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Download: Tar/BZ2

License: Public Domain

Editorial v0.80:

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Breaking News: Wie die Autoren der beliebten Nachrichtenseite ProLinux bekannt gaben, streben
Sie die Weltherrschaft an, wörtlich meinten die beiden “HaJo, weißt du was wir heute Abend
machen werden?” “Chips essen und einen Film anschauen?” “Nein, wir werden die Weltherrschaft
an uns reißen!” “Und wie willst du das schaffen?” “Mit Zwangs-DRM und LGA!” “narf”

* Nachfolgendes Material enthält verstörende Inhalte, die Jugendlichen
und Kindern auf keinen Fall vorenthalten werden dürfen! *

Fortunes::ProLinux!

Nachdem ProLinux die einzige Nachrichtenseite ist, die noch nicht zur FSFschen Achse des Pöhsen
gehört und auf Perl (der einzigen von der FSF noch nicht indizierten Programmiersprache) basiert
ist die Weltherrschaft mehr als angemessen! Helfen auch Sie mit und verteilen Sie dieses Paket
an mindestens 10 Freunde, sollten Sie keine 10 Freunde haben, dann drucken Sie es aus und werfen
es in 10 Briefkästen Ihrer Wahl!

Doch ProLinux, der vorprogrammierte Sieg im nächsten Flamewar, Nabel der Welt und kompetenteste
Newsseite dies– und jenseits der Schattenwelt kann noch mehr! Überzeugen Sie sich selbst:

• — Ally McBeal und Accessibility
• — Ferengies wollen Erde unterwandern
• — HaJo und die Allerweltsnews
• — LHs Wertschätzung des Dealers von nebenan
• — Schwesterwelle als Idol
• — Irrsinige Patente
• — KDE und die biblische Erleuchtung
• — vieles mehr und liebe GNUesse

Alle, die innerhalb der nächsten 2 Tage bestellen, erhalten kostenlos dazu:

OpenPresse — Die schonungslose Wahrheit über die Wahrheit

Sowie die DVD Lafer — Lindner — Lecker. Machen Sie sich gefasst auf:

• — Pressestimmen zum 10-jährigen von ProLinux
• — GNU Screen Of Death
• — Deutsch für ProLinux-Leser
• — 10 Dinge, die man auf ProLinux nicht sehen will
• — Vic Brothers erste eigene TV-Show
• — Neue Staffel von: “Guter Code — Schlechter Code”

Außerdem erschütternde Tatsachenberichte aus den Foren Limarum.
Noch nie war der Pöbel so präsent wie heute.

Und als ob Sie vor lachen nicht schon ein Sauerstoffzelt bräuchten:
GermanBash Forte in Keksform! U. a. mit vergessenen Kindern.
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The huge scriptchain is used internally by the different styles shipped, but of course may also be used externally by your scripts.

Basically everything should be documented (might not be the case for GIT).

Internal Styles shipped: 12

Translations: german, italian, russian, spanish

GIT: git://git.tuxfamily.org/gitroot/bashstyleng/bashstyleng.git

License: GPL3

Download: Tar/BZ2 (SHA1 SUM) // Tar/XZ (SHA1 SUM) (a .deb package is in my apt-repo)

BugTracker: http://tickets.nanolx.org/

ChangeLog:

Overview of changes in v7.11 “I Shot The Blender”

** !! This release contains an easteregg !! **

=== BUG Reporting ===

* You can now report bugs at: http://tickets.nanolx.org/
* choose “BashStyle-NG” from the combobox and open a new
ticket (it’s possible to do it anonymously, though being
registered is recommend (for mail-notifications))

=== Build/Installation ===
* configure/Makefile output is now even fancier

* no longer depends on gtk-2.0.pc and gconf-2.0.pc
(allows installation without –devel pkgs installed)

* mkchangelog function (generates ChangeLog from git log)

