Timon said:
I decided to start over again. It is almost finished. And as Awn supports
python, I prefered that language.
I won't go into details right now, but if you like the old version, you will definetely like the new one.

Excellent, I agree that Python may be better for this type of applet. Are you planning to release sometime soon? I'd like a working stacks implementation for the awn-core-applets release :-).

Timon said:
This week I posted a blueprint and an "answer" on launchpad, and for now I did not get any reponse. So, I think the best option is to remove the old applet from the repository (only until the new one is posted there). If anyone wants to keep the old version in, let me know.

I'd say that just replacing the existing code with the new code python is acceptable, as it really is a progression. Otherwise you can make a stacks2, and we can delete the old stacks when everyone is happy.

Really cool stuff though, can't wait to try it out :-).

Unable to change the directory:

 

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/awn/applets/stacks/stacksconfig.py", line 163, in activate_filechooser
    if not filesel.set_filename(gconf_backend):
TypeError: GtkFileChooser.set_filename() argument 1 must be string, not None
 

Timon said:
I corrected that in the latest commit.

Seems to work nicely here,

Can you make an option to hide the invisible files? I would like to make a stack of my home dir. so it's full of these hidden directories and files.

Timon said:
I corrected that in the latest commit.

Yea works fine now... And the option which SilentStorm mentioned would be great.

c.atterly said:
By the way, the new Stacks icon doesn't seem to respect the bar height.

I second that.

But great work :)

Some changes commited:
-hidden files/folder are not shown
-defaults to user's home dir

ryancr said:
A couple of things I noticed:
- When you select a backend for stacks it says you can select a file or folder, but right now the dialog doesn't let you select a file.
- I have link select in Behavior, but it still just copies.
- clicking the Clear menu item clears the stack dialog but not the stack folder.

I have not decided what to do with the clear operation. It seemd a little harsh to me to purge the whole backend.
Flat file backend is not implemented yet, and therefor not selectable.
File operations customization is also not complete.

isaac_j87 said:
It doesn't recognize desktop files unfortunately.

I will try to put that in asap. Right now I also struggle between using gnomevfs for some stuff, while using the simple (easy) file operation commands from python as well.

guillaume said:
great work!
i noticed the following:
- moving file only copy them
- folder are omitted
- and as said above, bar height aren't respected

Not entirely clear what you mean. The icon of the applet should scale with the bar height. At least it works here. Or did you mean something else?

c.atterly said:
>>> import os; os.path.expanduser("~")
'/home/yelena'

Thanks, I used that. I am not familiar with python, so I could not find it as quickly as I needed it.

mhr3 said:
And one little issue - would it be possible to ignore changes made to hidden files? For example now the applet plays attention effect every time I quit vim, because it updates ~/.viminfo, so any chance to ignore changes to hidden files?

Yeah that makes sense, if hidden files aren't shown, ignore changes to hidden files.

Timon said:

Not entirely clear what you mean. The icon of the applet should scale with the bar height. At least it works here. Or did you mean something else?

This is what it looks like for me, with a 32 bar height:

Decline said:
New suggestion! :
I have two computers, one laptop with linux, and one normal pc with win xp. I use a memory stick when transferring files between them, and on a lot of other occasions as well (for ex. my mp3-player). What about, when you plug in a memory stick, a new stack applet pops up displaying the memory stick, and then you can just drag files to the new stack applet to transfer to/from the memory stick?

Nice Idea.

By the way, Decline do you know synergy?

Decline said:
New suggestion! :
I have two computers, one laptop with linux, and one normal pc with win xp. I use a memory stick when transferring files between them, and on a lot of other occasions as well (for ex. my mp3-player). What about, when you plug in a memory stick, a new stack applet pops up displaying the memory stick, and then you can just drag files to the new stack applet to transfer to/from the memory stick?

Very cool idea, use the HAL bindings to find out when drives are mounted...

Decline said:
Synergy, like, the band?

No no, this one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synergy_%28software%29
http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/

I said that because if your run a linux and a windows computer at the same time you check it! You can even copy and paste text from an window to another...

I get the "line of death" since the 89. or 90. revision. Following output:

 
Creating new applet :None uid:None
Creating new applet :/usr/local/lib/awn/applets/stacks.desktop uid:1192370513
  


