Osx Dock For Linux, Get It Here

let me also make a request-

i would love for this dock to function more like the real osx dock. i know im repeating something i have said before, but oh well-

when you open an app, an icon opens in the dock. but only one. ie: if you have gaim open with 4 instant messages, just one icon for gaim, instead of 5. when you click this one gaim icon, it selects all 5 windows of the one app.

the second part may not be possible, and that may be why the windows dock's don't behave that way. but maybe you could make it so you right click on the icon and choose which window you want.

the other part that the real dock does is take a minimized app. take the same situation. you have a gaim buddy list and 5 other windows. if you minimize on of the individual windows, then you get the iconofied app minimized in the dock. even if you can't actually iconify the window, if you could create that functionality, that would be awesome. in my opinion the windows docks are beautiful, but it really bothers me that so much has been put in to looks, when all three are still far away from the correct functionality.

#22578

if your XF86config file has: load "dri" , your desktop is hardware accelerated. This only works if your not using a generic driver though.

#22581

Originally posted by fissyb@Apr 24 2003, 08:36 PM

hmm this is all very complicated...

do you have direct rendering?

that apparently means the desktop is rendered by the gfx card?

fissyb im not sure when you install new drivers to have opengl compatiblities makes your desktop renderd by the card (GL renderd)... it can activate open gl capabilities like games (applications).. but in order i think X windows would have to be redesigned as well as the tool kits like QT and GTK to use those capabilites.. KDE using QT and Gnome using GTK2 although im probebly wrong.. hehehehe

Dri rendering eh?.. i never really knew X windows could reall hardware accelerate your desktop.. well ya learn new suff everyday.

-bolero

#22582

Originally posted by DHSMaroon13@Apr 20 2003, 04:17 PM

wow, i'm a dumb ass...  not that that's news...  i guess i thought it was an acronym for something...

You think ur a dumbass I dont even know what acronym means

#22620

a dock is completly possible. You would basically have to run it as a Desktop Environment. But you could always just add the dock to KDE or w/e you want.

You would just have to use DRI to make it hardware accelerated.

You dont have to use QT or GTK to make the dock. You only use these if you want an already strong toolkit or if you want the program to have a consistant look with the rest of the DE.

#22626

i don't really want it to look like Gnome or kde, i want it to look like a mac dock

The main problem i have with this is i have no idea where to start, could someone with some experience point me in the right direction. I have little experience of anything programming wise but am willing to learn.

Please help!

#22651

well, if you havent programmed, I wouldnt suggest starting on a dock. I mean, thats pretty complicated stuff. Start with "hello world".

#22662

I remember the "hello world".. getting that string to print on the screen.. hehe when i was programming little tiny games i had to learn how to do that first.. hehehe good times

-bolero

#23708

All I could get was "hello".

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