=== Bugfixes ===
* #98: support spaces in arguements for all functions
* #99: errornous output in showspace
* #100: make sure to use \$ rather than $ in all styles
* #101: correctly get (and therefore log) the bash patch-level
* #102: workaround failing to change TMOUT due to MSEC
* #103: unify all classes to workaround a pygtk-bug (result: uglier code)
* #104: comment out rcgenerator comments in generated bashrc

=== Added Features ===
* git_branch function
* git_revision function
* git_action function
* youtube2ogg function
* conv2avi function
* torswitch function
* repoadd function
* get_kde function
* get_e function
* get_kernel function
* remount function
* lscd function
* up function
* stopwatch function
* wipe function [CAUTION!]
* writeiso function
* geniso function
* bashtips function
* bookmark function
* unmark function
* randomfile function
* deadlink function
* empty function

* –m switch for get_xfce function
* –mb switch for get_xfce function
* –mb switch for get_gnome function
* –external switch for show_ip

* listing all files in lo function
* listing all files in lg function
* support for multiple arguements in lm function

* First-run-wizard (sets up several options for functions)

* $SECONDS in custom-prompt-builder
* show help-button for custom-prompt-builder
* toolbox for custom-prompt-builder

* dirinfo directory-indexing functions (Draft 1 Revision 2)

* simple warning-mechanism for nx-rc

* GUI is now resizable

* BSNG_DOCS environment-variable

=== Removed Features ===
* Preview in GUI

* dash style
* job style
* minimal style
* bracket style

* bs-ng-echo function (replaced)
* bsource function (unneded)

=== New Colorschemes ===
* asu1dark
* candycode
* dw_orange
* fruit
* relaxedgreen
* tango

=== Documentation ===
* Major revision of all chapters
* Updated all images

=== Translations ===
* german:  100%
* italian: 100%
* russian: 100%
* spanish: 100% [NEW]

I made this engine for my box, so It’s look’n’feel is quite uncommon. (eg: the scrollbars on left & such), but still… feel free to try it out and suggest new stuff.

Besides it has a whole bunch of options. (in gtkrc, check the code-block following line 453).

License: GPL2+

Download: Tar/BZ2 DEB

GIT: git://git.tuxfamily.org/gitroot/terranova/terranova.git

Screenshots:

candy style ———————– clarius style ——————- aquarius style

ChangeLog:

0.50:
– improved active tabs look’n’feel
– small fixup in autogen.sh
– improved configure.ac
– split CLARIUS and AQUARIUS
– added CANDY (back (from Excelsior 1.x))
– made panel-menu, dialog and large-toolbar icons 22x22
– renamed themes:

• TerraNova => TerraNova-Clarius
• TerraNova-Midnight => TerraNova-Aquarius
• TerraNova-Candy (new)

- themes support nautilus-elementarys breadcrumb pathbar
– breadcrumb effects: active ones are blue, prelighted violett
– scale down arrows to 60% (too big in breadcrumbs else)
– use gtk_widget_has_default instead of GTK_WIDGET_HAS_DEFAULT
– use gtk_widget_get_state instead of GTK_WIDGET_STATE
– use gtk_widget_is_drawable instead of GTK_WIDGET_DRAWABLE
– use gtk_widget_get_has_window instead of GTK_WIDGET_NO_WINDOW
– use gtk_widget_get_visible instead of GTK_WIDGET_VISIBLE
– use gtk_widget_has_focus instead of GTK_WIDGET_HAS_FOCUS
– set several gtk+ settings via the theme rc files

• (see “Misc Settings” in the rc files)

- added grip_pos engine option
– added draw_unselected engine option
– removed button_style engine option
– added 1 option to tooltip_style option (plain tooltips)
– fixed tooltips-rendering in Firefox
– invert selected cells for CLARIUS
– updated schema

From time to time you want to type letters which are not available on your keyboard. A common way to solve this issue is to use applications like gucharmap. Far easier would be to directly be able to type them, therefore I’m going to introduce XModMap to you.

