20120327 fox-1.6.44 [VL7.0]

[stretchedthin]

stretchedthin has built a new Fox package for VectorLinux 7.0.
   
   

• Package:   fox-1.6.44-i586-1vl70.txz
• MD5: 363b620b86c2b2e7eacdcc12f9e7d53e
• Package Size:   3758 K
• Installed Size:   14120 K
• Sources: http://vectorlinux.osuosl.org/veclinux-7.0/source/extra/xap/fox

   
   

Code:

fox: fox (The FOX GUI Library)
fox:
fox: FOX is a C++ based Toolkit for developing Graphical User Interfaces easily
fox: and effectively.   It offers a wide, and growing, collection of Controls,
fox: and provides state of the art facilities such as drag and drop, selection,
fox: as well as OpenGL widgets for 3D graphical manipulation.  Considerable
fox: importance has been placed on making FOX one of the fastest toolkits
fox: around, and to minimize memory use.
fox: License: LGPL (Libraries), GPL (Applications)
fox: Authors: Jeroen van der Zijp <jeroen@fox-toolkit.org> & others
fox: Website: http://www.fox-toolkit.org

   
   After testing this package please stop back here and let us know how it works for you.
   

[caitlyn]

I installed the new version on my netbook running VL Light 7.0 with LXDE.  Adie, FOX Calculator and PathFinder show up in the LXDE menu.  Shutterbug doesn't.  An error in the .desktup file maybe or

[caitlyn]

The problem is an error in the .desktop file.  I corrected it on my system.  You may want to respin the package with an updated .desktop file.  I changed two things:  I gave the full path to the binary and I removed the InitialRequest = 3 line.

Here is my working .desktop file:

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Exec=/usr/sbin/shutterbug
Icon=fox-shutterbug.png
Name=Shutterbug
Terminal=0
Categories=Application;Graphics;
X-KDE-SubstituteUID=false
X-KDE-Username=

[stretchedthin]

Shutterbug should appear for LXDE users now.

Here is a look at the repo tools I use for this sort of thing.  Also for building updated version numbers of packages that are in the repo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ql_3FNppvE