opinion/poll: keyclone w/ wow-maximizer functionality

keyclone has always been able to link multiple machines together (each with multiple clones). the 'connect' button on keyclone is used to connect to other keyclones via the IP:port

see pictures of the keyclone setup towards the bottom of the setup tuturial:
http://solidice.com/keyclone/tutorial/

the 'WoWMaximizer' feature is basically whether or not i embed the ability to start up the program of your choice (wow), strip off the titlebar/frame, and tile the windows on the screen (giving a very nice split screen or quad screen look)

i have placed the maximizer capability to the to-do list:
http://www.solidice.com/keyclone/dev_notes.html

my current major upgrade/task is multi-language support

wow-maximizer feature has been added.
also added commands

in order for windows to be maximized, you must start them with keyclone. in order for keyclone to know which apps you are trying to run, i added 'commands'

keyclone/setup/command editor
type in your command string (don't use spaces)
type in the program name or hit the 'program' button and find it

hit apply

keyclone/setup/maximizer
by default, maximizer has 1 region... the full screen.
left click in the center of the region and it'll go to quad screen layout.
right click to remove the grid points.

enable maximizer

hit apply

hit ok

type your command into the connection edit field at the bottom of keyclone
hit enter or click the 'connect' button

keyclone will analyze what you typed... if it can find that string in the command list, it will run the program... otherwise it will connect to other machines as normally.
if you have maximizer enabled, it will look for an open region to place the new app.
if no region is found, you will hear a 'ding' and 'no region available' will appear in keyclone

currently, the maximizer does not support multi-monitors.
keyclone will not change the resolution of your screen

let me know what you guys think.

wow-maximizer feature has been added.
also added commands

in order for windows to be maximized, you must start them with keyclone. in order for keyclone to know which apps you are trying to run, i added 'commands'

keyclone/setup/command editor
type in your command string (don't use spaces)
type in the program name or hit the 'program' button and find it
hit the '+' to add the command
repeat for as many commands as you'd like

when done, hit apply

keyclone/setup/maximizer
by default, maximizer has 1 region... the full screen.
left click in the center of the region and it'll go to quad screen layout.
right click to remove the grid points.

enable maximizer

hit apply

hit ok

type your command into the connection edit field at the bottom of keyclone
hit enter or click the 'connect' button

keyclone will analyze what you typed... if it can find that string in the command list, it will run the program... otherwise it will connect to other machines as normally.
if you have maximizer enabled, it will look for an open region to place the new app.
if no region is found, you will hear a 'ding' and 'no region available' will appear in keyclone

currently, the maximizer does not support multi-monitors.
keyclone will not change the resolution of your screen

let me know what you guys think.

Regions are slick - I look forward to you supporting multiple monitors.

Can you add a default keymap with the commands?

keyclone, I gues you havnt finished this. Run menu item does not work. How I would want it would be, auto connect checkbox checked on clients, never have to type into client connect field, it just connects. Server pc can send commands to clients which would run 1 copy of wow per command or maybe even 2+. Atm having shortcuts to Maximizer is an easier way than to use keyclone, even if it is buggy. But I'm sure you have plans :)

@zanthor
multi-monitors are on the list... no plans currently, unfortunately (3 weeks out+.. delay due to not having multi-monitors on one machine myself... i could try implementing, but i would need a guinea pig...)
default keymaps would be pretty sweet for commands... i could just add it to the commands panel. look for that

@skarlot
actually.. the run menu works with v1.7f... i just hadn't released it yet (released today)

also in v1.7f ... multi commands separated by semicolons
for instance, lets say you have maximizer checked and want quad screens... run this command on the local or remote keyclone
wow;wow;wow;wow

and all 4 will run, be positioned as per maximizer, and added to keyclone.

also... not sure people noticed... you can rename a program added to keyclone and it's name will be placed in the titlebar of the application (in parenthesis)... AND that name is now sent to remote keyclones. So now, if you run wow and rename that clone to 'MahKilla'... you will see 'MahKilla' on the remote clones instead of the ip and port

I'm more than willing to be part of a dev cycle for dual monitors.

You can e-mail me any builds you would like to be tested, I am sure you have my gmail.

maybe you could add an "overlay" to the maximizer? would make my life WAY easier

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Originally Posted by Ping

maybe you could add an "overlay" to the maximizer? would make my life WAY easier

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Overlay? I'm not sure I understand what you are asking for... (not that I matter, but Keyclone may not either).

i'm guessing he would want to 'overlay' a window on top of the others... so you could have 4 behind in a 2x2 and a 5th centered.

that would be possible... but since maximizer is workable now, and multi-language support is not... it would fall behind the multi-language in priority (sorry)