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ScreenShot showing menus and xkbd

http://penguinbait.com/open-rox-1.JPG

ScreenShot showing extra icons available for menu

http://penguinbait.com/open-rox-2.JPG

I have completed the latest tarball for an Alternate Window Manager. This one is running Openbox + ROX, and lots of custom configuration.

I have a TARBALL and no place to host it, its roughly 26MB, anybody with some bandwidth that can host the file?

Thanks to lechuck
Removed - Thanks for the link

http://penguinbait.com/OPEN-ROX6.tar.bz2

Thanks to espergreen
http://www.espergreen.com/penguinbait/OPEN-ROX6.tar.bz2

NOTICE - I still need a better place to put this, if anyone has any ideas, please let me know. I will be removing these links in a couple of days, whether I have a new home or not, so grab it now.
I have to wait to find out if I can get approval from the garage.

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Listed below is a list of changes and information.

MENU ENTRY's
"Menu Refresh" will delete menu cache and restart ROX

"Not Installed" This is where Icons/menu items are stored that are not installed by default. I made a bunch of Icons for additional software, if you install it.

Customize Menu, move the menu items from "Not Installed" to the appropiate locations /usr/local/apps/XXXXXXX

CAUTION, do not move current menu items (its ok to move "Not Installed" folders) or it may cause you serious issues. (Some menu entries have code that will break if you move them, like the deb installs, the wallpaper drag and drop icons, the "Saver". For a general rule of thumb, do not move any of the folders under /user/local/apps (except the "Not Installed" items can be moved anywhere)

If you want to completely make your own Menu layout. Do the following.

Remove /home/user/Apps (This is a link to /usr/local/apps)

Create a new Directory, /home/user/Apps (This is the default location for the menu to look for apps)

Now you can create directories in /usr/local/Apps, like Games, Accessories, Network, Tools, etc.

Now using ROX relative link each app into the directory you want.

Then use the "Menu Refresh" in Tools

Additional Changes

Button Mapping
(zoom -)(fullscreen)(zoom +) = (minimize/iconify)(fullscreen/normal)(close window)

Note that these buttons do not effect the xkbd or matchbox-keyboard. The keyboard Icon on the panel, will start the xkbd, and when you click it again it will kill xkbd.

Menu button works with Hildon Apps

Home button switches desktops

Hildon Keyboard (pop up keyboard) is disabled by default in openbox (my added default) it can be re-enabled from Accessories/Hildon KEyboard/ Stop/Start

If you want to use the WMAPPS, I created a quick little bar with usefull options (Accessories)(WmBar)(start)
It will not start at boot, I did not figure it should?

Menu is new

Pager is new

Archive, just drag files to it. gz/tar/bz2 or drag files to create archive. Kinda neat

Debs should install by clicking on them, there is also a place to drag deb files to, or deb links to install from minimo. If you drag a .install file to the "Drag URL Here" it will error and fail, but place the .install in the "Install" folder. Then just start Application Manager and "install from file" and select the .install file. There is a link in MyDocs, you can just select the Install directory from the main window that opens.

"Saver" This is just a directory with 5 queues in it, they are for downloading files. You can open it and drag links from Minimo to be downloaded to the Queue, the ICON will change if it is still downloading files, you may have to refresh, you can only download 1 file per queue at a time.

If you use xkill and kill ROX, you need to ssh to restart or press shutdown key and reboot.

KBDD is installed by default, it is a hacked version to support BGP100 bluetooth gamepads, I did not feel like keep installing it. Its installed in /usr/local/bin/kbdd edit the btconf file there and add your keyboard, it contains my bt gamepad by default. (Dont forget to pair first)

ISSUES
The only issue I have run across, is that Gaim will create a long window nad you can not grab the bottom window edge to resize it. If you maximize it, you still can not grab the bottom to resize it. The only way I could find to get the window to be able to be resized, From openbox start Gaim and login, now run "Hildon Desktop". Now that you are in Hildon, click on the Gaim application that is running, now open the Hildon menu and start openbox again. You should then be able to resize the window when back in openbox, and it will save the settings.

Installation!!
flash new image and create backup. Refer to here for proper documentation on how to do this.
http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...ead.php?t=4053

http://maemo.org/maemowiki/HowTo_EAS..._From_MMC_card

You will need GNU tar and bunzip2 to undo this
http://penguinbait.com/tar
or
http://penguinbait.com/tar.gz
and
http://penguinbait.com/bzip2
or
http://penguinbait.com/bzip2.gz

Again the only thing you need to install after untar is PYTHON.

sudo su -
cd /
tar jxvf /path/to/file/OPEN-ROX6.tar.bz2

boot new partition

install python2.5

start openbox from extras menu.

Your Done!!

Updates, I would like anyone who wants to contribute any changes or additions to please contact me. There is a lot of stuff that works that could be coded better, there is only so much I can get done, so if you can help out its more than welcome (its expected), and you can help set the direction for changes you would like to see made.

Let me know what you think!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

One last thing, ICONS/Menu Items
There are several applications that run on the n800 and I have not made application/menu entry for every available app. No Problem. These are very easy to create. Just make a Directory somewhere in /usr/local/apps and it will apear in the menu (after a refresh Tools/"Menu Refresh") Want to make it have an Icon just save a image file called .DirIcon in the directory. Now you have a submenu with an Icon. Want to make an app link instead, just add a file in the directory called AppRun. Inside Apprun just call the executable file (with options if needed)
/usr/local/bin/aterm -tr -sh 50 -e /bin/sh

Want to make something that you can drag to, look at mplayer.

/usr/bin/mplayer $1

Thats it, just pass the $1 and it will pass the filename or http when you drop it on the file.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
If you create new stuff send it to me. Even "Not Installed" icons, so they can be included in the next release. change a script, write a new one? send it along.

Mime entries you can add entries using vnc server, "Right Click" on a file, say mpg, or avi. It will open a menu (select Set Run Action) and you can drag an app to it or type in an app like /usr/bin/app "$@" Send these to me also, when you create new ones it creates a link in /home/user/.config/rox.sourceforge.net/MIME-types/

ls
/home/user/.config/rox.sourceforge.net/MIME-types/

lrwxrwxrwx 1 user users 44 Mar 7 18:45 application_x-debian-package -> /home/user/Apps/Tools/Install/Drag File Here

Anyway HAVE FUN!!! and Contribute, send contributions to contrib@penguinbait.com