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timer or stop watch add ons for MX-Linux 19.1
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2020 3:34 pm
by hadisur_rahman
How do I install the timer or stopwatch addons in my MX Linux 19.1 machine? I installed Ktimer from "MX Package Installer" but it not working actually when the time I set counting finished the Ktimer didn,t create a finished noise or sound, but I want that.
Re: timer or stop watch add ons for MX-Linux 19.1
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2020 4:36 pm
by eriefisher
if you have the "goodies" package installed for the panel you can right click on the panel>>select panel>>add new items>>search for timer>>click add. Configure as you please.
Re: timer or stop watch add ons for MX-Linux 19.1
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2020 4:46 pm
by hadisur_rahman
eriefisher wrote: Thu Jun 04, 2020 4:36 pm
if you have the "goodies" package installed for the panel you can right click on the panel>>select panel>>add new items>>search for timer>>click add. Configure as you please.
From where I can install the "goodies" package? link please.
Re: timer or stop watch add ons for MX-Linux 19.1
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2020 5:01 pm
by Jerry3904
It's installed by default. Just right-click the panel etc. as eriefisher says.
Re: timer or stop watch add ons for MX-Linux 19.1
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2020 9:27 pm
by hadisur_rahman
Jerry3904 wrote: Thu Jun 04, 2020 5:01 pm
It's installed by default. Just right-click the panel etc. as eriefisher says.
got it thanks but when the time finished it does not make a sound. How to enable it?
Re: timer or stop watch add ons for MX-Linux 19.1
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2020 9:51 pm
by handy
I wrote a little script once that I called via a bash alias, after which I entered how long I wanted to count down at the terminal prompt, hit enter & then when the count down was over it played a song of my choice - Dreamweaver.
I just went looking for the script but I couldn't find it? If it turns up I'll post it (for those that don't mind not using a GUI).
Re: timer or stop watch add ons for MX-Linux 19.1
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2020 11:35 pm
by JayM
hadisur_rahman wrote: Thu Jun 04, 2020 9:27 pm
Jerry3904 wrote: Thu Jun 04, 2020 5:01 pm
It's installed by default. Just right-click the panel etc. as eriefisher says.
got it thanks but when the time finished it does not make a sound. How to enable it?
That Xfce4 Timer plugin displays a notification pop-up message when the time that you set has expired. If you want it to also play a sound you would enter
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play /path/to/audio/file/example.mp3
in its command to run field for the alarm that you added.(My example is hypothetical. You would have to specify your actual path and filename for whatever sound file you wanted to use whether it's an .mp3, .ogg, .flac, .wav or whatever.)
Also it will play the entire audio file so if it's a long song there's no way to stop it until it finishes by itself, so use a very short sound like a bell or beep. Try
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play /usr/share/sounds/Fresh_and_Clean/stereo/bell.ogg
Make sure your speakers are turned on and the volume's high enough.
Re: timer or stop watch add ons for MX-Linux 19.1
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2020 11:59 pm
by linexer2016
Is there a way to change the icon to a more visible colour as I use a dark theme and the icon is all but invisible.
Re: timer or stop watch add ons for MX-Linux 19.1
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2020 12:05 am
by Stevo
We do ship some beeps and boops in /usr/share/sounds--just run "locate .ogg" in the terminal, and you should see them at the end of the output.
Tim packaged qtalarm for the test repo, which does play an alarm sound when it goes off:
viewtopic.php?f=140&t=57204&p=568330&hi ... rm#p568026
Re: timer or stop watch add ons for MX-Linux 19.1
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2020 12:11 am
by JayM
linexer2016 wrote: Thu Jun 04, 2020 11:59 pm
Is there a way to change the icon to a more visible colour as I use a dark theme and the icon is all but invisible.
Not unless you can figure out how to do it in css. There are no options for color settings in the panel app itself. Or you can switch to a different theme and see if it shows up any better. Try Arc-Darker.
Re: timer or stop watch add ons for MX-Linux 19.1
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2020 12:15 am
by linexer2016
Yes Jay, I couldn't find any usual icon edit functionality on this app. Not to worry though because even if I can't see it too well I know it's there in between two other apps in the panel. Just have to remember I have the tool when I need it :)
Re: timer or stop watch add ons for MX-Linux 19.1
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2020 3:12 am
by JayM
BTW I posted on the Xfce forum asking about changing this plugin's colors in the panel via custom css. Waiting to see what people there have to say.
https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?pid=58461#p58461
Re: timer or stop watch add ons for MX-Linux 19.1
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2020 7:16 am
by linexer2016
Good work Jay, I will look forward to any feedback you may receive from the XFCE forum.
