chilli_applet

The chilli_applet project is a script that creates an applet within the GNOME panel. Its purpose is to display the status of the smoothwall, indicated by a smiley :) or sad :( face. By clicking on the applet with the left mouse button, a pop-up window appears, showing the current uptime and providing options to connect, disconnect, or open the smoothwall status page. All of these actions can be performed using chilli_control, which is featured above.

To activate the pop-up window feature, you must have another program called pgrompt. However, if you don't want to use the pop-up window, there are menu options in the applet's right-click menu that allow you to do the same things. The pop-up window feature is optional, so if you don't need it, you don't need pgrompt.

The smiley face icon can be edited to suit your preference, and it's easy to change what the applet displays. However, note that while this is an applet, it doesn't restart automatically. Therefore, you must ensure that it's running when you log in. Its position in your panel should be remembered.

Please take note that because the applet uses the perl-GTK (or Gtk-Perl?) perl modules, you need to download these modules as well.