Re: [dev] wmii hardware keyboard shortcut layout at boot problem
Hi, On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 09:03:43PM -0400, Eitan Goldshtrom wrote: I set the keyboard layout to Dvorak with the KEYBOARD variable in rc.conf. When I start wmii though all my keyboard shortcuts are set to the hardware keys, which are QWERTY. I'm using Arch Linux and I installed xbindkeys, or at least some X package, to get the shortcuts to bind to the software layout. It works, but I have to run wmiirc through the actions menu in order for it to work. I have to do it every single time I start up wmii -- it's kind of annoying. Anyone know how to fix this? -Eitan here I run Arch Linux, wmii and Neo2 keyboard layout without such annoyances. The only thing I've set up (at least its the only one I find right now) for the keyboard layout is the KEYMAP variable in rc.conf. I guess for you it would be KEYMAP=dvorak Does invoking setxkbmap dvorak bring any difference for you? Cheers, Tom
[dev] [wmii] running script on 'desktop'?
Just curious if it is possible to run a script on the background image (sort of conky-ish)? I'm thinking not due to the nature of wmii, however I thought it couldn't hurt to ask. Thanks Benjamin
Re: [dev] [wmii] running script on 'desktop'?
What do you mean by this? If Conky outputs as text, you can send it's output to a constantly updating xrootconsole (sorta hackish and not very pretty, and likely you need to install xrootconsole) (printing out_to_console=yes and out_to_x=no). I don't use the program myself, but I think I can see what it does. If something outputs to the root window of the X display, it will do what you want. I personally use mpc|xrootconsole inside my dwm loop (it's not great, and it's not pretty, but it does the job). You might simply want to put watch ps -aux|xrootconsole as a script running in the background to keep a constantly updated mpd readout available. So - the answer is - yes, you can, although more information would help a lot. On 22 March 2011 09:18, Benjamin Cathey benja...@apocalypticfail.com wrote: Just curious if it is possible to run a script on the background image (sort of conky-ish)? I'm thinking not due to the nature of wmii, however I thought it couldn't hurt to ask. Thanks Benjamin
Re: [dev] [wmii] running script on 'desktop'?
Hey again Well in wmii, I use terminator set to transparent so that my background image shows through (set using 'feh' in my wmiirc). I was wondering if there was a way to have a script running and have the output display over the background displayed by feh and under the terminator window (or any other window really). I did not think this would be possible as it seems that all programs running need a 'window'. I looked for xrootconsole using yaourt (arch linux) and didn't find any matches. Thanks B On 03/22/2011 10:39 AM, Sean Howard wrote: What do you mean by this? If Conky outputs as text, you can send it's output to a constantly updating xrootconsole (sorta hackish and not very pretty, and likely you need to install xrootconsole) (printing out_to_console=yes and out_to_x=no). I don't use the program myself, but I think I can see what it does. If something outputs to the root window of the X display, it will do what you want. I personally use mpc|xrootconsole inside my dwm loop (it's not great, and it's not pretty, but it does the job). You might simply want to put watch ps -aux|xrootconsole as a script running in the background to keep a constantly updated mpd readout available. So - the answer is - yes, you can, although more information would help a lot. On 22 March 2011 09:18, Benjamin Catheybenja...@apocalypticfail.com wrote: Just curious if it is possible to run a script on the background image (sort of conky-ish)? I'm thinking not due to the nature of wmii, however I thought it couldn't hurt to ask. Thanks Benjamin
Re: [dev] [wmii] running script on 'desktop'?
http://sourceforge.net/projects/xrootconsole/ - I don't know if it's packaged in arch. I personally use the OpenBSD package, but that has little bearing on any Linux I know. The root window is a window, however, it is currently likely being take up by your background. On 22 March 2011 10:44, Benjamin Cathey benja...@apocalypticfail.com wrote: Hey again Well in wmii, I use terminator set to transparent so that my background image shows through (set using 'feh' in my wmiirc). I was wondering if there was a way to have a script running and have the output display over the background displayed by feh and under the terminator window (or any other window really). I did not think this would be possible as it seems that all programs running need a 'window'. I looked for xrootconsole using yaourt (arch linux) and didn't find any matches. Thanks B On 03/22/2011 10:39 AM, Sean Howard wrote: What do you mean by this? If Conky outputs as text, you can send it's output to a constantly updating xrootconsole (sorta hackish and not very pretty, and likely you need to install xrootconsole) (printing out_to_console=yes and out_to_x=no). I don't use the program myself, but I think I can see what it does. If something outputs to the root window of the X display, it will do what you want. I personally use mpc|xrootconsole inside my dwm loop (it's not great, and it's not pretty, but it does the job). You might simply want to put watch ps -aux|xrootconsole as a script running in the background to keep a constantly updated mpd readout available. So - the answer is - yes, you can, although more information would help a lot. On 22 March 2011 09:18, Benjamin Catheybenja...@apocalypticfail.com wrote: Just curious if it is possible to run a script on the background image (sort of conky-ish)? I'm thinking not due to the nature of wmii, however I thought it couldn't hurt to ask. Thanks Benjamin
Re: [dev] [wmii] running script on 'desktop'?
