Re: Helix-Splash

[Michael Vanecek <mike mjv com>]

Good idea - I'll get the gnome-session source and browse it. Any
suggestions/code-samples are welcome though (Please). I figure it'd be
similar to a progress-bar except that instead of displaying a single
graphic extending incrimentally across a bar, it displays icons as per
what module is being loaded or what percentage the app is loaded. I
really like the Helix-splash - reminds me of the MacOS startup screen in
a way.

I'll also heed your --splash/--no-splash suggestion too. My application
is a modular, business oriented app and a reminder of who wrote that app
is good (hence the splash screen as long as it's a well designed splash
screen), but it'd be good just to play freecell while the app loads too.
:)

Mike

"Guillermo S. Romero / Familia Romero" wrote:
> 
> mike mjv com (2000-11-25 at 1529.17 -0600):
> > I'd like to add a splash screen to an app I'm designing that's similar
> > to the splash-screen that Helix-Gnome uses - with the little icons
> > appearing instead of a progress-bar like Gimp. Are there any examples on
> > how to do this? Is it already made into a widget I can use?
> 
> The gnome-session source? I think it is gnome-session the app that
> creates that window. Gimp has a splash with progress bar you can study
> too.
> 
> BTW, now that you are coding it, add two command line parameters
> before it is too late, --no-splash and --splash (and short versions if
> you can, like -s and -S), and an item in preferences to set splash to
> on / off.
> 
> "Always splash" is bad if you already know it is launching (Xalf or
> similar system) and you work in a multitask system, cos it disallows
> you to work in other things. GNOME allows to disable the start splash,
> even if you can not do anything until basic apps are loaded.
> 
> If you need to report a failure, you can also use another window (+
> stderr mesgage?) if the user disabled the splash. Splash are nice when
> you use a monotask system or you want to show your brand, like
> commercial apps (I wonder if this is better for sales or customers
> become tired and buy less instead? ;] ).
> 
> GSR
> 
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