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797fb5e9 | 2 | indicator-chars |
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3 | =============== |
4 | ||
5 | :Author: Tobias Schlitt <toby@php.net> | |
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6 | |
7 | App indicator to provide a menu with (potentially funny UTF-8) characters for | |
8 | simple copying them to clipboard (similar to original characters applet). | |
9 | ||
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10 | Create a file .indicator-chars in your home directory with lines of |
11 | characters to be selectable. | |
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14 | Fork Cyrille37 |
15 | ------- | |
16 | ||
17 | :Author: Cyrille37 <cyrille37@gmail.com> | |
18 | ||
19 | Some changes to make indicator-chars works on Ubuntu 12.04LTS with Unity 2D | |
20 | - replace the custom icon with a theme icon name | |
21 | - add a char copy into Clipboard(selection="CLIPBOARD") | |
22 | Other minors changes | |
23 | - use env to find the Python engine | |
24 | - add a configuration file example: "conf-example.indicator-chars" | |
25 | ||
26 | ------- | |
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27 | Install |
28 | ------- | |
29 | ||
30 | - Checkout source code | |
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3853ba05 | 32 | - Create ~/.indicator-chars |
1b39c416 | 33 | |
3853ba05 | 34 | - Each row corresponds to a set of chars |
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35 | |
36 | - Optional submenu title prefix: "[title]" (trailing spaces stripped) | |
37 | ||
38 | - Optional descriptions after chars: "(description)" (leading & | |
39 | trailing spaces stripped) | |
40 | ||
41 | - Spaces (apart from above) also count as chars | |
42 | ||
3853ba05 | 43 | - Make sure to use UTF-8 encoding |
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45 | - Put indicator-chars.py into auto start |
46 | ||
47 | ----------- | |
48 | Open issues | |
49 | ----------- | |
50 | ||
51 | - If anyone could design a nice, unity style indicator icon? | |
1b39c416 | 52 | |
3853ba05 | 53 | - Maybe there is a way to use multiple click buttons in menu items? |
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3853ba05 | 55 | - No standard Gtk way does not work. |