xfdesktop new stuff - needs testing

[Brian J. Tarricone]

huh?  i'm not sure i understand what this means.

    -brian

Jean-François Wauthy wrote:

>Brian, i've just found out why i still haven't any background picture :
>my gtk theme uses pixmaps (AquaX) so the picture is rendered but the
>pixmap recovers it and then it looks like a empty gtkwindow.
>
>Le jeu 22/04/2004 à 07:56, Brian J. Tarricone a écrit :
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>
>>done.  seems to work ok, defaults appear to be sane.  except that "don't 
>>set backdrop" doesn't appear to do anything.  i didn't really touch this 
>>code (aside from fixing the crash bug).  it appears when that checkbox 
>>is checked, we grab the _XROOTPMAP_ID properly and set the virtual root 
>>window to whatever's in that.  which appears to be the normal backdrop 
>>that's set anyway.  i presume this is so apps that write to the real 
>>root window and set _XROOTPMAP_ID can work properly, but if that's the 
>>case, i think "don't set backdrop" is very misleading.
>>
>>    -brian
>>
>>
>>Olivier Fourdan wrote:
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>>>Brian,
>>>
>>>Please try this simple test : Rename your $HOME/.xfce4 (so you don't
>>>loose all you data) and log in xfce. 
>>>
>>>Cheers,
>>>Olivier.
>>>
>>>On Thu, 2004-04-22 at 00:03, Brian J. Tarricone wrote:
>>> 
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>>>      
>>>
>>>>Olivier Fourdan wrote:
>>>>
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>>>>>- The "Don't set backdrop" option still crashes xfdesktop
>>>>>
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>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>known.   working on it.
>>>>
>>>>   
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>>>>>- Settings aren't loaded, I had to run the dialog to get the settings
>>>>>applied as it seems (and get the crash)
>>>>>
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>>>>aren't loaded when?  from a default setup?  i did notice how the dialog 
>>>>initially comes up with "don't set backdrop" checked.  i must have the 
>>>>sense reversed on a boolean somewhere.
>>>>
>>>>   
>>>>
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>>>>>- Color gradient does nothing.
>>>>>
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>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>i know (and i said this in my previous email ^_~).
>>>>
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>>>>>- Menu tab is totally empty (you prolly already know about that, but
>>>>>still, looks odd)
>>>>>
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>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>yeah, i know.  i had intended to create that by now, but i haven't 
>>>>gotten to it.  probably later tonight.
>>>>
>>>>   
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>>>>>- The tabfolders inside tabfolders doesn't look too good to me (from a
>>>>>usability standpoint)
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>i'm not totally happy with it either.  do you have an alternative 
>>>>suggestion?  the only other that was posed was to list the screens in an 
>>>>option menu.  i don't really like that, as i don't think (in general) 
>>>>changing and option menu should make other controls change.
>>>>
>>>>   -brian
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   
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>>>>
>>>>>Cheers,
>>>>>Olivier.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>On Tue, 2004-04-20 at 12:57, Brian J. Tarricone wrote:
>>>>>
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>>>>>>and what the hell, a screenie for those of you unable (or unwilling ^_~) 
>>>>>>to upgrade:
>>>>>>http://kelnos.homelinux.org/xfce4/images/screenshots/backdrop-settings-new-20040420.png
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  -brian
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Brian J. Tarricone wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  
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>>>>>>       
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>>>>>>>hi all-
>>>>>>>i committed a huge amount of stuff to xfdesktop this morning, and it 
>>>>>>>should hopefully address a bunch of multiscreen (non-xinerama) 
>>>>>>>issues.  i know there will be problems with it, as i obviously can't 
>>>>>>>test it, and there are a few things i'm just not sure about.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>there's a new settings dialog that needs testing as well.  note: the 
>>>>>>>color gradients don't do anything yet.  note2: all your old desktop 
>>>>>>>settings are now lost, as the MCS setting names have all changed 
>>>>>>>(mainly just to "setting_screennum").  so write them down before 
>>>>>>>updating if you care.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>so yes, test it.  danny, that means you ^_~.  the crash on exit should 
>>>>>>>be resolved, and it should theoretically be able to draw different 
>>>>>>>backdrop images on different screens.  theoretically.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>unfortunately, the gnome app crash/hang problem still does not seem to 
>>>>>>>have been resolved, despite reworking a bunch of stuff i thought might 
>>>>>>>be the culprit.  *sigh*
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -brian
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