Dockapps
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Dock with the dockapps wmclock, wmmon, wmapmload and wmusic Dockapps are computer programs that have a tiny graphical interface, the size of an icon. They typically reside in a part of the user interface known as the dock, alongside icons of applications that are inactive. Their small size makes dockapps well-suited for monitoring applications that update the icon window with low-priority information. Some applications are: *Displaying CPU usage *Displaying computer temperatures *Displaying network or disk-usage statistics *Displaying clocks, calendars, moon phases, or weather reports
Dock with the dockapps wmclock, wmmon, wmapmload and wmusic]] Dockapps are computer programs that have a tiny graphical interface, the size of an icon. They typically reside in a part of the user interface known as the dock, alongside icons of applications that are inactive. Their small size makes dockapps well-suited for monitoring applications that update the icon window with low-priority information. Some applications are: Displaying CPU usage Displaying computer temperatures Displaying network or disk-usage statistics Displaying clocks, calendars, moon phases, or weather reports ==Support== Support for dockapps has been present in Window Maker since 1998. In early 1999 a Dock App Wharehouse hosts 54 open-source dockapps. Other window managers quickly followed. In AfterStep in the wharf. In Blackbox and derivatives in the slit. As of 2024, dockapps.net hosts 211 open-source dockapps in 14 categories. Usually their names start with 'wm' to distinguish them from non-dockapp applications. Dedicated software libraries exist to support developing a dockapp: libdockapp parses the command line and does events, pixmaps and shapes. General Applet Interface is one API for Dockapp, Gnome 2 panel and Rox panel. Ruby-DockApp is a Ruby library for making DockApps. ==References== ==External links== dockapps.net - a central repository for many dockapps xdock, icedock - applications that emulate a Window Maker dock in any window manager
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