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hey guys i need small help with a script, i need to create a beecon command .
usual if i want to ping any access point i have to go to exterminal and then type root and then type ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx and this is taking me time to type it so i need a beecon script to do it, all i have to do is to click on the command and directly it will open the xterminal and then immediate ping that i want.
so any one have this idea please ???
thank you

Many thanks for quick reply
let me go through the links
Thanks again.

hey guys, if their a way to backup all the beecon script and to restore them later because about me i always flash my phone so i dont want to config every time my beecon widget, so any idea how to backup my scripts and then restore them???
thank you

Many thanks for the links NNNY for partial solution.
And you were right that I am bit scared to use xterm commands due to my total lack of knowledge about it.
However, i tried following:
I made a new QBW and selected 'hidden in SHOW button (to make it transparent).
I resized the Widget to 800 X 424 (max pixel size) and placed it to X value=0; So it covered the whole screen area.

Voila ! It gave me the protection of wrong handling and flexibility to scroll and answering incoming calls
Half work is been done. Rest half to remove that widget for enabling the
full (normal) usage of phone is bit tedious.
I had to long press and activate desktop editing mode and remove that widget manually and same process for putting that widget back on the screen.

Now; Is there a way to automate the process to remove or putting this widget back on screen by tapping few clicks or by other simpler way?

With kind regards and thanks,
Arvind

Good job and good idea.
There is surely a way to handle things with your approach but needs coding scripts skills.
I can give some guidelines if someone would like to take the challange...
Here's the way to go to change QBW properties on the go: http://wiki.maemo.org/Queen_BeeCon_W..._QBW_over_DBUS
I can think of one QBW on each screen
Default icon, size and dimensions a small padlock somewhere on a screen corner.
On click it changes its and others' desktops size/dimensions/visibility to full screen and hidden. (problem here is that widget needs to be on top of every other widget on screen - and there is no easy way to achieve this programmatically)
This way all your desktops (but the menu area on top of screen) are protected against mis-tapping and you have the possibility to scroll and answer calls.
Hidden QBWs can then react to double/triple/N-ple clicks ($QBW_CLICKS_COUNT) and minimize to original padlock thus unlocking interaction with other widgets on screen.
Tweaking/monitoring with DBUS signals (http://wiki.maemo.org/Queen_BeeCon_W...nd_Interceptor) hooked to keyboard events or sleep mode events can enhance this functionality.
These QBWs could be of some help:
http://wiki.maemo.org/Queen_BeeCon_W...N.2FOFF_Button
http://wiki.maemo.org/Queen_BeeCon_W...ve_Dice_Roller
http://wiki.maemo.org/Queen_BeeCon_Widget#Poker_Dice
Of course you need to store QBWs hidden/visible statuses with $QBW_REMEMBER_ME and handle $QBW_EXEC_REASON for QBW_STARTUP_UPDATE, QBW_DBUS_MONITOR, QBW_CLICK ...

Wow! Many Thanks NNNY.
Let me read and understand all above points before I submit my reply or reaction

This surely looks like a challenge for me !
Let me put down the involved work the way I have understood.

1. To have a QBW (hidden) on each screen.
2. Upon desired N-ple clicking, QBW would increase its size to cover the whole desktop screen, Right !
3. Upon desired N-ple clicking, QBW would reduce its size and becomes a small shortcut of prefixed size.

Am I right?

Regret all the coding scripting required for it as suggested / mentioned in your post, is way too much for me to handle.

I may be totally wrong, but is it not possible to write some script command in EDIT CMD in QBW to execute above 2 functions! (or linking above 2 functions in any programming way to have them execute above functions)

With kind regards and thanks,
Arvind

I never tested this myself but it should work:
1) Before flashing: save configuration file and images directories in a safe place:
Code:
/home/user/.queen_beecon
/home/user/.queen_beecon_dir
/home/user/MyDocs/.images/queen_beecon_dir/
2) After flashing: reinstall qbw package (don't add any qbw widget yet)
3) copy back configuration file and images directories
4) Now keep adding back qbw widgets via desktop gear/menu until they are all restored. (don't issue any qbw configuration step until all qbws are restored)

Actually there should be an automatic procedure (described here), integrated into the N900 backup/restore subsystem, which issues step 1) when you perform a backup and step 3) when you perform restore via normal N900 backup/restore applications. It has never been thoroughly tested though.
Ciao.

Is there a feature in qbw to mirror/flip a png file? If not is this a feature you'd be willing to implement in the next version of qbw?

What use would you have in mind for this?