I. Some theory

First of all the get the list of all modifiers (special keys which are only useful in combination with other keys like Ctrl, Alt or Shift & Co.):

Source code

0. xmodmap –pm

The output will be similar to the following

Source code

0. xmodmap:  up to 4 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses):
1. shift       Shift_L (0x32),  Shift_R (0x3e)
2. lock        Caps_Lock (0x42)
3. control     Control_L (0x25),  Control_R (0x69)
4. mod1        Alt_L (0x40),  Meta_L (0xcd)
5. mod2        Num_Lock (0x4d)
6. mod3
7. mod4        Multi_key (0x85),  Super_R (0x86),  Super_L (0xce),  Hyper_L (0xcf)
8. mod5        ISO_Level3_Shift (0x5c),  Mode_switch (0xcb)

A keyboard has four levels

• level 1 is reached by simply the pressing the key
• level 2 is reached by pressing the key + shift
• level 3 is reached by pressing the key + ISO_Level3_Shift (normally AltGr)
• level 4 is reached by pressing the key + Shift + ISO_Level3_Shift

by default levels 5 ’till 8 are not reachable, so I’m (mostly) going to ignore them, for more infos on that, read this.

That makes the output of xmodmap self-explaining.

• first column: the key on the keyboard
• second column: symbol on level 1
• third column: symbol on level 2
• fourth column: symbol on level 3
• fifth column: symbol on level 4

logically not all levels must be set.

Next get our current configuration

Source code

0. xmodmap –pke

here’s a snippet of mine

Source code

0. keycode  19 = 0 equal 0 equal braceright degree braceright
1. keycode  20 = ssharp question backslash U1E9E backslash U1E9E
2. keycode  21 = dead_acute dead_grave dead_acute dead_grave dead_cedilla dead_ogonek dead_cedilla
3. keycode  22 = BackSpace NoSymbol BackSpace NoSymbol BackSpace
4. keycode  23 = Tab ISO_Left_Tab Tab ISO_Left_Tab Tab ISO_Left_Tab
5. keycode  24 = q Q q Q at Greek_OMEGA at
6. keycode  25 = w W w W lstroke Lstroke lstroke Lstroke

in the first column you’ll find the key, in the others it’s setup: it’s either a keycode (decimal, eg: keycode 25), a keysym-name (alpha, eg: keysym w) or a keysym (hexadecimal, eg: keysym 0x0077). A full list of them can be found either locally in /usr/include/X11/keysymdef.h or online.

Configuration can be either made temporarly or permanent. In the first example we want the key “e” to print “€” on the third and “ε” on the fourth level.

temporary

Source code

0. xmodmap –e “keysym e = e E EuroSign Greek_epsilon EuroSign Greek_epsilon”

(As I said levels 5 — 8 aren’t supported by default, but my keyboard doesn’t respond to 3 and 4, but to 5 and 6, so those are copies of the former)

permanent

put the command without “xmodmap –e” into $HOME/.Xmodmap

Source code

0. keysym e = e E Eurosign Greek_epsilon Eurosign Greek_epsilon

the file can be loaded via

Source code

0. xmodmap $HOME/.Xmodmap

GNOME for example will search for that file on session startup and if found ask you wether to use it.

But now to some more practically relevant examples.

II. capital sharp-s (ẞ)

Compared to the english alphahbet, the german got four letters more: ä ö ü and ß. For the first free there are also capital ones Ä Ö Ü, but not for the ß, that is because it can never begin a word. This leads to a phonetic disaster: when you write the word groß (big) in capital letters it becomes GROSS. But: ß is pronounced like sz, not like ss, therefore the word would be spoken different (if we wouldn’t know that SS means ß). There have been approaches for the capital ß to become part of the german alphabet in the early 20th century, with no luck.

