On Tue, 5 Nov 2002 19:09:35 -0800 Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tuesday 05 November 2002 14:55, DOm wrote: > > HI list and Hi blackbox users, > > > > is there any chance to see real transparency on blackbox menu in > > future time ? ( this century, of course ;) ) > > I mean alpha-blending transparency. > > > > I used waimea for a while and it has a fake transparency for menu, > > but even if waimea can look as blackbox it feels quite differently > > IMO. > > > > "fake transparency" is all you get in X. Sorry. And no, Blackbox > will not do this. We are not here for the eye candy. > You are right i start using blackbox for its rude and FAST ui. Maybe someone on the list can do a "unofficial alpha-blending patch". When i say alpha-blending, i say hardware accelerated translucency via Xrender extension ( a very young creature, i know ). Please see http://www.xfree86.org/~keithp/render/ and look at beautiful (eye candy, i have to admit ) twm menus ;) > > I tried blackbox from cvs today and i noticed a strange ( for me ) > > cvs will be strange for a little while (-: > > > behaviour on some menu entries, an example: > > going to > > Configuration->Config Options->Window Placement > > and changing Smart Placement setting, makes the whole menu > > destroyed. 0.65 does not behave this way, am i right ? > > Moreover, menu are not draggable ( for now ) but i think you kwow > > that;) . > > > > We have a 100% new code base for the menus. Many things were changed > and long wanted features were added. You are correct menus are not > pinnable at the moment and the menu closes whenever an item is > selected. This may or may not change, we shall see. Maybe you can decide to close only the last submenu when a checkable items are selected. Best regards, Angelus. PS: for the alpha blending thing: if you think it's off-topic i'll stop asking for it ;)) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] List archives: http://asgardsrealm.net/lurker/splash/index.html Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
