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| [http://thegraveyard.org/skippy.php Skippy] is a full-screen task-switcher for X11. It will arrange and scale snapshots of all windows on the current desktop and it'll let you pick a window using a mouse or a keyboard. | [[http://thegraveyard.org/skippy.php|Skippy]] is a full-screen task-switcher for X11. It will arrange and scale snapshots of all windows on the current desktop and it'll let you pick a window using a mouse or a keyboard. |
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| Download the debian package: | If you have Breezy or Dapper, the package will be in the universe repository: |
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| wget http://www.debian.org.hk/~glee/deb/....5.0-1_i386.deb | sudo apt-get install skippy }}} If not, you'll have to download the debian package: {{{ wget http://www.debian.org.hk/~glee/deb/skippy/skippy_0.5.0-1_i386.deb |
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| NOTE: For breezy users (5.10) skippy is in the universe repository: {{{ sudo apt-get install skippy }}} |
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| vim ~/.skippyrc | nano ~/.skippyrc |
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| Read the [http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=151996&postcount=1 howto] for compiling from source. | Read the [[http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=151996&postcount=1|howto]] for compiling from source. |
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| Credits: [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=30510&highlight=skippy HOWTO: Compile skippy (Exposé like features for Hoary)] | Credits: [[http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=30510&highlight=skippy|HOWTO: Compile skippy (Exposé like features for Hoary)]] |
Skippy is a full-screen task-switcher for X11. It will arrange and scale snapshots of all windows on the current desktop and it'll let you pick a window using a mouse or a keyboard.
Installation
If you have Breezy or Dapper, the package will be in the universe repository:
sudo apt-get install skippy
If not, you'll have to download the debian package:
wget http://www.debian.org.hk/~glee/deb/skippy/skippy_0.5.0-1_i386.deb
and install it:
sudo dpkg -i skippy_0.5.0-1_i386.deb
Configuration
Edit:
nano ~/.skippyrc
and change line 24 to read:
keysym=Scroll_Lock
It's better than having F11!
Usage
Start it with the following command:
skippy
Troubleshooting
If you get such error messages:
WARNING: Couldn't load config file '/home/stubby/.skippyrc' X Error of failed request: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied)
You probably are missing the .skippyrc file. We need to make one in that case:
gedit ~/.skippyrc
copy and paste the following lines:
# Copy this to ~/.skippyrc and edit it to your liking # # Notes: # # - keysym can be anything XStringToKeysym can handle # (like F11, KP_Enter or implementation specific keysyms) # # - colors can be anything XAllocNamedColor can handle # (like "black" or "#000000") # # - distance is a relative number, and is scaled according to the scale # factor applied to windows # # - fonts are Xft font descriptions # # - booleans are "true" or anything but "true" (-> false) # # - opacity is an integer in the range of 0-255 # # - brighness is a floating point number (with 0.0 as neutral) # [general] keysym = Scroll_Lock distance = 50 useNETWMFullscreen = true ignoreSkipTaskbar = false [xinerama] showAll = false [normal] brightness = 0.0 tint = white opacity = 100 border = gray33 [highlight] brightness = 0.05 tint = #d0d0ff opacity = 255 border = #d0d0ff [tooltip] show = false border = black background = #e0e0ff text = yellow font = fixed-11:weight=bold
now save the file
If the permission is wrong then change it (but shouldn't be the case):
sudo chown [username]:[username] ~/.skippyrc sudo chmod u+rxw ~/.skippyrc
replace username by your username
Approach from Source
Read the howto for compiling from source.
Credits: HOWTO: Compile skippy (Exposé like features for Hoary)