Re: Shutdown Options

2013-05-19 Thread Clemens
hi, Storing the state of an application is really not easy thing to do. If you only want to set startup applications and/or restore running applications after re-login, take a look at -gnome-session-properties. There are some extensions, that add a direct link to the user menu. - https://ex

Re: Shutdown Options

2013-05-19 Thread Bazon Bloch
I know, it is much simpler, but a little hidden: Gnome-Shell includes at least the option to restart the last programs. So in case you don't know: it's in gnome-session-properties and there in the options tab. Am 18.05.2013 18:34, schrieb Jason Satterfield: I want to thank everyone for the wa

Re: Shutdown Options

2013-05-18 Thread Amy
Hmm, well perhaps not the easiest task to jump into for your first ever extension...(I vaguely remember a "save session" button that there used to be that would open all your windows etc for you when you logged in; I assume that's what you're after?) In terms of UI, there are typically two ways to

Re: Shutdown Options

2013-05-18 Thread Jason Satterfield
I want to thank everyone for the warm welcome. I appreciate the expedient response, as well. The idea I have is to add a simple season manager to the shell so that users can manage how the open apps and documents are handled after a system restart. The premise can be expanded to allow apps an opp

Re: Shutdown Options

2013-05-18 Thread Bazon Bloch
Infos about writing Gnome Shell Extensions: https://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/Extensions http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13107743/documentation-for-writing-gnome-shell-extensions At https://extensions.gnome.org/ are several extensions about shutdown options, e.g. https://extensions.gnome.org

Re: Shutdown Options

2013-05-18 Thread Emmanuele Bassi
hi; On 18 May 2013 02:05, Jason Satterfield wrote: > So now for the reason of this post. I've got an idea about a shutdown > option, but after downloading the Gnome-shell source, I immediately realized > that I'm not prepared to create an HTML5/Javascript extension. Shell extensions are not HT

Re: Shutdown Options

2013-05-18 Thread Gabriel Rossetti
Hi Jason, welcome :-) I don't understand, you are a web developer so writing extensions shouldn't scare you as it uses the same technology :-). The hardest part is the lack of documentation, but you can look at the GS code that is here for guidance, that is what I do: /usr/share/gnome-shell/js/u

Shutdown Options

2013-05-17 Thread Jason Satterfield
I'm new to the list, so I guess I could introduce myself. My name is Jason and I've been an avid Ubuntu user since Dapper Drake. Professionally, I am a Microsoft Web developer doing contract work. At night, however, I have been tinkering with Linux programming for a few years. After a hiatus fr

Re: While we were pouting over taskbars and shutdown options

2011-06-02 Thread Onyeibo Oku
On Thu, 2011-06-02 at 14:07 +0530, Vishnoo wrote: > Hi, > Many might have already seen this[1] [2], but just mentioning here so > that we are aware what others are doing to push the boundaries and not > staying with "it just works good enough". I does look like M$ knows how to read a gnome-shell

While we were pouting over taskbars and shutdown options

2011-06-02 Thread Vishnoo
Hi, Many might have already seen this[1] [2], but just mentioning here so that we are aware what others are doing to push the boundaries and not staying with "it just works good enough". I'm not trying to start flamewar nor am I saying Shell is perfect UI and definitely not saying Win8 is revoluti