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CharlesV wrote: Fri Feb 09, 2024 6:04 pm What version of qBitTorrent are you running?
4.6.3 is in the Test repos and it has a fill icon. As I recall, one of the earlier versions was the gear.

Edit: This could also be your icon set.

harrykar wrote: Fri Feb 09, 2024 8:09 pm

CharlesV wrote: Fri Feb 09, 2024 6:04 pm What version of qBitTorrent are you running?
4.6.3 is in the Test repos and it has a fill icon. As I recall, one of the earlier versions was the gear.

Edit: This could also be your icon set.

Actually I use v4.6.3 (Libtorrent 2.0.9.0 version). It's not from our repos but an .appimage downloaded from their site and put in my home's /bin with a link in Desktop

I'm wondered also how can I put it in Whisker's app list (maybe in a category apart)

1. (repo's) open applications are put on the Taskswitcher/Windows Buttons panel's(upper) area and hold their icons. Moreover no one of them is put in notification area
2. Both qb(appimage) and ActivityWatcher are non from our repos, put their icons in notification panel's bottom area with qb that put also a gear in Taskswitcher/Windows Buttons panel's upper area.
   --AW it's in the form of a folder with binaries in my ~/ and managed to run as a daemon on system startup so AW is normal not show a gear icon in Taskswitcher/Windows Buttons panel's(upper) area as do e.g. qb that runs on user's demand.--
   When qb is minimized(push '-' button) gear holds in Taskswitcher/Windows Buttons area, when qb is closed(push 'x' button) gear goes off from Taskswitcher/Windows Buttons area but qb(per default) is still in action his icon lie in notification area. If you want to really close it rclick on his icon -> push exit.
3. right click on qb's gear (i.e. context menu) consist only in 'remove' item instead context menus of other applications contain much more items(pin to doc, edit launcher, minimize,maximize,move ... etc)

Stevo wrote: Sun Feb 11, 2024 1:40 am If you're running MX 21 or 23, why not just use the 4.6.3 in our MX test repo that doesn't have this issue? And in doing so, help test it so we can move it to main?

harrykar wrote: Sun Feb 11, 2024 5:19 am A little help on how can I do it?

Dennis-TW wrote: Sun Feb 11, 2024 5:29 am

harrykar wrote: Sun Feb 11, 2024 5:19 am A little help on how can I do it?

By using MX Package Installer

Go to the 'MX Test Repo' tab and search for 'qbittorrent'

The version in the Test Repo is 4.6.3 whereas the one in the Main Repo is 4.5.3

1. a gear icon with reduced context menu in Taskchanger/Windows Buttons panel's area isn't because an app is from our repo or not
2. applications out of our repo (when opened of course) prefer put their icons in notifications panel's area(i.e. bottom) instead of Taskchanger/Windows Buttons panel's area(i.e. up) whereas apps from our repo prefer the other way around

harrykar wrote: Sun Feb 11, 2024 5:49 am Thank you, There are also a qb 'enhanced' kind in version 4.6.0 you know what is it?

Dennis-TW wrote: Sun Feb 11, 2024 7:48 am

harrykar wrote: Sun Feb 11, 2024 5:49 am Thank you, There are also a qb 'enhanced' kind in version 4.6.0 you know what is it?

According to the official qBittorrent forum, the enhanced version one is a fork of qBittorrent, aimed at the Chinese/Eastern market.

Unless specifically needed, it is suggested is stick with the main version.

davidy wrote: Sun Feb 11, 2024 9:27 am Appimagelauncher deb file after updating via synaptic, and a reboot it seems, does actually integrate itself as well as any appimages you add to it. It seems to extract the appimage's icon which then will be accessible in the 'all icons' list. Of the 19 different appimages I keep, only losslesscut and avidemux did not integrate. Avidemux gives me a gear icon when opened, and losslesscut straight up has a question mark. I used this back in 2020 but gave up as I was still new with MX. But after seeing it actually does do what it says, for the most part, I am definitely keeping and using it. The only thing I had to do was repoint all the appimage files to their newly renamed ones and repoint them to their new icons which appimagelauncher extracted. Most of the icons I was using I actually no longer need which is great. Better to have them extracted and usable than hunt them down or 'make' them.

The enhanced qbittorrent is not aimed at the chinese market specifically. It simply adds trackers, if you wish, from a downloadable list, and has options to autoban unknown peers from china (seeing as they have lots of information repression going on), and can autoban bittorrent media player peers, among other things. The fact it can ban chinese peers is a security option because of the repression that country has. It's an option only and is not on by default. hence the word 'enhanced'

The various menu editing abilities and the way in which linux itself works is something I am not an expert in by any means. I kinda miss Windows simple ability to create an ini file that solved any icon issues. Too bad linux isn't as simple.

... Encryption-forced (always on), ...

...negating the need for iplist filtering. ...

davidy wrote: Sun Feb 11, 2024 12:40 pm Encrypting qbit has nothing to do with your ip and for that matter torrenting in and of itself is used by many sites legally.

You can create a torrent from anything on your system and then share it with anyone you want by giving them the .torrent file with you as the seeder.

Iplist filtering is like an adblocker but for ip addressing instead-kinda like blocking a caller you don't care to share with.

The project may be without activity but synaptic in MX 21.3 xfce had updates for it. It works.

