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============= Tinto Panel

Tinto panel is simple lightweight X11 desktop panel, it is a fork of tint2 <http://code.google.com/p/tint2/>, which is also a fork of ttm <http://code.google.com/p/ttm/>.

Getting the sources

Just issue the following command:

.. code-block:: shell

% git clone https://bitbucket.org/crowseye/tinto

Building & Installation

To build tinto yourself you will need the development version of these libraries, note that some Linux distributions called libXXX-dev, libXXX-devel, XXX-dev or XXX-devel, so you will need you find what your distribution call them.

• X11/Xlib
• Xinerama
• Xrandr
• Xrender
• Xcomposite
• Xdamage
• Imlib2
• Gtk+2
• Cairo
• Pango
• PangoCairo
• Rsvg
• Glib
• Gobject
• Startup Notification

Once you have installed the dependencies then issue these commands to build tinto\ :

.. code-block:: shell

% cd tinto % cmake . -Bbuild % cd build % make install

Running

To run the apllication just issue the following commands in your terminal.

.. code-block:: shell

% tinto -c path-to-config-file

Credits

Developers

• Pål Staurland - for the original ttm <http://code.google.com/p/ttm/>_
• Thierry Lorthiois from Omega distribution
• Andreas Fink <andreas.fink85 at googlemail.com>
• Euan Freeman (tintwizard)
• Christian Ruppert (autotools build system)
• Ovidiu M : launcher, bug fixes

Contributors

• Kwaku Yeboah : wiki page
• Daniel Moerner : man page and debian package
• Doug Barton : freebsd package
• James Buren : Frugalware package
• Pierre-Emmanuel Andre : openbsd port
• Redroar : arch package
• Rene Garcia : launcher SVG support
• Marcelo Vianna : taskbar sorting
• Xico Atelo : startup notifications
• Craig Oakes : WM flags, issue tracker organization