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The conflict in Darfur, Sudan began in February 2003, when the SLM or Sudan Liberation Movement and JEM, or the Justice and Equality Movement, rebelled against the Sudanese Government who they saw as favoring the Arab population in Sudan. The military, police and militant groups in support of the Government's stance struck back, creating civil war. The main militant group, the Janjaweed, were not officially endorsed by the government but were thought to be receiving funds and ammunition from them nonetheless. They regularly conducted fatal attacks on civilians as well as the SLM & JEM.
Casualty estimates from the conflict, which officially lasted until February 2010, are estimated anywhere from 20,000 to many hundreds of thousands. Direct casualties were never properly accounted for, and further to this, many more have suffered and died due to the indirect effects of civil war: poverty, disease and starvation. Many international groups consider this violence and neglect of the Sudanese people at the hands of their government to be genocide.
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I assume I have some linear fractional transformation $z\mapsto \frac{az+b}{cz+d}$, where $z\in\mathbb{C}$ and $a,b,c,d\in\mathbb{C}$ are the coefficients, and I think I would like to conclude $a,b,c,d\in\mathbb{R}$ actually.
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Broward County Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren and Sheriff Al Lamberti are announcing the launch of a new program designed to reduce recidivism and lower jail costs while promoting public safety.
The Revival Project (Reentry Virtual Initiative and Values Applied Learning) was developed by Judge Lerner-Wren, pioneer of the first Mental Health Court in the United States, in collaboration with Nova Southeastern University.
"To me, this project is a logical extension of our work in release planning and jail diversion that we've been doing in the Mental Health Court for over 15 years," Judge Lerner-Wren said. "I am grateful to the sheriff for his leadership in taking discharge planning in corrections to the next level in Broward County."
According to the Pew Center's most recent study, rates of recidivism in the U.S. are presently estimated at 43%. Studies reveal a revolving door to incarceration where four of every 10 individuals released from prison return within three years. States are struggling to find strategies to reduce corrections spending. "It's a complex problem," said Judge Lerner-Wren. "But according to the Rand Corporation's most recent report on reentry, outcomes improve where there is pre-release planning."
According to Sheriff Lamberti, "It makes sense to have people prepared and ready to reenter our community with new strategies and skills. For those ready to take responsibility and who want to rebuild their lives, I am pleased to make this program available."
The sheriff will be implementing The Revival Project within the next few weeks and looks forward to working with the community to help those who are committed to being law abiding citizens.
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For a simulation, I need to create a function $r(\theta,\phi)$ that has minima at specific pairs of $(\theta,\phi)$, and that is periodic, i.e. $r(\theta,\phi) = r(\theta+2\pi,\phi)$ and $r(\theta,\phi) = r(\theta,\phi+2\pi)$ etc. At least the first and second derivatives of the function should be continuous.
How can I construct such a function? I imagine that when drawn as a surface, it will look a bit like a bowling ball, but without the sharp edges.
EDIT I can imagine several ways of creating a function with a single minimum at $(\theta_0,\phi_0)$, but I am stuck creating a function that has a second (or third) minumum at e.g. $(\theta_1,\phi_1)$, but not at $(\theta_0,\phi_1)$ or $(\theta_1,\phi_0)$


text: Thomas Schütte was born in Oldenburg, Germany, in 1954. Between 1973 and 1981, he studied fine art at the Düsseldorf Art Academy with Fritz Schwegler and Gerhard Richter. Since his first solo shows in 1979, Schütte has exhibited widely in Europe and elsewhere. A large touring exhibition of his work, titled "Thomas Schütte," recently traveled to London, Tilburg, and Oporto. Among many group shows, he participated in documentas 8, 9, and 10 (1987, 1992, and 1997), and the Münster Sculpture Projects in both 1987 and 1997.


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Are you a 1st person player, or do you need to step back and impartially observe in 3rd person?
I know there are times and places for both views, but just recently while running my AH mule around in 1st person I have been gaining a new respect for perspective.
Gnomeaggedon is nearly always in distant 3rd person. So distant that he looks like a spec on the ground. Think view from airplane.
But it's my Dwarven AH mule that has caught my attention. Due to inherent height deficiencies, he is running around at waist height.
This feels amazing when running through a group of other players, as it really feels like you are trying to squeeze through a crowd. I find myself running around other toons, because it's natural that I don't want the impact.
This has made me wonder a couple of things.
- do roleplayers play in 1st person to feel authentic?
- do people change their perspective as required?
Times for differing perspectives.
1st person
Lag avoidance
Some situations demand that you reduce the visuals as much as possible. The best example being AoE feats.
While those visual effects and damage numbers are something to experience, it can ironically have a detrimental effect on your ingame experience – lag, of worst case disconnection.
When I got the Leeroy achievement it was a sight to behold, but unfortunately the login screen was a sight I really didn't want to see.
In hindsight, 1st person view while studying the ground carefully would have been a much better idea.
This is a worthwhile tip for healers too.
If in reality all you need to pay attention to is your healing frames, then the best view for you is no view. Either face a wall, or face the ground. You will miss out on the action, but your lag should be reduced enough that you don't miss a heal.
