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| + | ==Gnome notification== | ||
| + | You can send informations to the notification area of the gnome panel. You need the following package | ||
| + | apt-get install libnotify-bin | ||
| + | |||
| + | I do this with a little script | ||
| + | vim ~/bin/send_message | ||
| + | |||
| + | # !/bin/bash | ||
| + | # | ||
| + | # See man notify-send | ||
| + | # for more informations | ||
| + | |||
| + | # Params | ||
| + | # -t seconds : waits until vanish | ||
| + | |||
| + | notify_params=" -u critical -t 300000 " | ||
| + | title="$1" | ||
| + | text="$2" | ||
| + | /usr/bin/notify-send $notify_params $title $text" | ||
| + | |||
| + | |||
| + | More informations you will find on [http://www.galago-project.org/specs/notification/ galago-project.org], in the manual or help: | ||
| + | man notify-send | ||
| + | notify-send --help | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Troubleshooting=== | ||
| + | There is an option ''DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS='' to pass in front of a call to notify-send. You can get this adress like this (taken and CORRECTED from [http://blog.drinsama.de/erich/en/linux/2006021003-gnome-hack-of-the-day.html here]: | ||
| + | # !/bin/bash | ||
| + | # | ||
| + | user=$(/usr/bin/whoami) | ||
| + | pids=$(pgrep -u ${user} gnome-session) | ||
| + | title="$1" | ||
| + | text="$2" | ||
| + | |||
| + | for pid in $pids; do | ||
| + | # find DBUS session bus for this session | ||
| + | DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=$(grep -z DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS \ | ||
| + | /proc/$pid/environ | sed -e 's/DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=//') | ||
| + | |||
| + | # use it | ||
| + | DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=$DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS \ | ||
| + | /usr/bin/notify-send -u low -t 30000 "$title" "$text" | ||
| + | done | ||
Revision as of 11:43, 26 September 2007
Contents
A very quick way to make launchers
Open the application run dialog with Alt+F2.
Then just drag & drop the icon onto your desktop or in the panel. ;)
cd ~/.config/menus
Here you find all menu files (ending: .menu). Delete them.
You also might delete all entries under
/etc/xdg
Install the packages
apt-get install menu-xgd menu
As root with
dpkg-reconfigure menu-xdg menu
you will trigger the reload of the menu entries.
Crossover Office Menu vanished
If you are configuring crossover settings (extended settings), you can choose a different name for the applications root directory - default is /Windows Applications. If the menu entries in your gnome menu disappear, simply change this, and a new menu will be created.
See: Wine - Crossover Office.
Gnome notification
You can send informations to the notification area of the gnome panel. You need the following package
apt-get install libnotify-bin
I do this with a little script
vim ~/bin/send_message
# !/bin/bash # # See man notify-send # for more informations # Params # -t seconds : waits until vanish notify_params=" -u critical -t 300000 " title="$1" text="$2" /usr/bin/notify-send $notify_params $title $text"
More informations you will find on galago-project.org, in the manual or help:
man notify-send notify-send --help
Troubleshooting
There is an option DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS= to pass in front of a call to notify-send. You can get this adress like this (taken and CORRECTED from here:
# !/bin/bash
#
user=$(/usr/bin/whoami)
pids=$(pgrep -u ${user} gnome-session)
title="$1"
text="$2"
for pid in $pids; do
# find DBUS session bus for this session
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=$(grep -z DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS \
/proc/$pid/environ | sed -e 's/DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=//')
# use it
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=$DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS \
/usr/bin/notify-send -u low -t 30000 "$title" "$text"
done