KSmoothDock

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Yes, but only when the real transparency technology is more mature and accessible to more people (it's not at the moment).

Btw I'm really looking forward to use real transparency as it will eliminate many current display bugs (due to fake transparency).

Best, - Sep 05 2006
KSmoothDock

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Hi, it seems that quite many people are having problems compiling the source package I posted. I'll try to use another Linux machine to build another source package and post here very soon.

Cheers,
Viet Dung - Sep 05 2006
KSmoothDock

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It works like kicker: to configure the dock, right-click on the launchers, you will see the program's pop-up menu (Right-click on a task shows task popup menu instead).
Best,
Viet Dung - Sep 03 2006
KSmoothDock

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Yeah at the moment the separator is missing, I will re-implement it very soon.

About the system tray, if it is implemented there will always be an option to turn it off, so it will not affect your current setting.

Best,
Viet Dung - Aug 26 2006
KSmoothDock

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Please read the short FAQ above.
Regards,
Viet Dung - Aug 26 2006
KSmoothDock

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Lucher, it seems that you are not using the latest version. There is no confkickerdialog.* nor confdialog.*

Please download the latest version.
Viet Dung - Aug 26 2006
KSmoothDock

Various Plasma 5 Improvements by dangvd 711 comments

Please check that you have KDE development packages installed. And try:
./configure --prefix=/YOUR_KDE_DIR - Aug 25 2006
KSmoothDock

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Yes, I am aware of the problem. I will try to fix it. In the mean time, you could try setting the dock position to Left or Right.
Best,
Viet Dung - Aug 25 2006
KSmoothDock

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Sorry the source package I uploaded several hours ago was corrupt.

I have just uploaded the proper one so the dock v4.0 should work now.

Best,
Viet Dung - Aug 25 2006
KSmoothDock

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Sorry the source package I uploaded several hours ago was corrupt.

I have just uploaded the proper one so the dock v4.0 should work now.

Best,
Viet Dung - Aug 25 2006
KSmoothDock

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Sorry the source package I uploaded several hours ago was corrupt.

I have just uploaded the proper one so the dock v4.0 should work now.

Best,
Viet Dung - Aug 25 2006
KSmoothDock

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Thanks for your support.

About your questions:
1. System tray: I will implement it as soon as I know how to do it technically. It s quite tricky.

2. I am always trying to make the zoom effect better. It is still far from the effect in other OSs now.

3. The length of the dock depends on the setting of dock item's size and the number of dock items so I'm not sure if I can do like you said. Whereas with kicker, the lenght of a task button is dynamic.

4. Can you explain this further?

Regards,
Viet Dung - Aug 25 2006
KSmoothDock

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So have you tried the guide above? (./configure, make, make install I meant) - Aug 25 2006
KSmoothDock

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Sorry at the moment, KSD does not support this, pager icon is not a launcher and hence cannot be edited.
Regards,
Viet Dung - Aug 25 2006
KSmoothDock

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Of course, it is in the Preference (also initial settings). The option is called "Show Pager", obviously. - Jul 20 2006
KSmoothDock

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kdocker only allows you to dock apps into kicker's system tray. It is not a replacement for the system tray itself. - Jul 19 2006
KSmoothDock

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Hi,

Have you ever tried clicking in the tiny desktop wallpaper (desktop selector) in KSmoothDock? ;)

Cheers,
Viet Dung - Jul 19 2006
KSmoothDock

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As I have posted here several times, I understand that a tray is necessary, however, at the moment, I don't know how to do it yet. I will implement it as soon as I know how to do it.

Best,

Viet Dung - Jul 18 2006
KSmoothDock

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I am considering implementing a background option or even a theme option. I'll try to do it after finishing essential stuffs. In the mean time, if you have any advice on this (e.g. how to organise a theme's background pictures), please email me.

Thanks,
Viet Dung - Jul 18 2006
KSmoothDock

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Thanks, I will try to implement it when I have finished other essential stuffs like position settings.

Viet Dung - Jul 18 2006
KSmoothDock

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It's still fake transparency at the moment.

I want to implement real transparency, but only when the technology is mature and it is popular. At the moment, few people use xgl/compiz or composite... so I do not consider it yet.

Best,
Viet Dung - Jul 18 2006
KSmoothDock

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Hi,

I am working on Placement (position) settings at the moment and will release the new version in the coming months.

Thanks,
Viet - Jul 18 2006
KSmoothDock

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System tray is really tricky to do but I am experimenting with it. You can be sure that as soon as I know how to do it, I will implement it.

Cheers,
Viet Dung - Jun 06 2006
KSmoothDock

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Thank you all for your supports.

I am working on version 4.0 of KSmoothDock at the moment and I will try to implement new features and remove bugs as much as I can.

Regards,
Viet Dung - May 18 2006
KSmoothDock

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Hi,

Thank you very much.