Obstacle avoidance
Some places, instances being the best example, have flags and other groovy architectural features that can drive you crazy.
The only recourse being 1st person to avoid the distractions.
Photo shoots
Sometimes the last thing you want spoiling the perfect photo is your own ugly mug.
Object identification
Other times the only way to spot your objective is to get up close and personal. The Musty Tomes were books that would either give you your desired quest item, or a nasty surprise. There were a couple of ways of identifying the correct book, but only close up.
3rd person
Situational awareness 45 degree angle
Sometimes you need to see the whole playing field. In PvP in particular, but also valuable in nearly every other circumstance.
You need, or at least want, to know what is either side of you, and often as importantly, what's coming up behind you.
Situational awareness top down
Sometimes you need the birds eye view. Distance isn't as important as knowing you aren't standing on deadly dog poo, and when you are, knowing where to go, quickly.
Photo shoot
What's a boss kill without you and 9-39 others in the photo?
Ever been on holiday only to deck your photos on return to discover that you aren't in any of them. It's kind of a surreal "screenshot or it didn't happen" moment.
So make sure you include yourself in the family album.
Changing your perspective.
- Home or mouse scroll will by default zoom you into 1st person.
- End or Mouse scroll will by default zoom you to 3rd person.
Extending your 3rd person perspective
Your 3rd person may not be all it can be. If you want to see more, check out the slider in Video settings. Find the max 3rd person range you want.
A perspective challenge
Whichever perspective is your usual perspective, change it for an hour, or while in the cities at least.
Just see if it adds some extra flavor to your gaming experience.
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I have some code I wrote in Processing (a Java wrapper) that encapsulates sending and receiving values over the Dexter NXTBee in network-independent format. This allows for communication between NXTs/PCs running either RobotC or Processing. I would like to port this class to leJOS, but it relies on the java.nio.bytebuffer class to perform network byte-ordering transformations of the data values prior to sending.
leJOS provides the EndianTools class which I could use to re-implement my own version ByteBuffer.
Does anyone know of a ByteBuffer implementation for leJOS (or one implemented in Java I could re-use)? If not then I"ll save my time searching and start re-coding my NXTBee class using EndianTools.


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Rafael Sakr '12 LL.M. understands the importance of change on both the micro and macro levels. Growing up in São Paulo, Brazil, his mother, a social worker, encouraged him to stand up for his ideals. "I don't wait for someone to tell me what to do," he says. "I'm a pragmatic and problem-solving person. I try to go and get what I want."
While studying law at the University of São Paulo, Sakr realized that he could make a real difference, both in the larger community and in his academic environs.
One of his first endeavors at the university was to found a student-run organization focused on public interest work. "The idea was to engage a specific social problem and try to teach people to use the law in their favor," Sakr explains. The goal of the group's initial project was to prevent the destruction of an impoverished neighborhood that was built on municipal land. Through legal outreach and advocacy, the students helped save 70 families' homes.
Sakr promoted change within the University of São Paulo, as well. Dismayed by a shortage of mentorship opportunities on campus, he founded the school's first student center for international studies. The organization, which was initially comprised of 15 members, quickly grew to include more than 100.
After two years spent working at the Brazilian stock exchange, Sakr felt called to return to academia, where he could further pursue a love for research and teaching. By studying capital markets at the Law School, he continues to aim for large-scale change: Sakr hopes to foster legal scholarship that will help economists build institutions more resistant to worldwide systemic risk.


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If it is possible how do you go about creating a custom page like this? I understand the PHP side of uploading and manipulating images, but I don't know how to integrate it with wordpress. I don't need a full blow tutorial on how to do this, but if you could just point me in the right direction that would be great.
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love this great picture...
Beautiful contrast of red!
It's very contrast. Monks clad in bright red clothes with red umbrellas on the background of gentle light pagoda and azure sky. Beautiful view.
I agree. This is a very nice photo.
nice picture
Awesome shot.
Nice shot
Great capture.....I love the contrast of the red against the white/grey background
Thanks All of you for your complementsand comments
Greatttttttttttttttttt !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =D =D =D (y)
a very special image...one of those..." I wish I etc..."
wonderfull !!!
The very bright colour contrast is the added touch to this photo but the pagoda is very interesting in itself and I too wish we could see the whole of it.
Love this...
superb. shot.thanks.
Terrific shot but I wish the Dome was there completely...
I like it!
Quote the Author: "It was a fine day, with sunny weather."
Serenity and the cool stone of it all.
Rather it makes me wonder, even though the pagoda is alight in sun, if the stone is cool to the touch.
Sitting happily on a step contemplating, I would be here for awhile.
Awesome shot!
It's a beautiful shot.
I would have liked to have seen this shot from a lower angle so that the top of the pagoda was included in the shot.
Red,white and blue on a beautiful day. What a focused, clear picture to enjoy in our shivering winter! The young monks with their exact same umbrellas, look almost triplet like, in their form and red robes. This is a good shot without doubt. Happy Valentines Day, everyone. j.e.s.
Very cool!
beautiful shot!
Happy Valentines Love, we started from the bottom now we here, come on , we made it this far and we are almost there.........
Christal Showers.........
