Tag Archives: GNOME

Maliit packages for Fedora

Posted on May 29, 2011 by jpetersen

I used the Open Build Service (OBS) to build Maliit (Meego Input Method) packages for Fedora 15. To install the packages: Download the .repo file and save it as /etc/yum.repos.d/maliit.repo. Install the packages meego-inputmethodkeyboard and meego-inputmethodbridges with the Add/Remove Software application … Continue reading →

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Maliit running in GNOME 3

Posted on April 29, 2011 by jpetersen

Jon Nordby shows the Maliit (Meego Input Methods) virtual keyboard on a WeTab tablet running Fedora 15:

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Application Indicators

Posted on February 17, 2010 by jpetersen

At Openismus I am currently supporting Canonical to implement Application Indicators for Ubuntu Lucid. Application indicators are simple menus so it is easier and more consistent to interact with them than with the current notification area icons, where each icon … Continue reading →

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Hello Planet

Posted on June 15, 2008 by jpetersen

I have been added to Planet GNOME, so a short introduction: My name is Jan Arne Petersen, I am a 27 years old software developer living near Cologne, Germany and working at Openismus. I am involved in the GNOME project … Continue reading →

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Openismus, Clutter Tutorial and Tool Palette

Posted on June 1, 2008 by jpetersen

As announced by Murray I have started working at Openismus. Two of the tasks I did in the first week: Clutter Tutorial I updated the source code examples of the Clutter tutorial written by Murray to make them run with … Continue reading →

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A Default GtkWindow with Menu and Toolbars

Posted on May 14, 2008 by jpetersen

I don’t like such applications on my N810: The application could be ported to use a HildonWindow if compiled for the maemo platform. But it would be much easier if there were an abstract GTK+ widget which would allow it … Continue reading →

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Another Pseudo Interface in GTK+

Posted on May 13, 2008 by jpetersen

Beside the hidden scrollable interface there is another interface hidden in GtkWidgetClass::activate_signal. See Bug 532795 for an implementation of an explicit Activatable interface to replace this class variable.

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Arrange icons in the notification-area

Posted on May 7, 2008 by jpetersen

I don’t like to search my rhythmbox icon in the notification area. There is a patch attached to bug 531282 which provides a solution (GConf-Key: /apps/panel/applets/{$notification-area-applet}/prefs/order).

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Scrollable widgets in GTK+

Posted on May 7, 2008 by jpetersen

In GTK+ 2 there are scrollable widgets like GtkTreeView, GtkTextView or GtkViewport but no GtkScrollable interface. Instead a scrollable widget is defined by a “set_scroll_adjustments” signal, which id is written to the GtkWidgetClass::set_scroll_adjustments_signal class variable. If a scrollable widget is … Continue reading →

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