Re: 'fmenu' - program launcher

On Mon, 2001-12-31 at 01:33, Nils Faerber wrote:
> On 30 Dec 2001 14:11:03 +1030
> Robert Mibus <mibus@bigpond.com> wrote:
> > As there was an apparent lack of PalmOS/WinCE style program launchers, I
> > wrote my own. the 'fmenu' executable can go anywhere, fmenu.glade wants
> > to go in /usr/share/.

> In short: GREAT!
> Exactly what was missing and I really wonder why you did not post that
> earlier ;)
I didn't have anything to post. Sometimes it takes me a while to get
motivated.

> I just toyed around with it and am absolutely amazed!
> The best choice we currently have and the best starting point, IMHO.
Thanks!

> So, the very obvious question:
> Would you be willing to take the application manager sub-project?
Sure, I'd love to - Mmmmm, warm fuzzy feeling....

> That is to coordinate efforts and to further help with the development and
> integration into what will once become GPE?
Definately.

> This would be really great!
Ok then ;-)

> > The only problem I know of is that when you press the group drop-down,
> > the list (in the background) often changes to "All"; this appears to be
> > a Gtk problem AFAICT. It doesn't affect the usability though.
>
> Could you possibly redesign it to use tabs instead of the pull-down menu
> for choosing the category? Maybe this way this "bug" goes away by itself
> ;) And besides this I think that tabs are easier to navigate through than
> this pull-down list.
It seems to be what everyone wants; I don't have any time now (new years
eve and all) so I'll do it later this week if I can. (I'm not doing
active coding on anything else, so it's got #1 priority :)

> Another thing that I noticed is that even in categories where just a few
> programs are listed the vertical scrollbar is still visible and even
> indicates a longer (empty) list. But that's just cosmetics ;)
Hmmm, it looks like the GtkTable might be keeping its vertical size; the
scrollbar on mine will scroll down as far as the biggest group it's had
yet, which is always 'All'. Hmmmmm... This should go away with tabs as
each group will have it's own GtkTable. Or I might just move to
GtkVBoxes, I don't know...

> Anyway, great work, many many thanks!
Thanks for all the feedback, everyone. I wasn't expecting to find such a
violently pleasant reaction to my itch-scratching.

mibus

-- 
Robert Mibus <mibus@bigpond.com>
There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one
works.