Wonderful shot.......
resplendent :)
This is on my 'to do list' !
I like to visit Burma. This snap inspires me to visit as soon as earlier.
contrast in simplicity
Beautiful. Photography is the medium through which we can see and visit the beautiful places of the world just sitting in our drawing room. thanks to all.
Lep rad .
It is wonderful to be able to travel the world through other peoples eyes, and yes, photos.
Having never been out of South Africa, I am thankful to be able to travel in this manner.
wow !
@T. Salidivar the stone of the pagoda is cool, it's the bricks that do you in.
@Joy Saldanha Thank you
Where abouts are you in South Africa. I am in Jeffreys Bay
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Subject description: Configurable application launcher and menu editor
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Puppy Linux with gtkdialog4 (0.7.21 or greater)
Purpose and Base Features
PupMenu is a comprehensive menu-item editor and program launcher based on standard .desktop files of the Linux file system (usr/share/applications/*.desktop and usr/local/share/applications/*.desktop).
The applications database and icon cache are set automatically on first run of PupMenu, and thereafter on demand after applications are installed or uninstalled on your system. Use the refresh button in the right-upper corner of the graphical interface to update the applications database. Please note, the update is relatively quick on modern computers but requires several seconds on older systems.
The graphical interface of Pupmenu employs a traditional menu hierarchy, and the program categories are familiar to most users of Puppy Linux. Applications are launched quickly from the user interface and the corresponding .desktop files can be edited easily, or simply viewed for more information. The applications are viewable by name and content in a conventional dual-pane interface (full-view), or by name only in the optional single-pane interfaces (mid-view, mini-view and control panel). All views are readily available through the toggle button in the upper-right corner of the user interface. Selecting menu items with the mouse or keyboard in the full-view interface enables serial viewing of all .desktop files in the information window, and the corresponding icons are displayed in the graphic viewer.
A convenient search option (application finder) facilitates prompt access to all applications, particularly the obscure or infrequently used items. The standard search mode parses the names of menu items (.desktop files) alphabetically. The optional enhanced search mode parses all character matches in the names of menu items and evaluates information inside the menu files, which provides both specific and nonspecific (fuzzy) matches. You can select the search mode in Preferences, or use the toggle button of the main user interface.
The search option also features a quick-launch function which emulates Run-dialog programs such as gExec and gRun. Simply enter (part of) the executable name of an application in the search box of PupMenu, and press the Enter key to launch. As you type characters in the search field, the PupMenu application and information windows change dynamically to match the current search parameters. At any time, you can press the Enter key to launch the menu item which is currently first in the list of applications. The keyboard quick-launch option is appropriate for those who are familiar with the names of applications currently installed. Alternatively, you can launch an application by selecting the launch button, or by a double mouse-click of the program name. For all launch modes, the full-view, mid-view and control-panel interfaces provide a checkbox which quickly toggles the 'close after launch' option, or you can set this feature in Preferences when using the mini-view graphical interface.
PupMenu includes the built-in 'Favorites' menu category in the main user interface, and automatically adds this category to the standard Puppy XDG menu when you first launch the PupMenuEdit module. The Favorites option is also available as an independent launcher for the desktop or panel (see below).
Frequently used applications are conveniently retrieved from the launch history (blue-folder icon) and are quickly relaunched by a single mouse-click of the program name, or by keyboard navigation and pressing the Enter key. The launch history is self-sustaining and PupMenu automatically removes duplicate and orphan menu items from the list of available applications.
Quick access to the Linux directory structure is facilitated by the bookmark option (book icon) which opens the selected directory in supported file managers (ROX-Filer, Thunar, PCManFM, SpaceFM or Xfe). This option also supports individual files and browser URLs, and the supplemental bookmark manager provides options to move, reset, delete or append bookmarks. GTK and ROX bookmarks are easily (and optionally) appended to your personal bookmarks, but duplicate bookmarks are not appended. Additionally, this module screens GTK and ROX bookmarks and automatically excludes files that are no longer present on your drive (recently deleted), but are still listed in the corresponding external bookmark source.
The 'recent files' option (file icon) parses recently-used.xbel and provides a launchable list of files recently accessed by GTK applications through the Open/Save menu dialogs. This option also screens the list and automatically excludes files that are no longer present on your drive, but are still listed in recently-used.xbel. Optionally, you can go to the 'Manage' button and select the default application to open the selected file. Typically, this default action is the original program used to open the file, as defined in recently-used.xbel. However, if desired, you can set the xdg-open tool as the default action based on file mime-types. Either way, a simple left-mouse-click (or pressing the keyboard 'Enter' key) will open the selected file with your preferred default action. Alternatively, you can right-mouse-click the selected file to override the default action, and specifically open/launch with the xdg-open tool. Caveat: support for the right-mouse-click action requires gtkdialog4 >= r333.
