xfdesktop has minimised app icons now!

[Vijay Durairaj]

Hi,

In FVWM2, they use the following command to do the thumbnailing for
the same purpose:

    "xwd -silent -id $[w.id] | convert -scale $$(($[w.width]/10)) -frame 1x1 \
    -mattecolor black -quality 0 xwd:- png:$[fvwm_tmp]/icon.tmp.$[w.id].png \
    && echo Nop"

Just a suggestion,

Vijay

On 9/9/05, Brian J. Tarricone <bjt23 at cornell.edu> wrote:
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> On 9/9/2005 8:37 AM, Benedikt Meurer wrote:
> > Robert Robinson wrote:
> >
> >>On 9/9/05, Brian J. Tarricone <bjt23 at cornell.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>The features that are missing are:
> >>>
> >>>* handling screen size changes (via xrandr)
> >>>* handling gtk theme/font changes
> >>>* handling windows that change their title while minimised
> >>>* tooltips for full names
> >>>* DnD to move the icons around
> >>>* runtime option to turn them off
> >>>* not placing icons where there are struts (not sure how to do this)
> >>
> >>What about thumbnailing the window on the desktop instead of
> >>displaying an Icon.  Having a bunch of programs with a default icon
> >>will be difficult, instead displaying a thumbnail of the program might
> >>be more useful
> >
> > A bit heavy for a "simple solution". I think we could steal some code
> > from Skippy if required.
> 
> I assume you mean this:
> http://thegraveyard.org/skippy.php
> 
> Yeah, I think this would be useful.  In the limited amount that I've
> used this so far, having 10 identical icons that say "Terminal" isn't
> all that useful.  Then again, a thumbnail of a terminal window isn't
> going to be too helpful either.  I'm thinking a "tooltip" as a larger
> thumbnail might be cool, but that's possibly getting a bit too far away
> from "lightweight".
> 
> We'll see...
> 
>         -brian
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