Antico

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ANTICO DEVELOPMENT IS ENDED (I SWITCHED TO MAC OS X).
I'M AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE ANY CLARIFICATION TO ALL INTERESTED DEVELOPERS TO CONTINUE THE PROJECT.
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Antico is a Qt4/X11 Desktop/Window Manager (i.e. KDE+KWin).
The goal is to create a Desktop/Window manager simple and fast. All parameters must be configured from few files, avoiding unnecessary complications, following the K.I.S.S. philosophy.
The whole project is based only on Qt4 libraries, without any other external dependencies (e.g. kdelibs ...).

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FEATURES
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The whole application is based on "antico.cfg" file.
Frame border dimension, color, pixmap, desk wallpaper are managed from "Manager" panel.
The style is selected from "Manager" and save in a xxx.stl file: if you want to share your personal style, save the directory and send it.
General style (Oxygen, Plastique ..), fonts family and size, window background etc. can be selected from "qtconfig".
See "git commits" on repository ...

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REPOSITORY
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http://github.com/antico/antico/tree/master

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DOWNLOAD
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- on first installation: "git clone git://github.com/antico/antico.git"
- to update your local repository: "git pull"

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INSTALLATION
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To compile, enter in "Antico" dir (where is the antico.pro) and type on shell:
"qmake" (this create the Makefile)
"make"
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To install, type on shell (as root):
"sh install"
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To run the window manager:
- from KDM/GMD, select "Antico" from WM list
- from shell, type "xinit /path/to/antico/bin" (first "pkill" kdm/gdm and X)
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To uninstall, type on shell (as root):
"sh uninstall"
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To init the WM, just delete the "antico.cfg".

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DEVELOPMENT
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To test the window manager, type on shell:

DISPLAY=:0
Xephyr :1 -ac -screen 1024x768 & DISPLAY=:1; $HOME/antico/antico

(where 1024x768 is your preferred screen size and $HOME if you have download Antico in user home)
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To hide debug messages, uncomment in antico.pro
//DEFINES = QT_NO_DEBUG_OUTPUT
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STYLE
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Use "qtconfig" to select your preferred style (Oxygen, Plastique), fonts, effects, etc.

25/01/09: version 0.1
29/05/09: version 0.2