The 'Favorites', 'Bookmarks' and 'Recent Files' options are integral to the PupMenu interface, but each may be accessed independently as optional launchers for the desktop or panel. For desktop launchers, go to /usr/share/applications and add the corresponding .desktop file(s) to the Puppy desktop (drag-and-drop in Rox-Filer). For panel launchers, simply add the following executables to the panel, and assign the corresponding launcher icons:
Executable: /usr/bin/pfavorites (or) /usr/share/applications/pFavorites.desktop
Icon: /usr/share/pixmaps/pfavorites.svg
Executable: /usr/bin/pbookmarks (or) /usr/share/applications/pBookmarks.desktop
Icon: /usr/share/pixmaps/pbookmarks.svg
Executable: /usr/bin/precent-files (or) /usr/share/applications/pRecent-Files.desktop
Icon: /usr/share/pixmaps/precent.svg
Common functions that one may use routinely are available in the lower panel tray, including the following (if installed): control panel (
), file manager, file finder, drive mounter, command-line launcher (
), task manager, terminal emulator, Wine menu for Windows applications, and shutdown manager (
PupMenu provides convenient options for creating, editing and deleting menu files. The PupMenuEdit module facilitates changing individual elements of existing menu files, and the companion PupMenuMaker is an equally intuitive utility for the creation of new menu items. PupMenuEdit and PupMenuMaker support standard (legacy) menu categories, but also provide full support for the enhanced menu hierarchy (Puppy-specific categories and subcategories) introduced in the Woof specifications of 30 Nov 2012.
The PupMenuEdit module provides the following options for managing and editing the standard XDG menu of Puppy Linux:
• File tab: Menu file manager with options to create (PupMenuMaker), edit, backup and delete menu (.desktop) files.
• Edit tab: Modify .desktop file options which control the filename, command, icon, menu name, tooltip, mimetype, category and visibility of applications in the standard XDG menu.
• View tab: Display contents of .desktop files.
• Undo tab: Restore .desktop files to the original unedited state.
• Desktop tab: Copy menu applications to the desktop.
• Favorites tab: Add/Remove menu applications in the Favorites category of the standard XDG menu.
• Show-Hide tab: Show (enable) or hide (disable) applications in the standard XDG menu.
• Settings tab: View/Edit default applications in /usr/local/bin and MIME-types in /root/Choices/MIME-types. Also, control icon size in the menu of modern JWM.
The Preferences module provides the following options for enhancing the PupMenu interface:
• Show/Hide the Favorites menu category.
• Show/Hide the History menu category (recently-launched applications).
• Show (rename) the Utility menu category as the Accessories category in PupMenu.
• Show/Hide the Development menu category in PupMenu.
• Show/Hide the Education menu category in PupMenu.
• Show/Hide the Games/Fun menu category in PupMenu.
• Show legacy menu categories in PupMenu such as Business, Document and Personal.
• Show/Hide the border of small buttons.
• Show/Hide the PupMenu banner text.
• Show/Hide the splash dialog.
• Select optional opening of user interface under the mouse cursor, else at center of screen.
• Select optional closing of the main PupMenu interface when launching applications.
• Include hidden menu items in the applications window of PupMenu. This option does not impact items hidden in the standard Puppy menu.
• Select legacy or enhanced menu categories for PupMenuEdit and PupMenuMaker.
• Select standard or enhanced search options.
• Select optional auto-updating of the recent launch history of PupMenu.
• Position the menu categories left or right of the applications window.
• Position the application information box above or below the applications window. The information box displays the selected application's menu name, generic name or comment from the corresponding .desktop file.
• Position the application search box above or below the applications window.
• Enable the multi-function utility tray.
• Adjust the maximum number of items in the launch history.
• Delete the current launch history and start a new list.
• Adjust the font size of the PupMenu interface to match user preference.
• Adjust the height of the PupMenu interface to match user preference.
• Adjust the width of the PupMenu interface to accomodate long text strings.
• Select the following default utilities for the PupMenu tray: file manager, file finder, system information utility, run-dialog utility, task manager and terminal emulator.
Program access is by Puppy Menu->Utility->PupMenu, or by the default Ctrl+Shift+M keyboard shortcut, which is configured for IceWm, JWM, Openbox, Fluxbox, LXDE and LXPanel.
Mini-view interface with optional utility tray on left
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PupMenu-5.0. See main post.
- Adjust PupMenu widgets for easier navigation (thanks torm)
- Add GUI scalability with option to set the opening width
- Add new user interface for Preferences
- Add option to place menu categories left or right of the applications window
- Add option to place the application information box on bottom or top of the applications window
- Add option to place the application search box on bottom or top of the applications window
- Add optional History menu category for recently-launched applications
- Add option to show/hide banner text
- Add option to show/hide splash dialog
- Add option to open PupMenu under mouse cursor (or center of screen)
- Add option to include hidden apps in the PupMenu applications window
- Add gettext internationalization for all GUIs
- Update application search code for quicker parsing of .desktop files
- Update PupMenuEdit to 3.0 (revised layout of Edit, Favorites and Show-Hide tabs) and add dynamic hover tool tips to display application information specific to the current locale
- Update PupMenuMaker to 1.5 (revised layout of main interface)
- Bugfix: The enhanced search mode did not accurately parse contents of .desktop files (thanks torm).
PupMenu-4.3. See main post.
- Bugfix: Pipe error in Hide/Show module of PupMenuEdit
PupMenu-4.2. See main post.
