Re: [APP IDEA] Desktop Background Scripting
Re: [APP IDEA] Desktop Background Scripting
- Subject: Re: [APP IDEA] Desktop Background Scripting
- From: Yann Bizeul <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 20:44:15 +0100
So why not, no problems for me :-)
As GeekTool is opensource, perhaps you can start from here to me
something more user friendly.
Regards,
Le 27 janv. 04, ` 18:56, Nebagakid a icrit :
Well, I believe that this would be the right place to discuss those
kind of things because I am asking about Cocoa Development.. Also, i
am hoping to make something that is a bit more user friendly and
easier to set up.
-DCohen
< http://dco1.com/ >
On Jan 27, 2004, at 3:24 AM, Yann Bizeul wrote:
Hello,
GeekTool does the four points youare exposing :-)
(http://projects.tynsoe.org/geektool/)
You can use shell script to replace applescripts you talked about,
and you can use osascript command in shell script to execute
applescripts.
By the way, I don't know if this is the right place to discuss those
kind of things :-)
Le 25 janv. 04, ` 05:19, Nebagakid a icrit :
I have posted this in many places:
The App would be a way to script the background picture to show
information:
1. Display a stock price with a background color to correspond if the
stock went up (green) or down (red).
2. Show the current iTunes song with album artwork.
3. Maybe change the desktop picture (or color) depending on the time
of
day.
4. Download images from a gallery and show them on the desktop.
It is sort of like Konfabulator for just the Desktop Background. It
is
easier, though, because there would be no need to design a GUI. Maybe
it could use CSS and XML to arrange stuff? I am not a programmer,
but I
am an idea person, and I would love to see this idea come to life.
So, now, I guess I have some more ideas, graphically. Because, right
now, you have another app coming that would compete against
Konfabulator, by Panic named Stattoo. So, you could script it to do
some basic transitions for when information changes. Like, you could
have it do a wipe or a dissolve. You can have objects spin. The text
would be anti-aliased, so it would look really great. There would be
universal variables that would be standard, such as background (color
or transparent), and the name of the "scriptlet." You would start out
by writing a script. The most basic thing would be a simple
applescript
that would be like "set thisVariable to "hello" and then you would
have
specify some CSS code to say where you would want it. So
"#thisVariable" would be made to be centered along the desktop, of
course you would say what font-family, font-size, and color you want.
then write "set desktop to rgb(0,0,0) And then, when the thing is
run,
you will see "hello" on a desktop centered. From there, the limits
are
endless, just like the number of konfabulator widgets. But (BUT!)
this
program is free for any developer who makes a good script.
Is anyone else interested in this? I would like to get this made :)
-DCohen
< http://dco1.com/ >
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