Thread: compiz + icepanel + nghost = eyecandy for your car

Here's the skin mods I made if anyone is interested:

next-window.xml:

Code:

<skin name="nGhost ICE compiz" version="0.0.1">
	<item>
		<name>nghost-next-screen</name>
		<type>command</type>
		<action type="send">nghost link:@next@</action>
	</item>
	
		
	<item>
		<name>rotate-right</name>
		<type>command</type>
		<action type="cmd">icepanel-compiz-next.sh</action>
	</item>

	<item>
		<name>goback</name>
		<type>command</type>
		<action type="link" >@back@</action>
	</item>
	
</skin>

icepanel-compiz-next.sh:

Code:

#!/bin/sh

dbus-send --print-reply --type=method_call --dest=org.freedesktop.compiz /org/freedesktop/compiz/rotate/allscreens/rotate_right_key org.freedesktop.compiz.activate string:'root' int32:`xwininfo -root | grep id: | awk '{ print $4 }'`

Add next-window.xml to your skin.xml, copy icepanel-compiz-next.sh to /usr/local/bin and go.

You do the same thing for prev-window but you replace "rotate_right_key" in the dbus send command with "rotate_left_key".

yep. should still work.

Originally Posted by nasa

Cool...

Some questions then -- when I looked here:

http://wiki.openice.org/index.php?ti...nners_Tutorial

I got the impression that the title of the skin should all match, but this example seems to use the default
skin and add a new capability to it. However, the xml files have it's name as "nGhost ICE compiz". Is that right? Do I need to create a new skin folder set for this or drop it into the default skin folders?

Thanks in advance

i don't recall that the skin titles need to match. I created a copy of the skin and renamed/modified it. Either way will work.

Originally Posted by nasa

One last question on this...

How did you change your xsession line to run compiz instead of matchbox?

edit /etc/matchbox/session and change the exec ck-launch matchbox to:

Code:

compiz &
exec ck-launch maximus