HelloWorldScreenlet is a demo screenlet exclusively for developers and not recommended for regular users.
The HelloWorldScreenlet is a demonstration screenlet designed for developers, not for regular users. Its code is highly commented to facilitate understanding of how screenlets are coded and to serve as an example of a screenlet with updating text on a simple background. Using this demonstration screenlet, developers can gain insights on how to code desklets for better Gnome.
For those unfamiliar with screenlets, it is both a set of independently-developed widget applications and a widget engine that powers them. The engine mainly operates on X11-based compositing window managers, such as the Compiz architecture on Linux. Before version 0.0.14, Python and SVG languages were used to script and draw the screenlets respectively. Since then, web widgets coded in HTML, JavaScript, and CSS have been supported, making it similar to Apple's Dashboard widgets.
To run this screenlet, you need to have Screenlets available. The latest release of HelloWorldScreenlet fixes a possible memory leak in the draw_text() function and allows you to use font types and specify the width of the "drawing area" in the same function.
For those unfamiliar with screenlets, it is both a set of independently-developed widget applications and a widget engine that powers them. The engine mainly operates on X11-based compositing window managers, such as the Compiz architecture on Linux. Before version 0.0.14, Python and SVG languages were used to script and draw the screenlets respectively. Since then, web widgets coded in HTML, JavaScript, and CSS have been supported, making it similar to Apple's Dashboard widgets.
To run this screenlet, you need to have Screenlets available. The latest release of HelloWorldScreenlet fixes a possible memory leak in the draw_text() function and allows you to use font types and specify the width of the "drawing area" in the same function.
What's New
Version 0.1: N/A