Winefix - improved desktop integration for Wine
A script called winefix. In short, it allows Wine applications to be run just as easily as those native to Linux, meaning that they can be linked to or run from any directory, whether from a terminal or even a file manager like nautilus. It also handles some of the more awkward Wine extensions like .lnk and .msi, akkowing them to be run with a double click.
It also offers a good number of enhancements and fixes over “vanilla” Wine, especially in regards to Compiz and Beryl. If either of the two are running when a Wine application requiring DirectX or OpenGL is run, you’ll be asked if they should be temporarily disabled, and reinstated immediately after the application exits. it also allows for the “Legacy Apps” workaround in Compiz Fusion to be similarly enabled and disabled, as always leaving it on is a disaster - while it can fix the fullscreen modes of Wine apps, it actually breaks those of most native ones. The other enhancements allow the option for each application to have it’s own dedicated virtual Windows desktop (basically whether a program should be started “windowed” ), be reniced, ensure that fullscreen applications restore the desktop resolution properly, or, for 64 bit machines, run in 32-bit compatability mode (thanks to mikey for suggesting the last two!)
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Posted by Baldy - Baldys Paradox