  
** (awn-applet-activation:908): WARNING **: This desktop file does not exist None
  


  
 *** Calling generate_thumbnail for file:///home/photon/Examples
 *** Calling generate_thumbnail for file:///home/photon/программа1.doc
 *** Calling generate_thumbnail for file:///home/photon/Bilder
 *** Calling generate_thumbnail for file:///home/photon/экран_коки.doc
 *** Calling generate_thumbnail for file:///home/photon/awnfaq.odt
 *** Calling generate_thumbnail for file:///home/photon/Vorlagen
 *** Calling generate_thumbnail for file:///home/photon/nautilus-debug-log.txt
 *** Calling generate_thumbnail for file:///home/photon/Öffentlich
 *** Calling generate_thumbnail for file:///home/photon/Scan
 *** Calling generate_thumbnail for file:///home/photon/Desktop.zip
 *** Calling generate_thumbnail for file:///home/photon/Musik
 *** Calling generate_thumbnail for file:///home/photon/screenlets-0.0.10
 *** Calling generate_thumbnail for file:///home/photon/отчет_коки.doc
 *** Calling generate_thumbnail for file:///home/photon/erbenux tux.jpg
 *** Calling generate_thumbnail for file:///home/photon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-100.14.19-pkg1.run
 *** Calling generate_thumbnail for file:///home/photon/Dokumente
 *** Calling generate_thumbnail for file:///home/photon/key.gpg.asc
 *** Calling generate_thumbnail for file:///home/photon/Coccinella-0.96.0.bin
 *** Calling generate_thumbnail for file:///home/photon/GNUstep
 *** Calling generate_thumbnail for file:///home/photon/knoppix-pinguin-blind.gif
 *** Calling generate_thumbnail for file:///home/photon/midi
 *** Calling generate_thumbnail for file:///home/photon/Desktop
 *** Calling generate_thumbnail for file:///home/photon/aaa.ods
 *** Calling generate_thumbnail for file:///home/photon/Nexuiz
 *** Calling generate_thumbnail for file:///home/photon/svn
 *** Calling generate_thumbnail for file:///home/photon/6128c.fkt
 *** Calling generate_thumbnail for file:///home/photon/aptrepository.asc
 *** Calling generate_thumbnail for file:///home/photon/Coccinella.desktop
 *** Calling generate_thumbnail for file:///home/photon/tremulous.desktop
 *** Calling generate_thumbnail for file:///home/photon/Ungespeichertes Dokument 1~
 *** Calling generate_thumbnail for file:///home/photon/e_stat_6.doc
 *** Calling generate_thumbnail for file:///home/photon/Videos
 *** Calling generate_thumbnail for file:///home/photon/Ungespeichertes Dokument 1
 *** Calling generate_thumbnail for file:///home/photon/curve.png
add monitor for folder:  /home/photon
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/awn/applets/stacks/stacks.py", line 525, in <module>
    applet = App (awn.uid, awn.orient, awn.height)
  File "/usr/local/lib/awn/applets/stacks/stacks.py", line 123, in __init__
    self.get_config()
  File "/usr/local/lib/awn/applets/stacks/stacks.py", line 432, in get_config
    self.set_full_icon(pixbuf)
  File "/usr/local/lib/awn/applets/stacks/stacks.py", line 319, in set_full_icon
    icon = gdk.pixbuf_new_from_file(self.config_icon_full)
gobject.GError: Datei »/usr/local/lib/awn/applets/stacks/icons/stacks_full.svg« konnte nicht geöffnet werden: No such file or directory
 

The icon seems not to be found. Running Gutsy Beta

Photon said:
The icon seems not to be found. Running Gutsy Beta

Sorry, I made a mistake: "_" instead of "-". Is fixed in bzr 91

Timon said:

93. By Timon ter Braak <timonterbraak@gmail.com> 4 minutes ago

Nice. What about the icon size :)

c.atterly said:
By the way, does anyone know why 'bzr update' doesn't work in the folder? It says 'Tree is up to date at revision 87.' What am I doing wrong?

Also any ideas on this? Re-downloading it is sub optimal.

Sewage said:
"OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/lee/.awn/stacks'"

I was wondering where the file for stacks was stored.

Instead of making another hidden directory in the users home directory why not put it in something like ~/.config/awn/stacks

Plus you will always know the user has the ~/.config/awn directory

Timon said:
That is supposed to work. You can drag an item from the stack to for example the trash.

Well right now if I drag a file out of the stack on to the trash it removes it from the stack but it also deletes the original file.

Where it would be nice for it to just remove it from the stack and leave the original alone.

(I am using the file based stack)

Timon said:
That is suppose to happen right? Or do I not understand you?<br />For example: If you drag a file out of the stack onto the desktop and use the appropriate modifier keys (ie. SHIFT) it is moved to the desktop<br />It might confuse you with the "file operations" set in the preferences? Currently that setting is only for dragging TO the stack, not FROM. I might need to change something there, as well as to provide a default action.<br />

Yes, if you are using the 'folder' backend with the modifier keys that makes sense.

But I am referring to the 'file' backend where all it does is symlink to the folders. In that case if I drag an item out of the stack to the trash I don't want it do delete the original item, just the item in the stack (the symlink). Sort of like "Clear" does, but with just a single item.

I know this is just my personal opinion of what I want. As I just want to use 'stacks' as a simple temporary file holder, for projects etc. I don't really need any file management capabilities.

ryancr said:
Thats why I proposed an alternative way of removing a single item.
1. Dragging it out of the stack.(This may not be possible either, this one comes from my days of using YzDock)
2. Create a small stack based trash icon that you can drag a file to
3. Right click a file and select "Remove"

#3 seems to make the most sense. using a trash icon resembles deleting files too much. and pulling out of the stack would make more sense to either move the file or create new link where it is dragged.