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| 3853ba05 | 1 | =============== |
| 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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13 | ------- |
| 14 | Install | |
| 15 | ------- | |
| 16 | ||
| 17 | - Checkout source code | |
| 1b39c416 | 18 | |
| 3853ba05 | 19 | - Create ~/.indicator-chars |
| 1b39c416 | 20 | |
| 3853ba05 | 21 | - Each row corresponds to a set of chars |
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22 | |
| 23 | - Optional submenu title prefix: "[title]" (trailing spaces stripped) | |
| 24 | ||
| 25 | - Optional descriptions after chars: "(description)" (leading & | |
| 26 | trailing spaces stripped) | |
| 27 | ||
| 28 | - Spaces (apart from above) also count as chars | |
| 29 | ||
| 3853ba05 | 30 | - Make sure to use UTF-8 encoding |
| 1b39c416 | 31 | |
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32 | - Put indicator-chars.py into auto start |
| 33 | ||
| 34 | ----------- | |
| 35 | Open issues | |
| 36 | ----------- | |
| 37 | ||
| 38 | - If anyone could design a nice, unity style indicator icon? | |
| 1b39c416 | 39 | |
| 3853ba05 | 40 | - Maybe there is a way to use multiple click buttons in menu items? |
| 1b39c416 | 41 | |
| 3853ba05 | 42 | - No standard Gtk way does not work. |