Well… in 2008 the ẞ became part of the unicode standard and all modern systems shipp fonts which are able to display it. Therefore we can finally write GROẞ instead of GROSS.

Now setup ẞ as level 4 on the ß-key

Source code

0. xmodmap –e “keysym ssharp = ssharp question backslash U1E9E backslash U1E9E”

That’s it!

III. Multi_key

The Multi_key –also known as Compose– is a special modifier which composes characters by special keystrokes. For example if you use an english layout but want to be able to type german or scandinavik letters you would do

Source code

0. Multi_key + ” + a = ä
1.  
2. Multi_key + a + e = æ

In our example we set the left Window-Logo-Key as Multi_key

Source code

0. xmodmap –e “keysym Super_L = Multi_key”

Here you can find a list of all possible combinations.

IV. Pointer_EnableKeys

To be able to move the pointer with the keyboard, several windowmanagers allow that by using the numpad, then the Num_Lock is off. This has one major drawback: you want be able to use them as Pos1, PageUp and so on. By using XModMap you get the option of using Pointer_EnableKeys, which works like that:

• Num_Lock on: keys produce 1 2 3 4…
• Num_Lock off: keys produce End Down PageDown Left…
• Num_Lock + Shift: keys move the pointer
• Num_Lock + Shift (again): keys work normally again

set it up

Source code

0. xmodmap –e “keysym Num_Lock = Num_Lock Pointer_EnableKeys”

V. More stuff

We can use /usr/include/X11/keysymdef.h to access practically every character available. In the example we bind club (the cross on playing cards) as third and fourth level “c”. Checking the include file we find

Source code

0. #define XK_club                          0x0aec  /* U+2663 BLACK CLUB SUIT */

As you can see we get the keysym-name (club, XK_ stripped off) and the keysym (0x0aec), though I recommend using keysym-names as they’re much more intuitive.

Source code

0. xmodmap –e “keysym c = c C club club club club”

Now pressing third or fourth level “c” results in “♣”. You’ll no longer need gucharmap & Co.

Have Fun!

The german version of this article has been released on ProLinux.

I’ve collected some stuff for the YP-R1, other owners might be interessted in:

• UCI (“Themes”)
• UCI SDK (to build your own themes — requires Adobe Flash)
• Wallpapers
• Flash Games
• supplemented games
• Firmware 3.04

You can grab the stuff from:

http://www.nanolx.org/downloads/R1

As I said the YP-R1 has a linux-based firmware and I’m currently checking it’s contents.

Have Fun!

The GNOME-Settings-Daemon is responsible for applying GTK+ settings, XSettingsD is a more lightweight replacement.

I. Install the XSettingsD:

for building from source, you need scons, which you either install from your distributors repositories, or –if not available there– get from http://www.scons.org/.

Source code

0. git clone git://github.com/derat/xsettingsd.git
1. cd xsettingsd
2. scons
3. sudo install –m755 xsettingsd /usr/bin/
4. sudo install –m755 dump_xsettings /usr/bin/

II. re-using existing settings:

the following command will convert our existing GNOME-Configuration to a XSettingsD one.

Source code

0. dump_xsettings > $HOME/.xsettingsd

III. running xsettingsd:

simply issue the following command.

Source code

0. xsettingsd

If you want to use a different configurationfile, issue that command instead.

Source code

0. xsettingsd –config=CONFIGFILE

IV. changing settings:

for changing the settings, either use gnome-appearance-properties and re-issue dump_xsettings, or open the file $HOME/.xsettingsd and change manually.

V. reloading settings while already running:

if you changed the settings while xsettings was already running, you don’t need to kill it and start it again, simply issue the following command to let it reload the configuration:

Source code

0. killall –HUP xsettingsd

All that is remaining, is to add it to the autostarted applications.

Have Fun!

The per-user settings are stored in $HOME/.gtkrc–2.0, the system-wide settings in /etc/gtkrc-2.0. To change them, simply append (or modify the entries).