Implementing position setting (top, bottom, left, right of the screen) means rewriting a lot of code, so it is likely I will implement it in version 4 (which will be released when KDE 4 is popular).

Regards,
Viet Dung - Feb 13 2006
KSmoothDock

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Strange then. I will check it out.
Btw, the bug I mentioned is different.
Regards, - Feb 13 2006
KSmoothDock

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Maybe you dont have qt-devel or kde-sdk or something similar? - Feb 13 2006
KSmoothDock

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There is no RPM sorry. Maybe you can "google" it. If someone has any binary package for KSD, please let me know. Thanks - Feb 13 2006
KSmoothDock

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I meant "firefox URL" would go to that URL - Jan 17 2006
KSmoothDock

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Hi,

Did you download the official source code?

And what is your command for Firefox? If it has no argument (because the command with argument "firefox " will go to that URL) then it should go to your default homepage (the effect is just like typing the firefox command from a terminal).

Best,
Viet Dung - Jan 17 2006
KSmoothDock

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Thank you, I will implement the drag-and-drop capabilities and quick removing of quick launch in the next version.
Viet Dung - Jan 17 2006
KSmoothDock

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It is done like this by intention.

However, if anybody knows how to get the wallpapers from all desktops from the beginning please let me know.
Thanks,
Viet - Jan 17 2006
KSmoothDock

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In KSmoothDock 3.6.x there is an "autohide" option. It may not be perfect though, as at the moment the transparency is still "fake". When xorg with composite is mature I will implement KSmoothDock using it.
Thanks,
Viet Dung - Jan 17 2006
KSmoothDock

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The systray is not yet available. We will strive to make it in later on.

Thanks,
Viet - Jan 13 2006
KSmoothDock

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Sorry, at the moment KSmoothDock can be placed only at the bottom of the screen. You can place kicker at the top, by the way :) - Jan 12 2006
KSmoothDock

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Thanks, I have removed that link.

By the way, that was the RPM for the old version. If any of you have any RPM for 3.6, please send it to me.

Thanks in advance,
Viet - Jan 12 2006
KSmoothDock

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In Linux if you run a program from a terminal, then once you close the terminal, the program is also terminated.

However, you can either keep the terminal open or, create a short cut (a Link to Application) to the program then run the program from that short cut.

Best,
Viet - Jan 12 2006
KSmoothDock

Various Plasma 5 Improvements by dangvd 711 comments

Fixed in KSmoothDock 3.6 (released on 12/Jan/2006). - Jan 12 2006
KSmoothDock

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I don't have KDE 3.5 so I can't test and fix it yet.

Btw, the CVS is not updated. The software itself has been updated few months ago, the project is active. - Jan 10 2006
KSmoothDock

Various Plasma 5 Improvements by dangvd 711 comments

Do you have kde-devel or kde-sdk package installed on your machine? - Jan 10 2006
KSmoothDock

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Thanks.

About the trash, that's a special icon so at the moment there is no support for it yet.

I'll add support for it later.

Best,
Viet - Nov 16 2005
KSmoothDock

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You can put kicker at the top and hide it, while have KSmoothDock running at the bottom, I guess?
Cheers,
Viet - Oct 14 2005
KSmoothDock

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Yes it should be compatible to KDE 3.2 AND above. - Oct 13 2005
KSmoothDock

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Hi,
Thanks for joining KSD development mailing list!
We'll discuss in more detail in the mailing list then.
Cheers,
Viet - Aug 23 2004
KSmoothDock

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Hi all,

First, thanks for all your comments.

Also, I would like to let you know about the current status of KSD development: At the moment, because I am busy with my work, KSD 3.6 development is very slow.

However, I will have more time soon (after 1-2 months) and you can expect to see 3.6 in a few months.

Best wishes,
Viet - Aug 22 2004
KSmoothDock

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Thanks, and yes, autohide will be in 3.6.
Regards,
Viet - Jun 24 2004
KSmoothDock

Various Plasma 5 Improvements by dangvd 711 comments

Thanks a lot.

About the tooltip problem, you can fix it by choosing a smaller font size for tooltip text (from Configuration Dialog).

> -make it possible to give ksmoothdock a fixed size (with free space after or in between icons for parabolic mode)

As KSD may contain the taskbar, it's impossible to give it a fixed size.

> -ability to show menus (start menu submenus and/or quickbrowser menus)
that would be AWESOME

We'll try to implement it in the future.

Regards,
Viet - Jun 21 2004
KSmoothDock

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Which version of KSmoothDock are you using?
In newest versions, there is a glare effect whenever you click on a quick launcher (so you know the app is starting).
Regards,
Viet - Jun 21 2004
KSmoothDock

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Thanks, we'll try to find a way to make KMenu work without kicker in the future.
Regards,
Viet - Jun 18 2004
KSmoothDock

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Thanks, it's a bug and will be fixed in 3.6.
Regards,
Viet - Jun 18 2004