Creating a notifier/display like Bezel

shepster · Post by **shepster** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 5:47 am

I would like to create my own notifier/display that centers like Bezel. I have downloaded and examined a number of the custom notifiers, but they all display in the upper left corner.

How can I create a display that is centered like Bezel. I'd be happy to just create a Bezel2 and tweak it a bit (icon on the side, all the text left justified).

Post by **bgannin** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 6:36 am

Growl 1.1 will support positioning in any of the corners. Otherwise you'd need to write your own display plugin.

moksha · Post by **moksha** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 10:17 pm

He wants to write his own display plugin, but he's asking how to make it like Bezel.

Post by **The_Tick** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 10:46 pm

moksha wrote:He wants to write his own display plugin, but he's asking how to make it like Bezel.

Yes, and Brian gave him a good bit of info which was that 1.1 will have it's own positioning so he doesn't need to make his own if he waits.

shepster · Post by **shepster** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 6:02 am

I don't have a problem creating my own display plugin. However, just modifying a copy of Bezel would be fine as well. Or modifying a copy of another display plugin that can be positioned in the center of the screen.

Regarding Growl 1.1 -- I'm working with 0.7.4. Is there even a 1.0 to work with? Is there a beta site?

Oops. I just did a little searching. The roadmap is at http://trac.growl.info/roadmap

So how come 1.1 is 95% done but 0.7.5 is only halfway there? Is 1.1 just waiting for 0.7.5 to finish? And poor 1.0 doesn't even get to come to the table!

I guess the answer is I have to wait.

Nsma · Post by **Nsma** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:05 am

question
did u manage to edit the growl style .nib file? if so how because they wont open for me

Post by **bgannin** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:58 am

The story:

0.7.5 is waiting a tweak or two and will be done, it's a maintenance update.

1.0 was the original name of what is now known as Growl 0.5 (the first release), thus the next major release after 0.7.4/5 is 1.1 since 1.0 has already been taken.

Post by **bgannin** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:00 am

Nsma wrote:question
did u manage to edit the growl style .nib file? if so how because they wont open for me

Certain files are removed when a release is made that end up disabling editing. Your best bet would be to pull the code for the 0.7.4 release from svn, tweak the file, and then build your custom display plugin [I'd also change the relevant name(s) and identifier(s)].

Nsma · Post by **Nsma** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:28 pm

hmm thanks
really i just wanted to remove the text shadow from smoke style because it doesnt look good on a black background

i think i found it here but after i edit it how do i put them all back together?
http://trac.growl.info/browser/tags/gro ... ndowView.m

Post by **bgannin** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:46 pm

In Xcode, choose Growl (white lego box) as your Active Target, Deployment as your Active Configuration, and then click Build. When finished, double-click on the Growl.prefPane in Growl code -> build -> Deployment.

Nsma · Post by **Nsma** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 3:32 am

too new stuff for me pimp
i guess i should of said ive never used xcode before

if you have time to explain ill listen but if not i can just use bubbles

i downloaded GrowlSmokeWindowView.m and the rest and opened in xcode and can edit the text but after that i didnt see the instructions you gave

ill keep looking

Post by **bgannin** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 3:41 am

They should be available in Xcode's toolbar, if not, use Customize Toolbar (bottom of the View menu) and add the popup menus and then follow the steps above (Build is the hammer icon)

Nsma · Post by **Nsma** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 6:12 am

which file should i have open in xcode while doing this?
because when i go to view almost the whole menu is greyed out

thanks

Post by **bgannin** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 6:37 am

It shouldn't matter, the Customize Toolbar item is enabled provided the project window is open and focused.

Nsma · Post by **Nsma** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 9:33 am

i guess thats the problem i didnt have the project window
i just downloaded the smoke svn files to my desktop and put them in a folder
my first step was opening GrowlSmokeWindowView.m with xcode and it just gave me a small window to edit the text
do i have to start my own project then and if so which do i choose from the list? or what else am i doing wrong

Post by **bgannin** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 8:03 pm

Ah ha. You need to download the entire Growl source code, not just the Smoke-related .m files, then open Growl.xcodeproj.