Re: Life after the GNOME freeze

[Miguel de Icaza <miguel nuclecu unam mx>]

> Also, I need people to help with the screensaver .desktop files.  Kudos 
> to those who already volunteered, but it is a big undertaking...

OH MY

I forgot this.   It was in my mind while I typed the above mail and
just never got around typing it.  Memory works in strange ways.

Anyways, yes, that is another task that needs help, and there are lots
of stuff to do:

   The idea is: we have these .desktop files that define how to
   configure a screensaver (the one from Jamie), so we to provide
   these files.

Here is a sample, taken from module control-center, from the
directory: capplets/screensaver-properties/screensaver-desktops, this
file is called Ant.desktop and defines how to configure the Ant
screensaver:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Ant
Name[es]=Hormigas
Name[fr]=Fourmis
Name[ja]=µÂ
Name[no]=Maur
Comment=Little Ants walk around, leaving colored trails.
Comment[es]=Pequeñas hormigas paseandose por la pantalla y dejando huellas de colores.
Comment[fr]=Des petites fourmis qui se balladent sur l'écran, et qui laissent des traces colorées.
Exec=xscreensaver-command -activate
TryExec=ant
Terminal=0
Type=Application

[Screensaver Data]
WindowIdCommand=-window-id
RootCommand=-root
Icon=ant.png
Author=David Bagely
ExtendedComment=A cellular automaton that is really a two-dimensional\nTuring machine: as the heads (``ants'') walk\nalong the screen, they change pixel values in their\npath. Then, as they pass over changed pixels, their\nbehavior is influenced.
ExtendedComment[es]=Un autómata celular que es en realidad una máquina\nde Türing de dos dimensiones: ya que las hormigas\nmientras caminan por la pantalla van cambiando\nel valor de los pixeles sobre los cuales pasan.\nLuego, cuando pasan de vuelta sobre un pixel\nmodificado su comportamiento cambia.
ExtendedComment[fr]=Un automate cellulaire qui est en fait une machine\nde Türing à deux dimensions: puisque les fourmis\nen marchant à travers l'écran changent la valeur\ndes pixels sur leur chemin. Puis, lorsqu'elles\nrepassent sur des pixels ainsi modifiés\nleur comportemment en est influencé.
Demo=ant -delay 2

[Arg0]
Name=Size
Type=LRange
LeftLabel=Small
LeftLabel[es]=Pequeñas
LeftLabel[fr]=Petites
RightLabel=Large
RightLabel[es]=Grandes
RightLabel[fr]=Grandes
Flag=-size
ValType=I[1-20]=5
Label=Size:
Label[es]=Tamaño:
Label[fr]=Taille:
Comment=Changes the size of the ants.
Comment[es]=Cambia el tamaño de las hormigas
Comment[fr]=Change la taille des fourmis

[Arg1]
Name=Count
Type=NRange
LeftLabel=Ants:
LeftLabel[es]=Hormigas:
LeftLabel[fr]=Fourmis:
Flag=-count
ValType=I[1-10]=2
Label=Number of ants.
Label[es]=Cantidad de hormigas
Label[fr]=Nombre de fourmis
Comment=Changes the number of ants marching across the screen.
Comment[es]=Cambia la cantidad de hormigas que deambulan por la pantalla
Comment[fr]=Change le nombre de fourmis qui se belladent sur l'écran

[Arg2]
Name=Truchet
Type=Check
Flag=-truchet
Flag2=-no-truchet
LeftLabel=Print the path that the ant took in the trail.
LeftLabel[es]=Muestra las huellas dejadas por las hormigas
LeftLabel[fr]=Affiche les empreintes laissées par les fourmis
Comment=Determines whether or not the ant leaves a truchet in the path it leaves behind.
Comment[es]=Determina si sí o no las hormigas van surcando un caminito por donde pasan.
Comment[fr]=Determine si oui ou non les fourmis creusent un chemin lors de leur passage.



Miguel.