- Dangling (broken) image symlinks created by some applications may disrupt the corresponding gtkdialog treeview icons of PupMenu. Consequently, the 4.2 update of PupMenu automatically removes broken symlinks in folders typically parsed by the gtkdialog tree widget.
- Adjust call to fixmenus for JWM.
PupMenu-4.1. See main post.
- Added treeview icons which are displayed along the left margin of all applications.
- Added on-demand updating of the applications database and icon cache. Use the refresh buttons of PupMenu and PupMenuEdit when the the XDG menu has changed, i.e., after installing/uninstalling applications, creating/deleting .desktop files, adding/removing SFS files.
- Added user-choice options for tray applications: file manager, task manager, sysinfo utility, terminal emulator and run dialog utility.
- Added support for direct launching of wine application via .desktop files.
- Added option in PupMenuEdit to show/hide menu categories in JWM.
- Added option in PupMenuEdit to set menu-item height in JWM.
- The NoDisplay status of menu items in PupMenu now parallels that of the main XDG menu. Use PupMenuEdit to change the Show/Hide status of menu applications.
PupMenu-4.0. See main post.
- Updated support for recent changes in Woof-CE.
- Added multi-function recent-files module. This option parses recently-used.xbel and provides a launchable list of files accessed by GTK open/save dialogs.
- Major update to bookmarks module (open, move, add, delete or reset personal folder/file/URL bookmarks, and optionally append ROX/GTK bookmarks).
- Major update to launch-history module.
- Major update to PupMenuEdit module.
- Updated PupMenuMaker module.
- Updated Help dialog.
- Added category-specific identification icons to menu items in full, mid and control-panel (CPL) views.
- Bugfix: inconsistent save from Edit tab of PupMenuEdit
Version 3.5. See main post.
- Added real-time icon viewers to all interfaces (Full, Mid, Mini and CPL), and added support for Woof-CE svg images (usr/share/pixmaps/puppy/*svg).
- Synchronized the placement of buttons on all interfaces.
- Added alternate access to PupMenuEdit from the right-upper corner menubar of PupMenu, and from the standard XDG menu.
- Added an enhanced Favorites tab to PupMenuEdit which manages applications in the Favorites (My-Apps) category of PupMenu -- and concurrently builds (and manages) the identical Favorites category in the standard XDG menu of supported desktops (JWM, IceWM, LXDE, LXPanel, FbPanel, Openbox, Fluxbox and XFCE4).
- Added optional pop-up notification to the Favorites and Show-Hide tabs of PupMenuEdit.
- Reorganized the Preferences module and moved the Default-App and MIME options from Preferences to the PupMenuEdit module.
Version 3.4. See main post.
- Added support for double-click launching of applications.
- Bugfix: In some scenarios, the pRun search toggle-button icon did not show.
- Bugfix: With 'Close after launch' selected in Preferences, the main PupMenu GUI did not automatically close when launching applications from the History module.
Version 3.3. See main post.
- Added
(run dialog module).
- Added option to set default run-dialog utility, including support for the following (if installed): fbrun, gexec, gmrun, grun, lxpanelctl run, pexec, prun, xfrun4.
- Added option to set maximum number of items in the launch history (range 10-30).
- Bugfix: Fontsize defaulted to 11pt in PupMenuEdit.
- Bugfix: In some scenarios, the display font of PupMenu unexpectedly changed when loading the Preferences module.
Version 3.2. See main post.
- Added GUI support for the 96-dpi font metrics of Woof-built Puppies, effective 2013-03-26.
- Added option to show Development and Education categories in the built-in menu of PupMenu.
- Added options to show standard Puppy menu categories (such as Business, Document, Personal) or alternate categories (such as Office) which have enhanced compliance with Freedesktop.org menu standards.
- PupMenuEdit and PupMenuMaker continue full support for the conventional category structure of the standard Puppy Menu.
- Added 'Show In' (OnlyShowIn) option to PupMenuEdit. This parameter defines the desktop environments that will show an application in the corresponding menu.
- The category of each menu item is now directly editable in PupMenuEdit, or you can select a new category from the drop-down list.
- Bugfix: In some scenarios, PupMenu exited unexpectedly when the Edit button was selected before first selecting the menu item.
Version 3.1. See main post.
- Added support for the comprehensive menu hierarchy (Puppy-specific categories and subcategories) introduced in the Woof specifications of 30 Nov 2012. (Set this option in Preferences)
- Added toggle checkbox to the main interface for the 'close after launch' option.
- Added toggle button to the main interface for standard/enhanced searching.
- Improved the quick-launch feature of the application search option to better emulate Run-dialog programs such as gExec and GRun. (See PupMenu Help)
- Simplified code (touch --no-create) for the show/hide options of PupMenuEdit. (thank you Geoffrey)
- Multiple enhancements of the graphical user interface.
- Added new primary icon for PupMenu (improved rendering when the icon is downsized).
Version 3.0. See main post.
- Major update since v.2.8.1
- Code modifications with significantly improved performance and faster application search.
- Added quick-launch function which emulates Run-dialog programs such as gexec and grun (enter the executable name of an application in the search box of PupMenu, and press the Enter key to launch).
