slitaz-dev-tools view tazyad/README @ rev 154
tazdev: use packages to build a minimal chroot
| author | Christophe Lincoln <pankso@slitaz.org> |
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| date | Tue Mar 13 09:54:24 2012 +0100 (2012-03-13) |
| parents | 282cc8e3e5c9 |
| children | 6f82a9600893 |
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1 Yad on SliTaz
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5 Yad is the new prefered way to create GUI boxes for the SliTaz desktop. We use
6 Yad GTK boxes for all user and administrator interfaces that can't be handled
7 by TazPanel (admin panel) or TazDE (desktop environment). Both are powered
8 by CGI scripts and use xHTML 5 and CSS 3 for the UI. Yad is a powerful tool
9 which supports the latest GTK actions and goodies. With our original GTKdialog
10 scripts some nice features were missing like for example --notification or
11 ENTER for event (with gtkdialog one must press a button).
13 If you're motivated to code, please have a look at the TODO file and continue
14 reading :-)
17 Coding guidlines
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19 Use a function and a function_main for main= variable to keep data,
20 that way we can have yad boxes commands separated from shell scripts.
21 Here is a structure example:
23 # function_main
24 # function_other
25 # function
27 Use gettext to have a translated application and forget echo. Use 'case'
28 as much as possible, it is the faster way to handle or parse commands
29 and options. Use fgrep when possible.
31 To start you will find a template script called tazyad, copy it and start
32 coding from that :-). Tazyad is commented to help you get started.
33 You can also have a look to tazpkg-notify which was the first official Yad
34 script for SliTaz.
37 Missing stuff
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39 I'm a member of Yad Google group and will mail them about SliTaz using Yad
40 and these missing features. Yad is a small project but the maintainer seems
41 a very nice guy who listens to his users :-)
43 * It would be nice to have an --exit or --kill option for notification
44 * No way to have a custom icon for custom button
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