I. change the theme (use folder-name as value):

Source code

0. gtk-theme-name=“Clearlooks”

II. change the icon-theme:

Source code

0. gtk-icon-theme-name=“gnome”

III. change the cursor (not all windowmanager support on-the-fly changing):

Source code

0. gtk-cursor-theme-name=“default”

IV. change the font:

Source code

0. gtk-font-name=“Arial”

Of course that’s not all. There are much more options, check the documentation. If you don’t want to manually do that, you may use applications like LXAppearance or GNOME-Color-Chooser.

Have Fun.

The german version of this article has been released on ProLinux.

(The upcoming Variant II will introduce the XSettingsD)

First of all your windowmanager needs to have a proper .desktop file, so that KDEs control-center can recognize it. Next find the .desktop I’ve setup for Sawfish:

Source code

0. [Desktop Entry]
1. Name=Sawfish
2. Exec=sawfish
3. TryExec=sawfish
4. X-KDE-WindowManagerConfigure=sawfish-config
5. #X-KDE-WindowManagerRestartArgument=–replace

The file should be self-explaining. Next we need to find out where to place it:

Source code

0. kde4-config –install data

It will give us the directory, on my system it’s:

Source code

0. /usr/share/kde4/apps/

Now simply put your .desktop file into that directory. As the last step, open the KDE4 control-center (System Settings) and navigate to: Personal > Default Applications > Window Manager and choose yours from the Combobox, hit the “Configure”-Button to start it’s configuration utility.

Have Fun

When you’re buying music from amazon you’ll in most cases get an encrypted .amz file containing the download links. This file would require the amazon-mp3-downloader to be decrypted. But it’s only available for a handfull and old distros.

The developer behind clamz managed to find a way to decrypt .amz files, so everyone can buy music from amazon.

First of all install clamz (users of my apt-repo simply install the clamz package):

grab the source from the homepage.

Source code

0. ./configure –prefix=/usr
1. make
2. sudo make install (or su –c “make install”)

For simply downloading the purchased files issue:

Source code

0. clamz <.amz-file>

Now lean back and wait until your files are downloaded. By default the files are placed in the music-folder set by xdg-user-dirs — this would be $HOME/Music in english or $HOME/Musik in german environments. Of course clamz got the ability to change the output directory and the output filename. Next follows the allowed set of tags for doing so:

Source code

0. ${title}
1. ${creator}
2. ${album}
3. ${tracknum}
4. ${album_artist}
5. ${genre}
6. ${discnum}
7. ${suffix}
8. ${asin}
9. ${album_asin}

Some examples on changing the output directory or filename:

Source code

0. clamz –o “${artist} — ${title}.${suffix}” <.amz-file>
1. (= Technoboy Meets Ruffian — The Undersound.mp3)

Source code

0. clamz –output=”${tracknum} — ${title}.${suffix}” <.amz-file>
1. (= 01 — The Undersound.mp3)

For sure you can combine both switches. If you want to resume an already began download, simply issue:

Source code

0. clamz –r <.amz-file>

For all less common switches check the help:

Source code

0. clamz –help

Happy listening!

The german version of this article has been released on ProLinux.

For various reason I switched back to a 32bit install. So I had to rebuild the repo. Currently it not that big, but I’ll add more and more packages to it the next time. As always you are free to request a package.

Currently there are the following packages: divfix++ dominique exaile gcue2tracks gnac kernel-module-manager libapril librep nntpgrab pytranslate rep-gtk sawfish screenkey wbfs.

Apt-Line (Binary): deb http://www.nanolx.org/apt/ cherrymoon main

Apt-Line (Source): deb-src http://www.nanolx.org/apt/ cherrymoon main

Sekret-Key: wget http://www.nanolx.org/apt/conf/apt-key.asc && sudo apt-key add apt-key.asc

Have Fun!