[Howto] OpenBox – default to maximized windows

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The following configuration let openbox open all windows maximized per default: edit ~/.config/openbox/rc.xml and insert in the <applications>-tags: reconfigure running openbox (Desktop –> rightclick –> reconfigure) or restart openbox. Now all applications open in maximized windows. further informations: http://openbox.org/wiki/Help:Applications If … Continued

[Howto] GTK3 with CSS (minimal example)

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It is a working example for a button, which changes its color while mouse-over. gtk-version:   3.24.12-1 note:  the css-property “background-image: none” is sometimes mandatory, because the default theme prevents displaying the css-defined background-color. The workaround is to set the … Continued

[Howto] FreeBSD v12 and TP-Link TL-WN725N WLAN-Stick

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OS: FreeBSD 12.0-RELEASE-p4 amd64 WLAN hardware: TP-Link TL-WN725N (builtin REALTEK RTL8188EU chipset) insert the USB WLAN-stick to your computer check, if the kernel recognizes the usb-stick: dmesg and check the output load the corresponding kernel-modules: kldload rtwn.ko and kldload if_rtwn_usb.ko … Continued

[Howto] enable column sorting in GTK+ views

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it’s very simple, because you must only define a “sort-column-id” for the column (GTK Version 3.24.5-1) # define sort-column-id for a specific columngtk_tree_view_column_set_sort_column_id(GTK_TREE_VIEW_COLUMN(firstcolumn), 0) This function enables a “clickable column-header” and sorting (default: switches with every click between ascending/descending sortorder) … Continued

[Howto] speed-up a slow gtk_tree_view (GTK3)

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problem: every time, when the model-data inside the GTK_TREE_VIEW is changed/updated, the whole view will be recalculated (e.g. auto-sizing of row height and column width). This behaviour can lead to massive cpu load and time consumption, because the recalculation will … Continued