emergeCommand
EmergeCommand shows the time and/or date in a fully configurable way, and can be used as a window to type commands in.
To configure emergeCommand, Ctrl-right-click its window and click on Configure,
and you get the configuration dialog box:
The settings on the General tab allow you to:
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Snap the window position to the edges of the monitor and of the other windows.
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Snap the size of the window to other windows next to it.
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Switch the “clickable” area from the window to whatever is behind it if you check Click Through and select Full.
Important notes: To access the window’s menu in this setting, you must Shift-Ctrl-right-click the window instead of just Ctrl-right-click. Likewise, to move it you must Shift-Ctrl-click the window, and to resize it you must Shift-Alt-click a border.
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Or switch the “clickable” area from the window’s background to whatever is behind it, but still keep the clock’s text (and the border) themselves “clickable” if you check Click Through and select Background.
Important notes: To access the applet’s menu with this setting, you must Ctrl-right-click the text or the border, not the background. Likewise, to move the window you must either Ctrl-click the text or the border, and you still can resize the window by Alt-clicking a border.
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Start hidden after the next reboot, which can be toggled on and off with the ShowApplet internal command followed by a space and emergeCommand.
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Set the clock format (See the complete list in the Time/Date Format Variables and Codes section of the Documentation in the Emerge Desktop program group). You can also have nothing in this window, and use this applet for commands only.
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Set the tooltip format (same as above).
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Set the font, style and size (for color, see Font setting in the Style Editor page).
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Let AutoComplete suggest previously typed commands as you type.
The Position tab allows you to:
- Anchor the window to the monitor location of your choice.
- Set the window as always on the top, in normal position, or always under other windows (ZPosition).
- Set the horizontal and vertical alignments of the clock within the border.
- Set the horizontal and vertical alignments of the command within the border.
For the settings on the Style Editor tab, see Style Editor page.
After clicking on the emergeCommand window (depending on Click Through setting above), which activates the cursor, you can type commands such as:
- Any command that can be entered in Window’s “Run” window.
- Special Folders (i.e. My Documents, My Computer, My Network Places, Control Panel, or Recycle Bin).
- Any Internal Command (listed in the Documentation in the Emerge Desktop program group).
- The path of any folder, which will open Explorer at that location.
Configuration of the other running applets: