Nwg-shell for sway Wayland compositor

I did so. The name length limit may be changed with a command line argument. I also replaced the gtk.ListBox widget with gtk.FlowBox w/ gtk.Buttons inside. This allowed to format the output in columns. The number of columns is configurable as well.

The GitHub repository is now public and ready to beta-testing.

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@SGS - I hate telling this, but I have to.

Several people pointed out that the existing nwg-shell logo evokes associations with Christianity, the Middle Ages and the Crusades. The graphics is very good and I'm grateful to you for designing it, but I decided not to use it any longer, for ideological reasons. The new logo will be neutral, with only "N" and "S" letters inside. Please don't be angry with me. :confounded:

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That’s not a problem for me. :slight_smile:
I can’t be held responsible for associations, the logo is the result of the process, which you can see here above.

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We both know it well, but the audience doesn’t.

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Frankly my dear, I don't...(fill in the rest, famous quote) (about logo). If you want to use it and reminds people of a murderous giant fruit bat with grape jelly on it's chin..that's up to you :slight_smile:
I'll try to git-up and take it for a test spin in a bit. Still feel not quite awake....even though I've gone shopping already.

If only had I known! I run out of beer…

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Just a thought to reassure the cross questioners about the holy cross. :smiley:

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Well, in the plain view it would be a solution, but I'm afraid - not in many possible variations.

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If you make the outer area transparent, then yes :slight_smile:

I think I'll stick to this one. It's safe and looks not bad, doesn't it?

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If you fix the glitches, "errors" yes.
Use backward search for pictures :wink:

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Good point! Looks safe.

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Well, I played with it. I found 10 to be about my sweet spot (but depends on screen) for the # of columns. It performed fine.
I like that you're (explicitly) deduplicating (lol) and confirm I have no dups (yay).

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Thanks for testing!

I use 6 columns, as they need to fit also my vertical output.

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nwg-dock version bumped to 0.1.3

  • added -nows and -nolauncher arguments to disable the workspace switcher and the launcher button (closes #10);
  • added auto-detection of nwg-drawer or nwggrid command, if available.
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All caught up with your current releases. Enabled nwg-dock for the first time as a system component of my desktop. Looking very slick overall.
You should push the set to the AUR (some already there I think?).

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Well, building gotk3 for the first time takes 10-20 minutes, depending on the machine. If AUR at all, than it would have to be -bin packages. I'm not sure if it would be acceptable.

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Well, compared to building firefox and it's derivatives which take about an hour...I don't see that much issue really ? Of course, just a suggestion.

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I'm still unsure what to do. I'll decide sooner or later. :wink:

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nwg-dock

  • minor fix: in autohiDe mode, hide the dock on launcher button click
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