xfdesktop new stuff - needs testing

[Brian J. Tarricone]

ok, fixed.  i didn't have an aqua theme with a bg pixmap to test, but 
smokey-blue appears to have a bg pixmap, and it didn't override 
xfdesktop's pixmap, so it should be ok.  i also fixed the problem where 
xfdesktop flashes a grey screen on startup.

    -brian


Jean-François Wauthy wrote:

>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:
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>>>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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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>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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