xcalc dressed up fancy!

[musher0]

Hello, all.

Here's xcalc back in Puppy with a skin slightly adapted from what someone did in the ArchLinux forums.
Shades of grey get boring, right?

It's sort of an XResource file that xcalc calls. If you don't like it, copy the original skin from ~/my-applications/backup back to /etc/X11/app-defaults/XCalc. Anyway, you'll see.

Enjoy.

musher0

[musher0]

Here's another, wider, model for xcalc. It's made to look like the wider calculators bookkeepers and accountants use.

The attached code will simply replace the one at

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/etc/X11/app-defaults/XCalc

[Pelo]

Good idea ! I keep the first one

[Flash]

Works in Slacko 5.4

[koulaxizis]

These are perfect!! Thanks!

[jess4now]

Precise Puppy version 5.4.3

Works great!

A sight for tired eyes.

[musher0]

Thanks, guys.

[gameboyab]

This skin works great!
The default, black on white, is a real eye strain.

[vicmz]

Real nice

[musher0]

Thanks, guys!

[Tman]

It looks way better than vanilla xcalc, thanks musher

[musher0]

Thanks, Tman.

Since I first wrote that post, I discovered that xcalc also responds to an external "-geometry" parameter from the command line or in its Xcalc.desktop, like so:

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xcalc -geometry 460x280

(command line)

or

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[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name[fr]=Calculette scientifique Xcalc
Name=Xcalc scientific calculator
Icon=mini-calc.xpm
Comment=Xcalc scientific calculator
Exec=xcalc -stipple -geometry 460x280
# or
# Exec=xcalc.sh
# See post below for this script.
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Calculator
GenericName=Xcalc scientific calculator
Version=1.0

(desktop file)

Regards.

musher0

[musher0]

Hello, puppyists.

Back to this oldie again. I discovered a couple more things about it.

* The errors reported in red hat forums and here (http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... ost#632166), by linuxcbon, can be avoided by sending them to the black hole. A rough and tough solution, but it works.

* xcalc and also xclock accept the -title parameter. It's either un-
documented or the ancient docs got lost traveling in the eons. In any
case, instead of having a plain "xcalc" in the title bar, you can have "xcalc
Number Cruncher", for example.

Here's a nice little script that sums it all up, to put in your
/root/my-applications/bin folder under the filename "xcalc.sh"

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#!/bin/sh
# $MBINS/xcalc.sh
# musher0, Nov. 4, 2013.
####
[ ${LANG:0:2} = "fr" ] && T="Calculette xcalc" || T="xcalc Calculator"
xcalc -g 500x300+360+100 -title "$T" -stipple >/dev/null 2>&1

Then you simply replace the exec line in the xcalc.desktop file in the first
post with "xcalc.sh" and your job is done!

Have fun!

musher0

[slavvo67]

It's amazing how the little things can make such a difference!

Thanks!!

Slavvo67

[musher0]

You're welcome!

[Colonel Panic]

Thanks for this one! I've just installed it (in Workhorse 4.31) and XCalc looks much better as a result.