ROX-All 0.9

ROX-All 0.9 (a single archive containing launchers for most of the ROX
applications) has been released.

For more information, including package downloads, see:

  http://rox.sourceforge.net/desktop/ROX-All

Changes in 0.9:

- Added System (Ken Hayber), XAttr (Stephen Watson), WiFi (Cyrille Mars
  and Ken Hayber), ArmagetronAd (tron game) and Execute (Dennis Tomas).

- Memo can now run as an applet.

- Includes newer versions of 0launch.

As usual, if you think some program should be included then send us the
Zero Install interface URI and we can add it.

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Icons

One annoying thing about Rox when you have icons on the desktop is the fact
the same icon gets used when a program has to run in a terminal. For example I have Midnight Commander
setup on the desktop, but it takes the icon for the term program, instead of M-Cs icon. Is there a way around
this other
than wrapper scripts ?

Thanks

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Zero2Bundle 0.1

Zero2Bundle 0.1 (create self-contained bundles from a Zero Install feed)
has been released.

You can install it by entering this URL into AddApp:

  http://rox.sourceforge.net/2006/interfaces/Zero2Bundle.xml

Zero2Bundle makes it easy to create self-contained ROX application
directories from Zero Install Injector feeds.

Note: normally, you would use AddApp rather than Zero2Bundle. AddApp
creates small launchers, which will download the application if
required and store it in the cache. The launchers will automatically
check for updates, run the correct binary for different platforms, and
share libraries. Zero2Bundle, by contrast, copies the program and all
required libraries into the created directory. This may be useful if
the target machine doesn't have a network connection, for example.

As with AddApp, you can use any Zero Install feed, not just ROX
software. In fact, it's less useful with ROX programs, because they're
supplied as application directories anyway!

Also, as a result of my new script for creating Zero Install feeds
from autopackages[1], you can therefore use this to get a ROX
application directory for programs like Stellarium:

  http://0install.net/2006/autopackage/Stellarium.xml

Plus, of course, all the other non-ROX Zero Install programs like
Inkscape and XaraXtreme (Artworks).

Re: Icons

On Sun, 03 Dec 2006 00:16:20 -0500
Frank McCormick <fmccormick <at> videotron.ca> wrote:

> 
> One annoying thing about Rox when you have icons on the desktop is
> the fact the same icon gets used when a program has to run in a
> terminal. For example I have Midnight Commander setup on the desktop,
> but it takes the icon for the term program, instead of M-Cs icon. Is
> there a way around this other than wrapper scripts ?

   Let me put it another way - how do you setup a desktop icon for midnight commander without having it inherit the
icon for the term program you use ?

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AddApp and Rox not communicating

Starting yesterday, and persisting through a fresh install of XUbuntu
Edgy, AddApp has been unable to communicate with the filer. I enter a
URL into it (or drag it), and the normal 'Save this app somewhere'
dialog comes up - if I drag the icon to any folder, I get a dialogue up
saying 'Remote app can't or won't send me the data - sorry'.
What does this mean?
DND saving from other apps works fine, as does putting the full path
into AddApp. Clearing AddApp from my cache doesn't help.

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Re: Icons

Frank McCormick wrote:
> On Sun, 03 Dec 2006 00:16:20 -0500
> Frank McCormick <fmccormick <at> videotron.ca> wrote:
> 
>> One annoying thing about Rox when you have icons on the desktop is
>> the fact the same icon gets used when a program has to run in a
>> terminal. For example I have Midnight Commander setup on the desktop,
>> but it takes the icon for the term program, instead of M-Cs icon. Is
>> there a way around this other than wrapper scripts ?
> 
> 
> 
>    Let me put it another way - how do you setup a desktop icon for midnight commander without having it inherit the
> icon for the term program you use ?
> 

Built into ROX - none?
Use a .desktop file? (I think, but I haven't tried it)
Create a wrapper AppDir (using AppFactory makes this very simple)

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Re: AddApp and Rox not communicating

On 12/9/06, Lennon Cook <maguswizardo <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> Starting yesterday, and persisting through a fresh install of XUbuntu
> Edgy, AddApp has been unable to communicate with the filer. I enter a
> URL into it (or drag it), and the normal 'Save this app somewhere'
> dialog comes up - if I drag the icon to any folder, I get a dialogue up
> saying 'Remote app can't or won't send me the data - sorry'.
> What does this mean?

It means that AddApp (using ROX-Lib) thinks that the filer asked it to
save to a different machine. It can't do this, because it needs to
save a directory, not a single file.

Is the filer's "Don't use hostnames" option turned off?

> DND saving from other apps works fine, as does putting the full path
> into AddApp. Clearing AddApp from my cache doesn't help.

Try extracting an archive with Archive (this also creates a directory).

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Re: Icons

On 12/9/06, Frank McCormick <fmccormick <at> videotron.ca> wrote:
[...]
>  Let me put it another way - how do you setup a desktop icon for midnight
> commander without having it inherit the
> icon for the term program you use ?

Right-click on the icon you want to change and choose "Set Icon..."
from the menu.

(or use the .desktop file instead of the binary)

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Re: AddApp and Rox not communicating

"Thomas Leonard" <talex5 <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> It means that AddApp (using ROX-Lib) thinks that the filer asked it to
> save to a different machine. It can't do this, because it needs to
> save a directory, not a single file.
> 
> Is the filer's "Don't use hostnames" option turned off?
Indeed it was. I don't suppose it's possible to fix this, or atleast
document this somewhere? I've no doubt someone will run into this same
problem a few months down the track - and I'm not entirely sure it
won't be me...

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Re: AddApp and Rox not communicating

On Sat, 09 Dec 2006 23:06:12 +1100, Lennon Cook wrote:

> "Thomas Leonard" <talex5 <at> gmail.com> wrote:
>> It means that AddApp (using ROX-Lib) thinks that the filer asked it to
>> save to a different machine. It can't do this, because it needs to
>> save a directory, not a single file.
>> 
>> Is the filer's "Don't use hostnames" option turned off?
> Indeed it was. I don't suppose it's possible to fix this, or atleast
> document this somewhere? I've no doubt someone will run into this same
> problem a few months down the track - and I'm not entirely sure it
> won't be me...

The real question is why ROX-Lib thinks the local machine is remote.
Have a look in ROX-Lib's saving.py:

	path = get_local_path(escape(uri))
	if path:
		...
	else:
		to_send = 'F'	# Non-local transfer

What does escape(uri) return, and why does get_local_path think it's
remote?

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