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5 This are the instructions to install Libervia Desktop-Kivy using Python. |
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6 Note that if you are using GNU/Linux, Libervia Desktop-Kivy may already be present on your distribution. |
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8 Libervia Desktop-Kivy is a frontend, the Libervia backend must be installed first (if you |
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9 haven't installed it yet, it will be downloaded automatically as it is a dependency of |
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10 Libervia Desktop-Kivy). Libervia Desktop-Kivy and Libervia Backend must always have the |
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11 same version. |
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13 We recommend to use development version for now. |
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18 The simplest way to install Libervia Desktop-Kivy at the moment is with `pipx`_:: |
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20 $ pipx install --system-site-packages hg+https://repos.goffi.org/libervia-desktop#egg=libervia-desktop |
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25 To launch Libervia Desktop-Kivy enter:: |
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27 $ libervia-desktop_kivy |
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| 29 If you want to connect directly a profile:: | |
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31 $ libervia-desktop_kivy -p profile_name |
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| 33 Once started, you can use ``F11`` to switch fullscreen mode. | |
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| 35 You can show/hide the menu with ``ALT + M`` and show/hide the notification bar with ``ALT + N``. | |
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37 In Libervia Desktop-Kivy, notifications appear on the top of the screen, in the |
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38 *notification bar*. They appear for a few seconds, but you can click on the left Libervia |
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39 Desktop-Kivy icon to see them entirely and take your time to read them. |
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41 There is no focus stealing pop-up in Libervia Desktop-Kivy, when some event requires a |
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42 user action, a Libervia Desktop-Kivy icon will appear on the right of notification bar, so |
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43 user can click and interact with it when it is suitable. |
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45 Libervia Desktop-Kivy has a concept of **activities**. An activity is some kind of |
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46 communication tool (chat, file sharing, remote control, etc.). On top left of each |
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47 activity you have an icon representing the activity selected. Click on it to select |
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48 something else. |
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| 50 You may have noticed the 3 small dots on top and left border of each activity. You can | |
| 51 click (or touch) them, and drag to the bottom or right to create a new activity. This way | |
| 52 you can do several things on the same screen (e.g. check several chat rooms, or use the | |
| 53 file sharing and the chat at the same time). To close this extra activity, click again on | |
| 54 the 3 dots and drag in the opposite direction until the top or left line become red, then | |
| 55 release your mouse. | |
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57 .. _pipx: https://pypa.github.io/pipx/ |