linux-patches-and-scripts/Readme.md

Introduction
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Various programs & patches for Linux programs.

Includes universal patch files and Arch Linux specific PKGBUILD scripts.

**Packages included**
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**cr2fits**
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Convert Canon CR2 RAW images to FITS images. FITS format is used in astronomical applications.

More about cr2fits:

[Github.com - eaydin/cr2fits](https://github.com/eaydin/cr2fits)

FORMAT: Arch Linux PKGBUILD script.

**cr2hdr**
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Dual ISO image processing tool for Canon DSLR's with Magic Lantern firmware. Convert Dual ISO DNG raw images to editable format for further processing with Photoshop/Lightroom etc.

More about Dual ISO:

[Magic Lantern Forum - Dual ISO - massive dynamic range improvement](http://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=7139.0)

FORMAT: Arch Linux PKGBUILD script.

**dolphin**
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A patch for Dolphin 16.12 (Plasma 5). The patch lets you autoplay all supported media formats (audio & video) in Dolphin file browser instead of clicking manually the play button every time you want preview a media file.

To use this feature, enable information panel in Dolphin (shortcut F11) and press a radio button on the right side.

Original patch code [here](https://nowardev.wordpress.com/2014/03/18/automatic-videoaudio-preview-hovering-a-file-with-phonon-in-dolphin-kde-file-manager/)

FORMAT: Patch file.

**haguichi**
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Graphical front-end for LogMeIn Hamachi by Stephen Brandt. Version 1.0.26 (GTK2).

Homepage:

[Haguichi](https://www.haguichi.net/)

FORMAT: Arch Linux PKGBUILD script + source archive.

**kde-cdemu-manager**
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CDEmu Daemon manager for Plasma 5 desktop with an additional "start in systray" patch.

- minimize-at-startup.patch = Adds '--systray' option as a start parameter. When enabled, the program main window remains closed and the program is started only in the systray.

FORMAT: Arch Linux PKGBUILD script + patch file.

**kde-servicemenus-cr2fits**
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Plasma 5 Dolphin service menu script for cr2fits package.

FORMAT: Arch Linux PKGBUILD script.

**kde-servicemenus-dualiso**
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Plasma 5 Dolphin service menu script for cr2hdr package.

FORMAT: Arch Linux PKGBUILD script.

**kde-servicemenus-hexstrings**
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Plasma 5 Dolphin service menu script. Extract all readable strings from a file (binary files included). Useful for file analysis.

FORMAT: Arch Linux PKGBUILD script.

**kde-servicemenus-mediainfo**
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Plasma 5 Dolphin service menu script. Show useful media information. Applies to all audio & video files.

Shows 
- media duration
- audio & video bitrate
- audio & video format
- audio channels
- video resolution
- video framerate

FORMAT: Arch Linux PKGBUILD script.

**kde-servicemenus-multimediatools**
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Plasma 5 Dolphin service menu script for converting various video & audio files from format to format.

Supported audio formats are: aac, ac3, mp3, ogg, opus, wav, wma
Supported video formats are: avi, flv, m4v, mkv, mov, mp4, mpg, ogv, webm, wmv

This script can be used for multiple files at the same time but is developed for individual files only.

FORMAT: Arch Linux PKGBUILD script.

**kde-servicemenus-unlockpdf**
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Plasma 5 Dolphin service menu script for hacking and breaking PDF password protection. Allows you to edit read-only PDF files.

FORMAT: Arch Linux PKGBUILD script.

**kdegraphics-dreamdesktop**
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Video background for Plasma 4/KDE4 desktop environment.

FORMAT: Arch Linux PKGBUILD script + patch file.

**mlv2dng**
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Magic Lantern Raw file conversion tool for MLV files. Extract individual DNG frames from MLV files.

FORMAT: Arch Linux PKGBUILD script.

**mlvdump**
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Magic Lantern Raw file conversion tool for MLV files. Extract individual DNG frames from MLV files.

FORMAT: Arch Linux PKGBUILD script.

**pano2vr**
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Create virtual panorama tours using panorama images.

NOTE: The PKGBUILD script is outdated but can still be useful for some people.

Homepage:

[Garden Gnome Software - Pano2VR](https://ggnome.com/pano2vr)

FORMAT: Arch Linux PKGBUILD script.

**panotour**
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Create virtual panorama tours using panorama images.

Homepage:

[Kolor - Panotour](http://www.kolor.com/panotour/download/)

FORMAT: Arch Linux PKGBUILD script.

**panotourpro**
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Create virtual panorama tours using panorama images. Professional version with additional features.

Homepage:

[Kolor - Panotour](http://www.kolor.com/panotour/download/)

FORMAT: Arch Linux PKGBUILD script.

**photoscan**
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Create textured 3D models from multiple still images.

Homepage:

[Agisoft - Photoscan](http://www.agisoft.com/)

FORMAT: Arch Linux PKGBUILD script.

**photoscan-pro**
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Create textured 3D models from multiple still images. Professional version with additional features.

Homepage:

[Agisoft - Photoscan](http://www.agisoft.com/)

FORMAT: Arch Linux PKGBUILD script.

**pidgin-smileys-facebook**
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Facebook smileys for Pidgin.

FORMAT: Arch Linux PKGBUILD script + source archive.

**pidgin-smileys-msn**
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Windows Live Messenger smileys for Pidgin

FORMAT: Arch Linux PKGBUILD script.