- Extended the enhanced search option – which now evaluates the Category entry of .desktop files, in addition to the Name and Comment fields.
- Enhanced user access to the menu creation and editing modules.
- Added PupMenuEdit (new application) which is accessible from all interfaces. This integrated, full-featured menu manager, editor and graphic viewer facilitates management of *.desktop files. The default text editor is still available.
- Renamed the menumaker module to PupMenuMaker and added an icon viewer.
- Updated the Categories drop-down list of PupMenuMaker in accordance with current Woof specifications.
- Enhanced content in the information window of the full-view interface of PupMenu.
- Added optional CPL-view (control panel).
- Added Refresh buttons to all interfaces.
- Added information viewer to the mini-view and control panel interfaces.
- Added optional utility tray to the mini-view interface. The tray is now available for all four interfaces (full, mid, mini and CPL).
- Added optional real-time icon viewer to the full-view interface.
- Note: The graphic viewers require standard files extensions (png, xpm, svg) for the icon entry of the .desktop file. However, the occasional derivative (Saluki) may not include the requisite icon extensions in all .desktop files.
- Added auto-sorting of the the launch history after opening applications from the history list (blue folder icon). As in prior versions, the list also auto-sorts when launching applications from the main PupMenu interface.
- Added PeeBee's Wine Menu which appears automatically in the tray of PupMenu if Wine is installed. Tested in Lighthouse64 and with Green Dome's popular Wine Pet which is updated frequently.
- Converted the combobox format of the Preferences module to the more intuitive 'Tree' format.
- Bugfix in PupMenuMaker: Inconsistent auto-update of the Puppy XDG menu when creating new .desktop files.
- Bugfix in recursive search code: Replaced 'grep -r' with 'grep -R'. The -r option of grep (v2.12 or greater) no longer follows symlinks, except command-line.
Version 2.8.1. See main post.
- Bugfix: delay (key lag) in search box function after exiting the Configuration module.
Version 2.8. See main post.
- Please note: this release requires gtkdialog4 (Puppy5 derivatives or updated Puppy4 derivatives).
- Added optional third view of the main user interface (conveniently small while retaining essential features of an application finder/launcher).
- The main PupMenu interface supports quick access to mini-view, mid-view and full-view modes (select the icon in upper right corner of main GUI).
- The Preferences interface opens in the current/active tab when refreshing the menu.
- Added support to Preferences for combobox multi-column text.
- Added new options to the MenuMaker module (menu-item viewer, comprehensive drop-down list of menu categories, and 'Msg' checkbox to show/hide confirmation messages).
- Added support for SpaceFM file manager.
- Bugfix: error loading mime-types in Preferences.
- Bugfix: inconsistent update of the XDG menu when removing/hiding menu items in derivatives without fixmenus.
Version 2.7. See main post.
- Enabled quick-access to menu creation from the main PupMenu interface. Access to menu creation is still available in the Preferences GUI.
- Added option to show/hide tray utilities in the reduced-view GUI (this option is still available in the full-view GUI).
- Improved access to options in Preferences.
- Enhanced MenuMaker module.
Version 2.6. See main post.
- Added Information window to the mini-view GUI for the display of descriptive menu-item names.
- Added option to show/hide the margin (border relief) of small GUI buttons (showing the margin facilitates button recognition when navigating the GUI in some GTK themes).
- Enabled support for the updated jwm_menu_create module of jwm-tools (the updated version of jwm-tools supports the "NoDisplay=true" entry of .desktop files).
- Enhanced user interface for the Preferences module.
- Bugfix: In some Puppy derivatives, selecting a program in the Applications window required double-clicking to view output in the Information window.
Version 2.5. See main post.
- Added checkbox option in Preferences to override the 'NoDisplay=true' parameter of menu items (i.e., hidden menu items are made visible in PupMenu, but remain hidden in the Puppy XDG menu).
- Added icon option in search box to quickly clear/reset the current application search.
- Disabled the nonfunctional pop-up search option of the gtkdialog tree widget.
- Enhanced integration with 32-bit and 64-bit Puppy derivatives.
Version 2.4. See main post.
- Added single-pane (mini-mode) view of the user interface.
- Added option to quickly toggle between dual-pane and single-pane views.
Version 2.3. See main post.
- Added option to show/hide tray applications.
- Added enhanced search option which complements the standard search function of the application finder.
- Added immediate feedback when the search option finds no item.
- Moved search icon to the left-inside margin of the entry box.
- Revised Preferences GUI.
Version 2.2. See main post.
- Bugfix: Mouse-click in white space of the Applications window displayed information of a previously selected item.
- Added filter to exclude non-functional menu files which lack the standard .desktop extension.
- Enhanced notification status of launch and edit buttons.
Version 2.1. See main post.
- Enhanced rendering speed for the applications, information and search windows.
- Added self-sustained launch history with quick access to recently launched programs, automatic addition and deletion
of history items, and auto-update after programs are uninstalled. (thanks Jasper)
- Added configurable bookmarks with one-click access to the rox, thunar or pcmanfm file managers. (thanks Jasper)
- Added source-file data to the information window (path to .desktop file).
- Added icon-notification to the launch and edit buttons (enabled/disabled status).
Version 2.0. See main post.
