The Bliss Lens takes things old-skool: organising applications into category folders reminicisnt of the old GNOME 2 menus.
This is for those who prefer the more traditional approach to application-menu structure. Each application category is a folder. Inside each folder lay the respective application icons.
Created by Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen, Maintainer of the Unity Application Lens.
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Step by Step Package Creation and Install.
1) Install some development tools:
sudo apt-get install bzr gnome-common checkinstall
2) Create a folder
/home/YOURNAME/projects/bliss
Run:
bzr branch lp:unity-lens-bliss
3) From /projects/bliss/unity-lens-bliss$
Run:
./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc && make
4) Create a package for it:
Run:
sudo checkinstall
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This package will be built according to these values:
0 - Maintainer: [ Silverwave silverwav@gmail.com ]
1 - Summary: [ Bliss Lens Hack for Unity ]
2 - Name: [ bliss-unity-lens---menu-style ]
3 - Version: [ 0.0.1 ]
4 - Release: [ 1 ]
5 - License: [ GPL ]
6 - Group: [ checkinstall ]
7 - Architecture: [ amd64 ]
8 - Source location: [ unity-lens-bliss ]
9 - Alternate source location: [ ]
10 – Requires: [ ]
11 – Provides: [ unity-lens ]
12 – Conflicts: [ ]
13 – Replaces: [ ]Enter a number to change any of them or press ENTER to continue:
Installing with make install…
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Done. The new package has been installed and saved to
/home/YOURNAME/projects/bliss/unity-lens-bliss/bliss-unity-lens---menu-style_0.0.1-1_amd64.debYou can remove it from your system anytime using:
dpkg -r bliss-unity-lens---menu-style**********************************************************************
5) Log-out, log-in. Test.
From Unity Bliss: An Alternative Application Lens for Ubuntu.
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Optional: You can remove the old lens via the package manager.
Its called “unity-lens-applications” and after removal you will need to log-out, log-in, again.
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Note: The best way to use the Bliss lens is to hit SUPER + A.
Keyboard Shortcuts
SUPER + A – application lens
SUPER + F – files lens
SUPER + M – music lens
Filed under: Feature Tagged: 11.10, bliss, checkinstall, omgu, ubuntu, ubuntu menu, unity