Ah - sorry. Reread the wmiirc. It uses xsetroot to set the background. Therefore running a program in the root window (examples: xrootconsole, xmoon, xpenguins, or xfireworks) will happen over top of that. On 22 March 2011 11:08, Sean Howard sil...@callysto.com wrote: http://sourceforge.net/projects/xrootconsole/ - I don't know if it's packaged in arch. I personally use the OpenBSD package, but that has little bearing on any Linux I know. The root window is a window, however, it is currently likely being take up by your background. On 22 March 2011 10:44, Benjamin Cathey benja...@apocalypticfail.com wrote: Hey again Well in wmii, I use terminator set to transparent so that my background image shows through (set using 'feh' in my wmiirc). I was wondering if there was a way to have a script running and have the output display over the background displayed by feh and under the terminator window (or any other window really). I did not think this would be possible as it seems that all programs running need a 'window'. I looked for xrootconsole using yaourt (arch linux) and didn't find any matches. Thanks B On 03/22/2011 10:39 AM, Sean Howard wrote: What do you mean by this? If Conky outputs as text, you can send it's output to a constantly updating xrootconsole (sorta hackish and not very pretty, and likely you need to install xrootconsole) (printing out_to_console=yes and out_to_x=no). I don't use the program myself, but I think I can see what it does. If something outputs to the root window of the X display, it will do what you want. I personally use mpc|xrootconsole inside my dwm loop (it's not great, and it's not pretty, but it does the job). You might simply want to put watch ps -aux|xrootconsole as a script running in the background to keep a constantly updated mpd readout available. So - the answer is - yes, you can, although more information would help a lot. On 22 March 2011 09:18, Benjamin Catheybenja...@apocalypticfail.com wrote: Just curious if it is possible to run a script on the background image (sort of conky-ish)? I'm thinking not due to the nature of wmii, however I thought it couldn't hurt to ask. Thanks Benjamin
Re: [dev] [wmii] running script on 'desktop'?
On Tue, 22 Mar 2011, Benjamin Cathey wrote:
Just curious if it is possible to run a script on the background image
(sort of conky-ish)? I'm thinking not due to the nature of wmii,
however I thought it couldn't hurt to ask.
The root window's still there, and you can still draw on it.
I'd never heard of conky (I have GKrellM pegged to tag /./ with
-geometry -0+0), but trying it, I had to change 'own_window' from 'yes'
to 'no' in the config, and then it worked fine.
If you want 'real' transparency, you'll need something to do that for
you, IIRC.
Another stupid example drawing to the 'background':
Under 'zsh' (not sure if other shells have '=(cmd)'):
while {true} {qiv -n -y =(convert -size 120x16 xc:none -gravity NorthWest -pointsize 10
-fill Red -draw text 0,0 '$(date)' png:-)}
(constantly updates the 'desktop' with the current time tiled.)
Well in wmii, I use terminator set to transparent so that my
background image shows through (set using 'feh' in my wmiirc). I was
wondering if there was a way to have a script running and have the
output display over the background displayed by feh and under the
terminator window (or any other window really).
If you want something *between* root and a background, you'll have to
draw it yourself. If it's textual, I think xrootconsole[1], as
mentioned in the other fork of this thread should be useful. Otherwise
you'd need to combine whatever images you want and update it that way.
e.g. my stupid ImageMagick date command from above, overlaid onto your
background:
while {true} {qiv -n -x =(convert your-normal-background.png \( -size 120x16 xc:none
-matte -channel A -fx .5 -channel RGBA -gravity NorthWest -pointsize 10 -fill Red -draw
text 0,0 '$(date)' \) -composite png:-)}
I'm only using 'qiv' because I had it in my zsh history. Don't really
know much about qiv vs. feh, except that neither seems to accept an
image on stdin.
--
Best,
Ben
[1] http://sf.net/projects/xrootconsole