Homepage:

[Pidgin Themes - Windows Live Messenger smilies](http://www.pidginthemes.com/smilies/windows%20live%20messenger/)

**plasma-workspace-wallpaper-video**
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Video and video playlist background for Plasma 5/KDE5 desktop. 

For details, please see the following KDE forum topic:

[Video and HTML wallpaper types - KDE Community Forums](https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=289&t=131783)

NOTE: The video background may still be buggy. For example, I lose the background video immediately after closing the desktop settings window. I may miss some dependencies but couldn't been able to narrow down the issue yet.

FORMAT: Arch Linux PKGBUILD script + source files.

**playonlinux**
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Patches for PlayOnLinux 4.2.10.

- 0001-remove-menuitems.patch = Remove Twitter, Facebook, Google+ menu items. Remove duplicate Run, Remove, Install menu items. Remove Donate menu item.

- 0002-add-shortcutitems.patch = Add an option to remove shortcuts from Desktop & .local/share/applications/ directory. While creating a shortcut, add it to both of these places instead of only Desktop. Create winexec bash script file for Wine, and link it to "Execute" field of each shortcut/.desktop file. Remove French localization & "Comment=PlayOnLinux" fields from desktop files.

For details about Winexec bash script, see this [AskUbuntu](https://askubuntu.com/questions/123092/open-file-using-custom-command-how-to-specify-the-file-in-cmd-line) page. 

- 0003-add-addremoveprograms.patch = Add Add/Remove programs menu shortcut for each program listed on PlayOnLinux program menu.

- 0004-change-wineversions.patch = Highlight unused Wine versions.

- 0005-add-optimussupport.patch = Doesn't work? Attempt to add Optimus/Optirun support for PlayOnLinux

- 0006-disable-updatenotification.patch = Disable pop-up update notification.

- 0007-disable-closingandwinemessage.patch = Disable confirmation for closing the program. Remove Wine dependency (so that user don't need to install Wine on their systems in order to use PlayOnLinux)

FORMAT: Arch Linux PKGBUILD script + patch files.

**purple-whatsapp**
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WhatsApp protocol implementation for libpurple (Pidgin)

FORMAT: Arch Linux PKGBUILD script.

**qgifer**
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Patch qgifer codebase for Qt5 & the newest giflib. NOTE: Qgifer is a deprecated/abandoned program.

Homepage:

[SourceForge.net - QGifer](https://sourceforge.net/projects/qgifer/)

FORMAT: Arch Linux PKGBUILD script + patch files.

**u3d**
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Set of libraries to manipulate U3D-formatted data. IDTF to U3D converter.

FORMAT: Arch Linux PKGBUILD script + source archive.

**wine**
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Patches & customized PKGBUILD script for Wine (Staging). Automatic PlayOnLinux installation script included.

Usage: To compile Wine-Staging with all included custom patches, please run 1-install-wine-to-pol.sh.

NOTE: Compiled package is not very well compatible with standard Wine installation methods on Arch Linux, thus the script removes compiled tar.xz file.

- custompatch_default-documents-dir.patch = Use XDG_WINEDOCUMENTS_DIR as a default Documents directory for Wine prefixes by default. You need to specify XDG_WINEDOCUMENTS_DIR in your $HOME/.config/user-dirs.dirs file.

For more information, check [this](https://forum.winehq.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=28582) WineHQ forum topic.

- custompatch_disable_automatic_menubuilding.patch = Disable winemenubuilder.exe, just to prevent automatic file associations.

- custompatch_glsl_shader.patch = GLSL shaders patch for Wine.

- custompatch_msi-add-dummyactionthreads.patch = Add MSI dummy actions since Wine lacks a proper implementation of MSI custom action server. See details [here](https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18070)

Basically, this patch helps you installing many useful programs on Wine which would otherwise be impossible.

- custompatch_photoshop_getticks_input.c.patch = Photoshop brush patch for Wine. Details [here](https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29871)

- custompatch_photoshop_keepfocus_message.c.patch = Patch for keeping window focus while using Camera Raw plugin.

- custompatch_photoshop_tooltip_win.c.patch = Patch for hovering Photoshop tooltip pop-ups.

FORMAT: Arch Linux PKGBUILD script + patch files + PlayOnLinux script & files.

**wine-launcher-creator**
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A Python-based GUI for creating Wine application launchers/Desktop shortcuts.

FORMAT: Arch Linux PKGBUILD script + source archive.

**xclipshow**
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QT5 based program which shows information about the current clipboard content.

Original program code & instructions here:

[Application that allows to show clipboard contents and its MIME type?](https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/163081/application-that-allows-to-show-clipboard-contents-and-its-mime-type)

FORMAT: Arch Linux PKGBUILD script + source files.

NOTE: This program is useful if used with a combination of commands. I tend to use the program to automate 'take a screenshot and paste it to Kolourpaint' process. To achieve my goal, I need Plasma 5 desktop environment + two additional command-line programs: loliclip & imagemagick.

For additional info and exact commands (and where to put them), please take a look into /xclipshow/printscreen file.

**xephem**
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A Serious Interactive Astronomical Software Ephemeris.

Includes a custom desktop shortcut image & desktop shortcut which are not included in the AUR package.

Homepage:

[XEphem](http://www.clearskyinstitute.com/xephem/)

FORMAT: Arch Linux PKGBUILD script + desktop shortcut + custom desktop shortcut image.

**zsnes-netplay**
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ZSnes Nintendo SNES emulator for Linux. Netplay version.

Homepage:

[ZSnes Emulator](http://www.zsnes.com/)

FORMAT: Arch Linux PKGBUILD script + source archive + patch files.