button on my Desktop, to execute a xterm command. Like when I want play Super Mario 64 with mupen, then I type
Now what do I need to do, to have a button to do this for me, maybe with a nice picture from Supermario?

I'm thankfull for any help.

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

Install QBW

create new QBW and go into settings as per HERE

click "add cmd"
http://i46.tinypic.com/b4i4p4.png

type title "MyMarioLauncher" or the like
in command type:
(maybe full pathnames need to be specified for roms location"
http://i49.tinypic.com/2m7hxkj.png

select Snippet here and check the title of the command you entered is present
http://i46.tinypic.com/20t428k.png

Set sizes 1/2pixels more than you fabulous picture
http://i50.tinypic.com/2n0111g.png

Change Command Title settings as per here:
http://i48.tinypic.com/nf5irl.png

Change Command Results settings as per here:
http://i50.tinypic.com/11lr9zq.png

set update policy only for CLICK :

http://i46.tinypic.com/2kik5y.png

save and click button to play

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

Thanks for your instructions, but there is something not working.
I set everything like you told me, but when I push the widget, it opens the terminal and does, as it normally does when I launch the game - but when the game should open, the terminal closes and nothing happens.

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

Check CASE in pathname: