[Patch] 4x4 icons (no arrows) with extras

cwgtex · 03:22 PM

This is my app launcher patch. I tinkered with the spacing and size to get it just how I like it, which is 4x4 with NO ARROWS AT THE BOTTOM (for real this time). I also added in the 'add/delete pages' patch and 'gesture tap for info/delete' patch, since they touch the same files. Created using Jason Robitaille's UnifiedDiffCreator.

Tested and working on webos 1.4.1.1 (sprint).

Changelog:
2010-02-12: Fixed the "no arrows" feature. Fixed word wrap.
2010-03-28: Submitted update for better compatibility with other patches.
2010-04-05: Submitted update to fix error.

lopezpm · 02/02/2010, 10:48 PM

Since I have the other two patches already installed do I need to uninstall them before I install this one. Anyway we can get the 4x4 patch by itself?

2sslow · 11:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lopezpm

Since I have the other two patches already installed do I need to uninstall them before I install this one. Anyway we can get the 4x4 patch by itself?

Really?

YES! you cannot have two patches that do the same thing!

BTW cwgtex will chime in im sure but it doesnt look from the patch that the 4x4 can be extracted but Im sure he could make one for you.

Vij · 02/02/2010, 11:44 PM

>>> NO the avatar is not me,Im not a model, and yes Im married. Thanks for asking Though. <<<

LOL!

The 4x4 layout looks really good. Also did you drop the font down a point from the V3 patch? The text wrapping seems better.

lopezpm · 02/02/2010, 11:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 2sslow

Really?

YES! you cannot have two patches that do the same thing!

take it easy, no need for exclamation points. I'm not sure of how combined patches work, so I wasn't sure if it would just ignore what I already have installed and not try to install them or if it would over write them.

2sslow · 02/03/2010, 12:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lopezpm

take it easy, no need for exclamation points. I'm not sure of how combined patches work, so I wasn't sure if it would just ignore what I already have installed and not try to install them or if it would over write them.

youve been here longer than I and have over 500 posts! you should know this by now.lol Combined patches are patches are patches are patches, No way to have the same patch (similar=same) installed twice. ie. you cant have 2 battery as icon or battery and icon or any combination of the 2. Only 1 will work, it doesnt matter if its combined it still has to alter a stock string. since it cant alter a modified string it will fail on install if it sees a modified string.

Hope this helps!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sorry about the exclamation points, didnt mean to offend

cwgtex · 02/03/2010, 12:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lopezpm

Since I have the other two patches already installed do I need to uninstall them before I install this one. Anyway we can get the 4x4 patch by itself?

Yes, I would uninstall the other two first, then install this one. I would rather have 1 patch to do all three than 3 separate patches, since the patches affect a common file.

All three patches affect this file:
/usr/lib/luna/system/luna-applauncher/app/controllers/launcher-assistant.js

And the 4x4 also affects this file:
/usr/lib/luna/system/luna-applauncher/stylesheets/launcher.css

Quote:

Originally Posted by 2sslow

BTW cwgtex will chime in im sure but it doesnt look from the patch that the 4x4 can be extracted but Im sure he could make one for you.

I don't know why anyone would mind the two "extras"

They are out of the way but add very useful functionality in an unobtrusive way. Heck if you didn't know about the extras many wouldn't even notice they were there. But yes I can make the 4x4 by itself. Give me a little time to look back at my scratch files so I can take out the relevant parts.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vij

The 4x4 layout looks really good. Also did you drop the font down a point from the V3 patch? The text wrapping seems better.

I didn't draw anything from the V3 patch; I actually made this layout from scratch (with assistance) quite some time ago:
http://forums.precentral.net/web-os-...-per-page.html

cwgtex · 02/03/2010, 01:10 AM

It was quite fun opening up these patch files and figuring out how they work, and then combining them. For looking at code, I highly recommend Notepad++.

This is what I did to make my own patch.
1. Acquire the original patch files.
2. Open them and find out what file they affect on the device.
3. "Receive" those files from a freshly doctored device using WOSQI.
4. Manually make the changes that the patch file describes and save as new file.
5. Use Jason Robitaille's UnifiedDiffCreator to create a new patch file by comparing the orginal file to the manually edited file.
6. If the you are making a patch to affect multiple files, just do it separately, then copy and paste the contents of your patch file together into one file. Take out all but one set of the name, author, version, description lines.

.:: NOTEPAD++ ::.
http://forums.precentral.net/canuck-...f-creator.html

cwgtex · 02/03/2010, 01:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lopezpm

Anyway we can get the 4x4 patch by itself?

Here you go, just my 4x4 layout patch attached.

I highly recommend opening the file up with Notepad++ and seeing just what goes into tweaking things on our great phone. I knew almost nothing about html, css, js, and patch files

until my curiosity got the best of me and I started teaching myself (with the help of the world wide web).

Some helpful links:
http://forums.precentral.net/web-os-development/
http://forums.precentral.net/webos-developer-forums/
http://forums.precentral.net/webos-patches/
W3Schools Online Web Tutorials

stu5797 · 02/04/2010, 03:09 PM

What do the arrows mean on the screen? ( i hate them)
Is your 4x4 like version 3?

lopezpm · 02/04/2010, 03:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 2sslow

youve been here longer than I and have over 500 posts! you should know this by now.lol Combined patches are patches are patches are patches, No way to have the same patch (similar=same) installed twice. ie. you cant have 2 battery as icon or battery and icon or any combination of the 2. Only 1 will work, it doesnt matter if its combined it still has to alter a stock string. since it cant alter a modified string it will fail on install if it sees a modified string.

Hope this helps!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sorry about the exclamation points, didnt mean to offend

Your right, just wasn't thinking.

cwgtex, very nice patch. Looks great.

cwgtex · 02/05/2010, 04:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stu5797

What do the arrows mean on the screen? ( i hate them)
Is your 4x4 like version 3?

The arrow appears if there are more icons on a page than will fit, so it indicates you can scroll. The problem with most of the other 4x4 patches is that you can have exactly 16 icons on a page but the arrow comes up anyways. With my patch they will not come up (most of the time) with 16 icons per page. The exception I notice is if there is a luna restart with a notification present, it shortens the screen and will cause the arrows.

You can compare this to other patches yourself, I made this one from scratch so I don't know what is smaller or larger. I know that with my layout the text is readable and it looks good to me.

cwgtex · 02/05/2010, 04:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lopezpm

cwgtex, very nice patch. Looks great.

Thank you.

tennenho · 02/05/2010, 06:36 AM

I really like the idea of this, but can't seem to get it to display properly. Word wrap isn't working and there's text overlap.

cwgtex · 02/08/2010, 12:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tennenho

I really like the idea of this, but can't seem to get it to display properly. Word wrap isn't working and there's text overlap.

I didn't change anything concerning word wrap. Anything I had with text overlapping, I just rearranged my icons to accommodate.

cwgtex · 02/08/2010, 12:27 AM

Patch now available in Preware

dl1ely · 02/08/2010, 04:42 AM

Unfortunately, that patch won't install on my german GSM Pre with _english_ language. I uninstalled my previous 4x4 Patch, und had the other two incorporated patches not installed before at all. On install, i get 2 rejected chunks in launcher.css.

Are there any known conflicts with other patches? Anyone interested to sort this out?

Greeting,
Stefan

short_round · 02/08/2010, 06:39 AM

Uninstalled v. 3 and still cannot install this version. I love the idea...I intentionally only have 4x4 on v. 3 because I hate to scroll. lol wish i can install this though...

cwgtex · 12:56 PM

As far as compatibility, it works on a freshly doctored Sprint Pre.

Short_round, let me ask you this, do you have the patches for "add/del pages" or "gesture tap for info/delete" installed? My patch includes these changes, so you would need to uninstall the individual patches for these things.

cwgtex · 02/08/2010, 12:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dl1ely

Unfortunately, that patch won't install on my german GSM Pre with _english_ language. I uninstalled my previous 4x4 Patch, und had the other two incorporated patches not installed before at all. On install, i get 2 rejected chunks in launcher.css.

Stefan,

Could you send me these two files from your device?

/usr/lib/luna/system/luna-applauncher/app/controllers/launcher-assistant.js
/usr/lib/luna/system/luna-applauncher/stylesheets/launcher.css

I can compare them to the ones from my Sprint Pre (USA) and try and see why the patch isn't working for you.

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lopezpm Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Garden City, MI Posts: 741 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 24 Thanked 62 Times in 50 Posts	Since I have the other two patches already installed do I need to uninstall them before I install this one. Anyway we can get the 4x4 patch by itself?
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Vij Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Posts: 272 Likes Received: 13 Thanks: 279 Thanked 30 Times in 23 Posts	>>> NO the avatar is not me,Im not a model, and yes Im married. Thanks for asking Though. <<< LOL! The 4x4 layout looks really good. Also did you drop the font down a point from the V3 patch? The text wrapping seems better.
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02/03/2010, 01:10 AM	#8 (permalink)
cwgtex Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 608 Likes Received: 3 Thanks: 141 Thanked 243 Times in 91 Posts	It was quite fun opening up these patch files and figuring out how they work, and then combining them. For looking at code, I highly recommend Notepad++. This is what I did to make my own patch. 1. Acquire the original patch files. 2. Open them and find out what file they affect on the device. 3. "Receive" those files from a freshly doctored device using WOSQI. 4. Manually make the changes that the patch file describes and save as new file. 5. Use Jason Robitaille's UnifiedDiffCreator to create a new patch file by comparing the orginal file to the manually edited file. 6. If the you are making a patch to affect multiple files, just do it separately, then copy and paste the contents of your patch file together into one file. Take out all but one set of the name, author, version, description lines. .:: NOTEPAD++ ::. http://forums.precentral.net/canuck-...f-creator.html
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stu5797 Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 1,627 Likes Received: 27 Thanks: 161 Thanked 196 Times in 87 Posts	What do the arrows mean on the screen? ( i hate them) Is your 4x4 like version 3?
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tennenho Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 321 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 27 Thanked 44 Times in 28 Posts	I really like the idea of this, but can't seem to get it to display properly. Word wrap isn't working and there's text overlap.
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cwgtex Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 608 Likes Received: 3 Thanks: 141 Thanked 243 Times in 91 Posts	Patch now available in Preware
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dl1ely Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 32 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 1 Thanked 9 Times in 3 Posts	Unfortunately, that patch won't install on my german GSM Pre with _english_ language. I uninstalled my previous 4x4 Patch, und had the other two incorporated patches not installed before at all. On install, i get 2 rejected chunks in launcher.css. Are there any known conflicts with other patches? Anyone interested to sort this out? Greeting, Stefan
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short_round Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 95 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 23 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts	Uninstalled v. 3 and still cannot install this version. I love the idea...I intentionally only have 4x4 on v. 3 because I hate to scroll. lol wish i can install this though...
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cwgtex Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 608 Likes Received: 3 Thanks: 141 Thanked 243 Times in 91 Posts	As far as compatibility, it works on a freshly doctored Sprint Pre. Short_round, let me ask you this, do you have the patches for "add/del pages" or "gesture tap for info/delete" installed? My patch includes these changes, so you would need to uninstall the individual patches for these things. Last edited by cwgtex; 02/08/2010 at 12:56 PM.
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