Re: timer or stop watch add ons for MX-Linux 19.1
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2020 8:00 am
by JayM
ToZ (the Xfce forum moderator and guru) replied to my post. You can read it in that link that I shared earlier if you like.
What you need to do is go to your panel preferences, click the Items tab, then mouse-hover over the timer plugin in the list until you see a tooltip popup and note its "internal name". On my system it's xfce-timer-plugin-42.
Then edit your ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css file and at the bottom add something like
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#xfce4-timer-plugin-42 progress {
background-color: silver;
border-color: red;
}
#xfce4-timer-plugin-42 trough {
background-color: red;
border-color: red
}
The trough is the icon bar when no timer is running, the progress is it when one is running. You can change the colors according to your preferences, using either standard web color names or hex values (i.e. #ffffff for white.) The border colors are optional. You can also omit the bit about setting the progress bar's color and use the default one if you want to. Log out and in for the change to take effect.
This website will help you find hex values for lots and lots of colors and shades:
https://www.computerhope.com/htmcolor.htm
and this one will let you paste any color's hex value and find all available lighter and darker shades of that color:
https://www.w3schools.com/colors/colors_picker.asp
On my system the plugin went from looking like this
to this
Re: timer or stop watch add ons for MX-Linux 19.1
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2020 8:17 am
by Jerry3904
ToZ is simply amazing.
Re: timer or stop watch add ons for MX-Linux 19.1
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2020 8:33 am
by linexer2016
ToZ no doubt is indeed truly amazing and so is JayM for taking the time to research and provide this solution. It works! Perhaps the OP can now mark this thread as SOLVED.
Re: timer or stop watch add ons for MX-Linux 19.1
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2020 8:43 am
by handy
Re. the hex color names, gcolor2 is also a great tool to get the hex of any color you put the eyedropper on (plus other associated tricks).
Re: timer or stop watch add ons for MX-Linux 19.1
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2020 8:51 am
by JayM
handy wrote: Fri Jun 05, 2020 8:43 am
Re. the hex color names, gcolor2 is also a great tool to get the hex of any color you put the eyedropper on (plus other associated tricks).
I prefer KColorChooser for that as I find its UI is easier to use. But with either one you can copy a color from your menu, an app, your wallpaper, icons or whatever and reuse it elsewhere to make things exactly match a particular color and shade so they blend right into your theme..
Re: timer or stop watch add ons for MX-Linux 19.1
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2020 10:08 am
by asqwerth
JayM wrote: Fri Jun 05, 2020 8:51 am
handy wrote: Fri Jun 05, 2020 8:43 am
Re. the hex color names, gcolor2 is also a great tool to get the hex of any color you put the eyedropper on (plus other associated tricks).
I prefer KColorChooser for that as I find its UI is easier to use. But with either one you can copy a color from your menu, an app, your wallpaper, icons or whatever and reuse it elsewhere to make things exactly match a particular color and shade so they blend right into your theme..
Just open Geany. There is a colour picker right in the toolbar!
Re: timer or stop watch add ons for MX-Linux 19.1
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2020 12:40 pm
by Stuart_M
asqwerth wrote: Fri Jun 05, 2020 10:08 am
Just open Geany. There is a colour picker right in the toolbar!
I didn't know there was a color picker in MX Linux (Geany). Before I saw asqwerth's post I was going to get gcolor2 (it looks great - thanks handy), but then I noticed gcolor2 is GTK2 which means it is in MX-18 but not MX-19 (GTK3).
Since there's already a color picker in both MX-18 and MX-19 (in Geany) you showed me exactly what I needed at the right time - thanks!
Re: timer or stop watch add ons for MX-Linux 19.1
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2020 1:13 pm
by asqwerth
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Re: timer or stop watch add ons for MX-Linux 19.1
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2020 2:46 pm
by eriefisher
Very cool! I didn't know Geany had a colour picker.
Re: timer or stop watch add ons for MX-Linux 19.1
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2020 7:48 pm
by handy
I expect that the Geany dev(s) responsible grabbed gcolor2 & removed a just a little & added just a little to its functionality before incorporating it into Geany.
OSS is wonderful... :)