A simple frame for embedding applications that support the XEmbed protocol. The program uses the GTK Socket class to generate a window for the embedded application to use.
The display uses a GTK Notebook to collect multiple applications into a single top level window.
Each group of applications is termed a session and multiple sessions can be defined each having the option of a different tab orientation.
Tabs can be moved by draggng them to the desired position.
The order of the tabs is saved in the session file when close button is clicked.
the configuration file has three kinds of configuration elements
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Commands
A list of strings, the first being the program. Any string may optionally contain the Window ID or tab text.
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Panes
Define the text that appears on the tab, the command to run, the initial directory.
- urxvt works
- emacs works
- gvim (Ubuntu: vim-gtk) very slow (30 sec) to start shows menu proxy timeout. Seems to be an Ubuntu bug.
- xterm not accepting focus, but X cut and paste works.
The program is written in Haskell and requires GTK and X11
Haskell packages:
Operating System Packages
Ubuntu libghc-gtk-dev libghc-x11-dev libghc-parsec3-dev libghc-hashtables-dev libghc-aeson-dev FreeBSD hs-gtk2hs hs-X11 hs-parsec hs-hashtables hs-aeson
Installing the above packages should bring in the right dependencies.
A simple Makefile is provided.
cabal sandbox init
cabal update
cabal install alex
cabal install happy
cabal install gtk2hs-buildtools
cabal install --dependencies-only
cabal build
Configuration directory is searched from:
${XDG_HOME}/conlecterm${HOME}/.config/conlecterm${HOME}/.conlecterm
Then first directory found is used and this is checked for a configuration file.
The configuration is loaded from a file in the above directory called
config.rc.
The program will not start if a valid directory is not found or the
directory does not contain a config.rc.
Saved session files are called SESSION.session where SESSION is
replaced by the session name. The format of this file JSON.
- add the send function