- Removed the combobox format of the main user interface.
- Added new dual-pane interface with application search option. (thanks jim1911 and seaside for testing)
- Added My-Apps favorites category. (thanks scsijon)
- Added option to send menu items to the ROX desktop. (thanks darkcity)
- Added MenuMaker² menu creation utility. (thanks Trio and Geoffrey)
- Added direct access to defaults-chooser. (thanks sc0ttman)
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PupMenu-1.0 is available for download.
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this looks good - pupmenu should be easy to configure
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darkcity wrote:
this looks good - pupmenu should be easy to configure
Thank you darkcity.
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Works with TXZ_pup and is nice alternative for an traditional menu.
Handy for window managers without an menu.
keep up the good work .
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Interesting radky!
A few thoughts!
?are items appearing in the lists fixed alphabetically, or could your user select what order they appear in, so they could put the most used at the top and the rest in use order?
?How extensible is it, along the line of a user dynamically adding through the preferances button, a few extra 'menu' boxes, say for 'favorites', 'my-apps', 'extra tools', 'development', and the like and using puppy's pick-and-drag process to fill them?
Also ?could it be hidden in a 'corner', unlike the toolbars that take over the whole of a side, whether they need to or not.
Also, maybe allow multiples, that could be programmed to show selected groups, or individual applications, so they could become task specific.
And yes it's new, I don't expect immediacy, just a few thoughts of what extensions may be worth considering.
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Hi harii4,
Thanks for taking PupMenu for a test drive in TXZ_pup. I had not tested in that derivative, so I am very pleased the application is working OK for you.
Hi scsijon,
?are items appearing in the lists fixed alphabetically, or could your user select what order they appear in, so they could put the most used at the top and the rest in use order?
Yes, the menu items are arranged alphabetically after PupMenu recursively scans all .desktop files in the /usr/share/applications and /usr/local/share/applications directories, selectively excluding .desktop files that have the "NoDisplay=true" entry (hidden menu items). The basic Linux sort command is used (no additional search or merge algorithms).
?How extensible is it, along the line of a user dynamically adding through the preferences button, a few extra 'menu' boxes, say for 'favorites', 'my-apps', 'extra tools', 'development', and the like and using puppy's pick-and-drag process to fill them?
Also ?could it be hidden in a 'corner', unlike the toolbars that take over the whole of a side, whether they need to or not.
Also, maybe allow multiples, that could be programmed to show selected groups, or individual applications, so they could become task specific.
PupMenu is designed to function comfortably as a stand-alone program, but it is very extensible and will integrate dynamically with add-on modules that provide most of the features that you have requested.
For example, after installing the
module, a button is added automatically to the PupMenu tray for quick access to favorite applications which are selected from drop-down lists of currently installed programs. These applications are arranged in standard categories and subcategories (groups), and the user determines which programs will be assigned to each category. PupApps also has the MY-APPS option which incorporates the gtkdialog file selector to quickly assign unique utilities or "extra tools" to the GUI interface.
In a similar fashion, after installing the
module, another button is automatically added to the PupMenu tray, providing quick access to a full-featured control panel.
Finally, if you want to add a shutdown manager, you can install the
module which automatically adds another button to the PupMenu tray, providing an array of options to close the current Puppy session.
Thanks for your comments.
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I realised I forgot to post some feedback about this:
I wouldn't change a thing, personally. Love it.
Working great on Akita, looks nice, works perfect.
In fact, PupApps, PupControl and PupMenu are all so comprehensive,
and I am wondering if I actually need
of them...
But I will include all 3 of those in Akita, along with PupSnap, too.
Good work!
If I had 1 request, which is not a small or easy one,
it would be to i18n these apps, and get some translations done.
I use 'wizardwizard' only cos it's well embedded, and now i18n'd.
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sc0ttman wrote:
I realised I forgot to post some feedback about this:
I wouldn't change a thing, personally. Love it.
Working great on Akita, looks nice, works perfect.
In fact, PupApps, PupControl and PupMenu are all so comprehensive,
and I am wondering if I actually need
of them...
But I will include all 3 of those in Akita, along with PupSnap, too.
Thanks sc0ttman,
I look forward to your next release of Akita.
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thanks for this app ; -)
ive noticed a minor bug that display a random menu entry at the top of menus - sometimes blank, sometimes a copy at the current entry.
Would it be possible to add a button that add a menu entry to the pin board? - someone was requesting this in this thread-
Also, have you considered a more compact layout using 'category' as a drop down menu
Just ideas
edit: one last thing, can items be added to menu with pupmenu?
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Hi darkcity,
ive noticed a minor bug that display a random menu entry at the top of menus - sometimes blank, sometimes a copy at the current entry.
Unfortunately, the gtkdialog combobox widget does not specifically support a <default> attribute, so the typical workaround is additional code which inserts the current default item in the combobox drop-down list. The downside of this workaround is what you have observed. If there is no current default item, the top entry in the list may appear blank -- or if a default item is available, the result is apparent duplication of that item in the combobox list.
Would it be possible to add a button that adds a menu entry to the pin board?
