Getting started with Cream

After installing Cream from git, you can begin to use the different parts of Cream.

Melange

Starting Melange

To start Melange, just cd into the src/modules/melange directory and run melange.py.

$ cd <YOUR_CREAM_FOLDER>/src/modules/melange
$ python melange.py

Adding widgets

Now, let's add some widgets. To do so, you have to start Melange Control which is in the src/modules/melange-control directory:

$ cd <YOUR_CREAM_FOLDER>/src/modules/melange-control
$ python melange-control.py

This will open a window listing all the widgets currently available. Just choose one of them and press the Add-button to add it to your desktop.

Handling widgets

You can move around your widgets using a middle click. If you right click on a widget this will open a context menu with three different actions:

Reload: Reloads the widget.
Remove: Removes the widget from your desktop.
About: Opens an about dialog with some information about the widget and its author(s).

Overlay

On the top right corner is a little thingy which is similar to the cashew of the Plasma desktop. If you click on it, an overlay is being placed above your opened windows and all widgets will appear on this overlay.