tkgoodstuff Chooser

by Eric Kahler (ekahler@mars.superlink.net)

Description

Chooser is a simple client which allows the user to restart tkgoodstuff with a different configuration file, without having to exit tkgoodstuff. Choosing a different configuration can be done by pressing one of a series of buttons which correspond to configuration files, and/or by selecting a configuration file choice from the tkgoodstuff menu.

Invocation and Variables

While the Chooser client can be added from the preferences manager, quite possibly you will want to use it in a panel that contains only the Chooser client, and so doesn't contain the Clock or the Menu client, and so offers no way to reach the preferences manager. Thus, you might want to configure a configuration file by hand. Here is an example (of an entire tkgoodstuff configuration file) that should show you how to explicitly specify configuration files:

-------Configuration-------
TKGSet ChooserList {/usr/local/lib/tkgconfigs/config1 /usr/local/lib/tkgconfigs/config2} 
Client Chooser

Here is how to select every file in a given directory:

-------Configuration-------
TKGSet ChooserList /usr/local/lib/tkgconfigs 
Client Chooser

It is crucial that the first line of the configuration file is as in these examples (the word "Configuration" with seven dashes on either side).