Yes, that would be possible, but I'm not sure the implementation would add anything to the nice drag & drop option already available in ROX-Filer. For example, open ROX-Filer (available in the PupMenu tray), then go to the /usr/share/applications or /usr/local/share/applications folders which contain .desktop files that correspond to entries in the Puppy XDG menu. You can quickly drag & drop the appropriate .desktop file to the ROX pinboard (desktop).
Also, have you considered a more compact layout using 'category' as a drop down menu?
Not yet.
Can items be added to menu with pupmenu?
With PupMenu, you can quickly modify existing menu items, or easily use the corresponding .desktop files as templates to create new menu items. A separate module for creating .desktop files is a possiblilty for future releases.
Thanks for your comments.
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Would it be possible to add a button that adds a menu entry to the pin board?
Yes, that would be possible, but I'm not sure the implementation would add anything to the nice drag & drop option already available in ROX-Filer. For example, open ROX-Filer (available in the PupMenu tray), then go to the /usr/share/applications or /usr/local/share/applications folders which contain .desktop files that correspond to entries in the Puppy XDG menu. You can quickly drag & drop the appropriate .desktop file to the ROX pinboard (desktop).
thanks for the detailed answer ; -)
the main reason for this feature would be to help exWindows users. I had an idea that if the puppy menu received a mouse-drag event it could run PupMenu.
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Would it be possible to add a button that adds a menu entry to the pin board? ...the main reason for this feature would be to help exWindows users.
You win, darkcity.
The next release of PupMenu will have the option to send menu items to the desktop (ROX pinboard).
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Windows uses memory mapping to load executables into memory so unfortunately the executable file (unlike in Unix based OSes) cannot just be removed.
Unix is slightly different (since there's some debate on this on the other answer) - however, it still uses
Windows does not have an inode concept, and so the file must exist whilst the program is running. This is a problem almost anyone who has written an uninstaller will have experienced - or even a temporary utility. The first link I gave you runs through the techniques you can use; these are, briefly:
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Challenge - looking to purchase a 9" square glass baking dish. Cannot find them anywhere.
Pryex used to have both 8" and 9" square, but only the 8" seems to be available now.
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Let's see, these are close:
It's a start...
I hope this meets your criteria, you are correct and they are very hard to find!
Marinex 1.9-Quart Square Bake Dish
Product Features
Prepare, cook, serve, and store in the same cooking vessel
Freezer to oven to table to refrigerator
Use in conventional or microwave ovens
1.9qt capacity measures 9-5/8" x 8-3/4" x 2"
Consistent bluish tint to all pieces
Edit: Here is another, it's a 2 pc. set with an 8x8 and a 9x9 with lids to boot!
This is a 2pc. set of square baking dishes that includes a small 1.2qt. square baking dish(8-1/8" x 7-1/8" x 2") with a plastic lid and a medium 1.9qt. square baking dish(9-5/8" x 8-3/4" x 2") with a plastic lid. Plastic lids vary in color from red, green, yellow, purple, blue, and clear. All Marinex bakeware is dishwasher safe. Item #GD16837727.
Walmart has the Paula Dean, Amazon the le creuset. I use an 8" Pyrex so I cannot account for either.
good place to buy from, fast shipping.
look around their site. i've found a lot of really good deals on some "different" stuff. bakeware is my hobby.
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forgot to mention this on the shopworldkitchen.com post, and waited to long to edit it.
@klozitshopper: be careful. i just got thru looking at the others, and the multipack on the cooking.com link says it is not for conventional oven use.
just happened across this. it is expensive, but then too it is pampered chef
Truthfully, it needs to say Pyrex (or Corningware) to be what @Klozitshoper wants, I'd say. I have a couple, but I'm keeping them. It's even hard to find decent metal pans in the 9x9 size. I'd personally suggest haunting second hand stores, and antique stores that specialize in collectibles. There's decent Pyrex and Corningware stuff in all the ones I visit; I just don't need it.
Oh, lordy, I just realized. She needs a refurb. :-D
and out of pure noseyness what are you doing that has to be a 9x9 instead of an 8x8?
@moosezilla: I am not, but it is for a dear older (yes, that IS possible but rare!) lady who broke hers and simply cannot live without it according to her. I have been looking for one for about a year.
Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I will research them all. I don't especially know why, but she was adamant about clear glass. I have forgotten what it is that she absolutely, completely needs it for, but only 9" glass will make her happy.
I appreciate everyone's suggestions, and @shrdlu is correct in that searching in consignment/antique shops could very well produce the long-wished for item, but I thought I would rather get new if I could.
visit these sites to see if anything gets updated for sale:
Also, when searching sites like eBay, search 22cm or 23cm vs 9 inch.
Good Luck!
@klozitshoper: my mom-in-law is that way. she is such a sweet person. isn't it so nice to have these folks in your life. and if i getting for someone like that i would think they would appreciate the antique-ness of an old one, they have more presence to them. (just make sure to scrub well before giving)
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Wait until the next woot off, I'd bet this one comes up again:
don't fans blow dust/germs around? Maybe I'm overthinking this... too tired to research
@capguncowboy: The fans I see at bakeries and other food production areas like Costco have a washable filter that fits over the front of the fan, don't know if they have such a filter for smaller fans.