A Control Panel

[maximus]

I've been wondering, what is that sourcery thing?

It's a GUI for slapt-src. viewtopic.php?f=17&t=2047

[Akuna]

Akuna, at the current design there is pretty much space wasted

Yes, that could be true, but you may not necessarily want things to be crammed either.

I will add a preference button so that the end user have a couple layout to choose from. The end user will also be able to decide which app goes to which category and maybe even whether the categories should show up or not.

[Akuna]

Something like that. It is an evolution of the 'notebook' layout.
When you click on a category on the left pane, you get the appropriate apps on the right pane.



For those who really want everything in only one view, they can go in preference and choose the global view instead (still fine-tuning this).
In preference, you will also be able to add/remove/move applications around in diverse categories.

[Duncan_Idaho]

I think i like the third one better now !!
good work Akuna

[mimosa]

That does look very nice, Akuna. I imagine there's no need for a scroll bar this way?

EDIT The great thing about plenty of white space like that is it avoids overwhelming the user with too much info all at once, while still allowing easy access to everything.

[pwatk]

I think i like the third one better now !!
good work Akuna

+1

[Akuna]

I'll be away for a few days, but here is something to play with while I'm gone:

http://people.salixos.org/akuna/testing ... h-1plb.txz
http://people.salixos.org/akuna/testing ... h-1plb.dep
http://people.salixos.org/akuna/testing ... h-1plb.md5

You need pyxdg as a dependency.

It is still very basic, many features are not implemented yet, but it is somewhat functional and something concrete to get started with.

For the moment, you can modify the choice of the application showing up in the diverse categories by editing the files in /etc/setupcenter, it is self-explanatory and there are some instructions in comments as well (Of course there will be a GUI for doing that, a little later down the road).

But we cannot modify the layout or the category structure yet.

Enjoy!

EDIT: See latest version below

[JRD]

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# LANG= /usr/sbin/setupcenter.py
/usr/sbin/setupcenter.py:61: GtkWarning: Unknown property: GtkIconView.item-orientation
  builder.add_from_file('/usr/share/setupcenter/setupcenter.glade')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/setupcenter.py", line 315, in <module>
    SetupCenter()
  File "/usr/sbin/setupcenter.py", line 101, in __init__
    icon_feed = self.get_icon(gtk.STOCK_OPEN)           
  File "/usr/sbin/setupcenter.py", line 299, in get_icon
    return theme.load_icon(icon_name, 48, 0)
glib.GError: Icon 'preferences-desktop-wallpaper' not present in theme

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$ LANG= /usr/sbin/setupcenter.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/setupcenter.py", line 312, in <module>
    error_dialog(_("<b>Sorry!</b> \n\nRoot privileges are required to access the Setup Center. "))
NameError: name 'error_dialog' is not defined

[Akuna]

Thanks for the report, I'll fix those when I come back.

But for now anyone having these problems can use the following work around.

For the first error, simply edit /usr/share/setupcenter/category.list and replace the name of the missing icon by one that you have.

For the second error, start as root.

BTW, it will probably work best in XFCE. I'm pretty sure there will be glitches on KDE & others.

Again, this is just a preview to play around with. It is most certainly quite buggy still, so TY for reporting all those.

[Akuna]

Oh well... I had a little time. Bug reported fixed and download links have been updated above.
From now on, the standard missing image icon will show up if your icon theme do not have the icon chosen by default.
And error dialogs will show up properly.

Here again are the links to the fixed version:
http://people.salixos.org/akuna/testing ... h-1plb.txz
http://people.salixos.org/akuna/testing ... h-1plb.dep
http://people.salixos.org/akuna/testing ... h-1plb.md5

Remember to install pyxdg first.

Let me know if there are other things I overlooked. Tx.

EDIT: See latest version below