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Short code-like summary: for ( each tweak ) { list exact GUI steps; identify the affected config; show the changed lines } Be ready to deploy to may pis.
Cryptic summary: GUIs change configs so configs can change GUIs.
There are lots of things one can tweak on a pi to change its look or behavior - like add a plug-in, or change the screen resolution. There are lots of things one can tweak in various apps - like change the default font size or flip some setting. Usually, there's some GUI way to do these tweaks, and (though how to do so may not be obvious) it's usually not hard. Until you want to make the same change on 25 pis, like I do. Then, its better to figure out which config files are being changed, and in what way, save a copy of each changed config, and then deploy them en masse to each target pi (by tar xzf, or by rsync).
I figured out a lot of these a while ago for X11, but now I need to figure out the equivalents for labwc. If I need to do that work, I might as well put it out there, in the hope that we can all benefit.
I'll put each tweak in a separate reply, and include:
1. DESCRIPTION: what one’s trying to accomplish (and if it's environment specific: X11, labwc, any)
3. GUI STEPS: how to do this in a GUI way, with each clicky step detailed
4. CONFIG path and filename(s): which configs were affected by that clicky process
5. THE DETAILS: how exactly did those configs change, shown via diffs
6. (optional, if they’re short enough) the COMPLETE CONFIGS before and after
As a kind of Table of Contents or index. I'll copy each one line description up into this first post, with a link to the specific reply where that tweak appears.
I hope other people will post additional tweaks that they've discovered. Please follow my format to keep things consistent. I won't be able to test all of the other tweaks myself, but, if there's a consensus that a given tweak is good, I'll add a link up here to those later replies as well. Since there's likely to be some discussion between the tweaks, those links will serve to locate the tweaks themselves.
The very next post will discuss my methods, then the third and later posts will provide my results so far.
***** UNDER CONSTRUCTION - PLEASE LET ME GET A HANDFUL OF POSTS ESTABLISHED BEFORE REPLYING *****
Short code-like summary: for ( each tweak ) { list exact GUI steps; identify the affected config; show the changed lines } Be ready to deploy to may pis.
Cryptic summary: GUIs change configs so configs can change GUIs.
There are lots of things one can tweak on a pi to change its look or behavior - like add a plug-in, or change the screen resolution. There are lots of things one can tweak in various apps - like change the default font size or flip some setting. Usually, there's some GUI way to do these tweaks, and (though how to do so may not be obvious) it's usually not hard. Until you want to make the same change on 25 pis, like I do. Then, its better to figure out which config files are being changed, and in what way, save a copy of each changed config, and then deploy them en masse to each target pi (by tar xzf, or by rsync).
I figured out a lot of these a while ago for X11, but now I need to figure out the equivalents for labwc. If I need to do that work, I might as well put it out there, in the hope that we can all benefit.
I'll put each tweak in a separate reply, and include:
1. DESCRIPTION: what one’s trying to accomplish (and if it's environment specific: X11, labwc, any)
3. GUI STEPS: how to do this in a GUI way, with each clicky step detailed
4. CONFIG path and filename(s): which configs were affected by that clicky process
5. THE DETAILS: how exactly did those configs change, shown via diffs
6. (optional, if they’re short enough) the COMPLETE CONFIGS before and after
As a kind of Table of Contents or index. I'll copy each one line description up into this first post, with a link to the specific reply where that tweak appears.
I hope other people will post additional tweaks that they've discovered. Please follow my format to keep things consistent. I won't be able to test all of the other tweaks myself, but, if there's a consensus that a given tweak is good, I'll add a link up here to those later replies as well. Since there's likely to be some discussion between the tweaks, those links will serve to locate the tweaks themselves.
The very next post will discuss my methods, then the third and later posts will provide my results so far.
***** UNDER CONSTRUCTION - PLEASE LET ME GET A HANDFUL OF POSTS ESTABLISHED BEFORE REPLYING *****
Statistics: Posted by tinker2much — Sun Nov 03, 2024 5:00 pm