....
Fluxgui is without activity but I'm using it right now, with redshift of course, and I've been using it since I first started using MX over 2+ years ago. If something works just because the OS gets regular updates doesn't necessarily mean it breaks the ap. With fluxgui you just have to install it manually and then add redshift to the mix, apparently gone in MX23. I still remember the pair of redwing boots in my parents closet that at first were gigantic. I grew into them and they still worked fine. Never actually wore them but the memory is fun.

harrykar wrote: Fri Feb 09, 2024 4:59 pm In up-down order in pic the last app(qbittorent) shows a gear instead the applications picture what can I do to show the app's picture?
TIA

[Desktop Entry]
Name=qBittorrent AppImage
Type=Application
Exec=/home/demo/bin/qbittorrent.AppImage %U
GenericName=BitTorrent client
Comment=Download and share files over BitTorrent
Icon=qbittorrent
MimeType=application/x-bittorrent;x-scheme-handler/magnet;
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false
StartupWMClass=qbittorrent
SingleMainWindow=true
Categories=Network;FileTransfer;P2P;Qt;
Keywords=bittorrent;torrent;magnet;download;p2p;

fehlix wrote: Sun Feb 11, 2024 8:35 pm

harrykar wrote: Fri Feb 09, 2024 4:59 pm In up-down order in pic the last app(qbittorent) shows a gear instead the applications picture what can I do to show the app's picture?
TIA

For an AppImage like qbittotorent save this desktop file e,g like
this into ~/.local/share/applications/qbittorrent-appimage.desktop
but do adjust the path and filename of the executable appimage file:
/home/demo/bin/qbittorrent.AppImage
accordingly.

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[Desktop Entry]
Name=qBittorrent AppImage
Type=Application
Exec=/home/demo/bin/qbittorrent.AppImage %U
GenericName=BitTorrent client
Comment=Download and share files over BitTorrent
Icon=qbittorrent
MimeType=application/x-bittorrent;x-scheme-handler/magnet;
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false
StartupWMClass=qbittorrent
SingleMainWindow=true
Categories=Network;FileTransfer;P2P;Qt;
Keywords=bittorrent;torrent;magnet;download;p2p;

Now you should find a menu entry within the whisker menu for qbittorent appimage.
And as the docklick-taskbar is scanning the .../share/applications folder,
it should now know about the WMClass=qbittorent
and the icon to display in the task bar, which would be the papirus-theme svg icon.
The other icon in the systray is taken from the Appimage-squashfs archive.

[Desktop Entry]
Name=qBittorrent AppImage
Type=Application
Exec=/home/bin/qbittorrent-4.6.3_lt20_x86_64.AppImage %U
GenericName=BitTorrent client
Comment=Download and share files over BitTorrent
Icon=qbittorrent
MimeType=application/x-bittorrent;x-scheme-handler/magnet;
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false
StartupWMClass=qbittorrent
SingleMainWindow=true
Categories=Network;FileTransfer;P2P;Qt;
Keywords=bittorrent;torrent;magnet;download;p2p;

$ /home/bin/qbittorrent-4.6.3_lt20_x86_64.AppImage
bash: /home/bin/qbittorrent-4.6.3_lt20_x86_64.AppImage: No such file or directory

fehlix wrote: Mon Feb 12, 2024 11:38 am Maybe post what you have done as text not as pictures, b/c that might be easier to explain, what was wrong.

harrykar wrote: Mon Feb 12, 2024 12:23 pm

fehlix wrote: Mon Feb 12, 2024 11:38 am Maybe post what you have done as text not as pictures, b/c that might be easier to explain, what was wrong.

Solved: look at 'Edit:' (last lines) section I did on my previous post

All good so far regard qb(icons in notification and Taskchanger/windows buttons areas on panel) except that now when is open tor browser the qb's Taskchanger icon is somehow strangely associated (other than qb) with Tor browser too :))

PS:
1)I had download Tor browser from tor's website and is in a self-contained(i.e. contains all necessary files, environment etc) dir on my Desktop
2) the gear one position up of qb's icon in Taskchanger/windows buttons area correspond to our MPI you know if MPI has an icon so I can fix that too?

fehlix wrote: Mon Feb 12, 2024 12:49 pm

harrykar wrote: Mon Feb 12, 2024 12:23 pm

fehlix wrote: Mon Feb 12, 2024 11:38 am Maybe post what you have done as text not as pictures, b/c that might be easier to explain, what was wrong.

Solved: look at 'Edit:' (last lines) section I did on my previous post

All good so far regard qb(icons in notification and Taskchanger/windows buttons areas on panel) except that now when is open tor browser the qb's Taskchanger icon is somehow strangely associated (other than qb) with Tor browser too :))

PS:
1)I had download Tor browser from tor's website and is in a self-contained(i.e. contains all necessary files, environment etc) dir on my Desktop
2) the gear one position up of qb's icon in Taskchanger/windows buttons area correspond to our MPI you know if MPI has an icon so I can fix that too?

Maybe if that now solved you original question mark the thread as such.
And avoid prolonging threads by additional newly added changes.
Rather open a new thread with details descriptions and a detailed informative thread title.
Thanks

harrykar wrote: Mon Feb 12, 2024 1:06 pm PS: Exist a book or some other info source about xfce? I mean how one can learn the contents syntax, semantics, pragmatics of the contents of a .desktop file, where place it ecc