xfdesktop new stuff - needs testing
Brian J. Tarricone
bjt23 at cornell.edu
Wed Apr 28 01:17:17 CEST 2004
yay! good to hear. i'd almost be happy with it if it weren't for that
app-crashing bug...
-brian
Olivier Fourdan wrote:
>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.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>- 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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