Chris' ROX software page

On this page you can find small utilty apps and other code I have written, that works in conjunction with the ROX Desktop.

 ROX-Desktop is a fast, easy-to-use, good-looking file and desktop manager for UNIX. I use it together with  IceWM and I think they make a good alternative to heavy weight desktop environments like KDE or GNOME.

See some screenshots here:

• Older version 58K, ROX 1.1.4 CVS with IceWM 1.0.8, Infadel2 theme
• Newer version 144K, ROX 1.3.0 CVS (GTK+ 2.0) with IceWM 1.0.9-2, Metal2 theme

Check out these pages from time to time. I will update and add things gradually as I write them.

So far, I have written a few application wrappers, and the following utilities:

Rox support modules

Most of my utilities use some Python support modules for rox, that I have not included in every tarball. Instead, I have put them into two packages, that can be easily installed, if you have Distutils (included in Python >= 2.0). Don't forget to download and install them, if you want to try my other programs.

• rox-modules-1.0.1.tar.bz2
  Note: version 1.0 had a typo in app_utils.py, that led to an error, when the ROX_APP_PATH environment variable was set. Please update!
• xdialog
  (See the Python software page for a description.)

App Setup (0.2)

With AppSetup you can create wrappers for non-rox applications easily with one dialog!

• AppSetup-0.2.tar.bz2

ISDN Monitor (0.4beta)

A little panel applet that shows the status of a ISDN channel via it's self-updating icon and tooltips. Works only on Linux (needs /dev/isdninfo). Also included is a set of support files for controling the ISDN interface and the ippp daemon. This is experimental software. Currently documentation is sparse and the setup only for experts.

If you only need the ISDN channel indicator, though, everything should work out-of-the-box.

• ISDN-0.4b.tar.bz2

URL-Utils (0.3.1)

A little utility for the handling of URLs and URL files. A feature-enhanced python rewrite of  Diego Zamboni's 'Utils' app. Installation is easy, just unpack the archive where you keep your other rox apps. The app provides a context menu, help in a text file and a cool "About" dialog (dynamically generated from AppInfo.xml).

• URL-Utils-0.3.1.tar.bz2

Mail Applet (0.2)

Yet Another mailbox indicator, this one written as a rox panel applet. Can show the status of your mail, launch your mail program, and send files dropped on it via SMTP. Based on  Stephen Watson's Elm applet.

• Mail-0.2.tar.bz2

Others

I have also created application wrappers with AppMenus for several programs with related tasks. You can easily extend them to your needs. Now they all have AppInfo files and most of them have short help files. I have put them in one bzipped tarball:

• Wrappers.tar.bz2

I have two computers at home, only one with CD drives. To acces them from the other computer over SSH/Samba, I wrote the following wrappers, plus a wrapper for easy Floppy access (Linux)

• Drives.tar.bz2

I recently came accross the excellent program  antiword. I created a rox wrapper that allows viewing word files by just dropping on the icon and integrated the antiword source into the application directory structure. Here's the complete modified source. Just unpack and click; it will compile automatically.

• Antiword.tar.bz2 (154k)