#5 Ability to display alternate task names

[Anonymous]

I have created this simple patch which adds the ability to display alternate names for running applications in the panel. After applying the patch one must add to the ~/.pypanelrc file with a line for each desired application and rename text:

RENAME_LIST = {
"gedit" : "Text Editor",
"firefox" : "Web Browser",
}

This patch has been tested and because of its simplicity should be completely bug-free. Its operation is similar to the icon renaming functionality.

I hope this is added to the patch section of the website.

Note: the value specified in the file should be the application's WM_CLASS value - almost always the command used to launch the app. Just run "patch rename.patch" with root privileges (sudo).

[Nobody/Anonymous]

Patch file

[Nobody/Anonymous]

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Sorry, that file was a previous testing version. DO NOT USE THE ATTATCHED FILE.

Instead, apply the latest version as follows:
--- pypanel 2008-03-19 07:53:08.000000000 +0000
+++ /usr/bin/pypanel 2008-03-20 16:01:48.000000000 +0000
@@ -416,6 +416,13 @@ class PyPanel(object):
def getName(self, task):
#-----------------------
""" Return the name of the given task obj """
+ for tec in RENAME_LIST:
+ try:
+ tempo = task.get_full_property(Xatom.WM_CLASS, 0).value
+ except Xlib.error.BadWindow:
+ continue
+ if tec in tempo:
+ return RENAME_LIST[tec]
try:
name = task.get_full_property(self._NAME, 0) or task.get_full_property(Xatom.WM_NAME, 0)
return name.value
@@ -914,6 +921,8 @@ SHADED_SHADOW_COLOR = "0xffffff"
MINIMIZED_SHADOW_COLOR = "0xffffff"
DESKTOP_SHADOW_COLOR = "0xffffff"
CLOCK_SHADOW_COLOR = "0xffffff"
+# rename patch
+RENAME_LIST = {"default":""}

#-------------------------
if __name__ == "__main__":

Sorry for any inconvenience.