Re: how to run WindowMaker "dockapps" in KDE?

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On Wednesday 01 August 2007 4:23:05 pm Paul Johnson wrote:
> Recently, I've been exploring KDE and have found its window manager,
> kwin, to be quite excellent.  Combined with kdesktop, I can get just
> about all of the customizations I want.
>
> I have been a long time WindowMaker user, and have grown accustomed to
> some of the dockapps.  I can't find any way to dock them in a KDE
> system.  Program writers seem to think "dock" means an application
> launcher, but in WindowMaker a dock is more than that. It is a place
> where programs can run in "miniwindows".  Yes, a dock can be a
> launcher, but we don't need that function. What we need is some place
> for a small program to run.
>
> In particular, since I cannot find a small CPU monitor applet for the
> kde panel, I want to run dockapps like "wmload" or "wmmon".  When I
> run them now, they just go to the top of the screen and the desktop
> background shows through the clear parts (alpha channel, I suppose).
>  I guess that is adequate, but not so good looking as plopping the app
> down on top of the pleasant colored square.  It looks like this now:
>
> http://pj.freefaculty.org/WindowManagers/wmmon_on_kde.png
>
> Whereas it should be mounted on a standard background pixmap, as shown here
>
> http://pj.freefaculty.org/WindowManagers/wmmon_should_be.png
>
> Got any help on how to run things in miniwindows and have them restart
> every time you log in?

Paul:
KDE includes some panel applets that might solve your problem. To access them, 
right click on the panel and select "Add Applet to the Panel". A window will 
open offering a selection of applets. There are two that may be of interest 
to you: System Monitor (pretty damn simple), and System Guard (probably 
closer to what you are accustomed to). Once installed, they are automatically 
loaded whenever you log in to KDE. And, if you want to get rid of either, 
right click on the panel again and take the "Remove from Panel" route.

Disclaimer: I'm not sure if the default Fedora KDE package includes either or 
both of these applets; you may have to do some yumexing among the KDE 
packages.

-- cmg

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