xfdesktop new stuff - needs testing

[Olivier Fourdan]

Brian,

xfdesktop, as it is now, seems to work fairly well. All outstanding bugs
I had found seem to be gone... That's great!

Cheers,
Olivier.

On Mon, 2004-04-26 at 07:37, Brian J. Tarricone wrote:
> 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:
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>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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