xfdesktop new stuff - needs testing

Jean-François Wauthy pollux at xfce.org
Sun Apr 25 15:16:09 CEST 2004


i think these 2 screenshots can help to understand : 
	http://www.xfce.org/~pollux/bad.jpg 
	http://www.xfce.org/~pollux/good.jpg

the only differences between them are the gtk theme and the restart of
xfdesktop.

Le dim 25/04/2004 à 10:22, Brian J. Tarricone a écrit :
> 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 :
> >  
> >
> >>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:
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>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:
> >>> 
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>Olivier Fourdan wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>   
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>>>- The "Don't set backdrop" option still crashes xfdesktop
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>     
> >>>>>
> >>>>>          
> >>>>>
> >>>>known.   working on it.
> >>>>
> >>>>   
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>>>- Settings aren't loaded, I had to run the dialog to get the settings
> >>>>>applied as it seems (and get the crash)
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>     
> >>>>>
> >>>>>          
> >>>>>
> >>>>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.
> >>>>
> >>>>   
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>>>- Color gradient does nothing.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>     
> >>>>>
> >>>>>          
> >>>>>
> >>>>i know (and i said this in my previous email ^_~).
> >>>>
> >>>>   
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>>>- Menu tab is totally empty (you prolly already know about that, but
> >>>>>still, looks odd)
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>     
> >>>>>
> >>>>>          
> >>>>>
> >>>>yeah, i know.  i had intended to create that by now, but i haven't 
> >>>>gotten to it.  probably later tonight.
> >>>>
> >>>>   
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>>>- The tabfolders inside tabfolders doesn't look too good to me (from a
> >>>>>usability standpoint)
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>     
> >>>>>
> >>>>>          
> >>>>>
> >>>>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
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>   
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>>>Cheers,
> >>>>>Olivier.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>On Tue, 2004-04-20 at 12:57, Brian J. Tarricone wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>     
> >>>>>
> >>>>>          
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>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:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>  
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>       
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>            
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>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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Jean-François Wauthy <pollux at xfce.org>
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