On Sat, 4 Aug 2018 08:38:53 -0700 Marc MERLIN <marc_...@merlins.org> said:
> On Thu, Aug 02, 2018 at 12:42:23PM +0900, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > On Wed, 1 Aug 2018 20:34:34 -0700 Marc MERLIN <marc_...@merlins.org> said: > > > > > On Thu, Aug 02, 2018 at 12:29:21PM +0900, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > > > On Wed, 1 Aug 2018 16:25:23 -0700 Marc MERLIN <marc_...@merlins.org> > > > > said: > > > > > > > > > So, I'm still using xscreensaver (5.36-1) > > > > > On my work system, when new windows or notifications get displayed > > > > > (typically pidgin window, or chrome notification popup), they get > > > > > displayed on top of xscreensaver. > > > > > > > > can you click on them as you normally would be able to? > > > > > > I can't because xscreensaver stops the mouse cursor from moving away > > > from the unlock box. > > > So no one can interact with them, but they can see my private IM and > > > notification messages. > > > > then i'm not sure. e is compositing so the screensaver window will be > > composited but if these notifications are actual windows placed on to the > > this window by the apps (i know chromium does its own popups itself with > > its own windows), thus composited on top, or if they are really below and e > > is just mistakenly setting the evas objects on top, i don't know unless you > > can click on them. that would tell me what is going on. > > > > i haven't used xscreensaver for well over a decade and tbh it's untested > > with e as there are gotchas with screensaver windows and they conflict with > > e's own lock screen handling etc. so tbh my advice is "don't use it" as it > > conflicts. i could explain the tricky bits of screensaver windows but it's > > x11 lower level fun stuff and you'll know why there is a conflict when you > > know that compositors use the screensaver overlay window as well as > > xscreensaver (necessary to force compositor content on top, but this begins > > to break apart when you have external old-school screensavers like > > xscreensaver)). > > Thanks for your reply. > > I also saw this week, once, that the enlightenment shelf ended up displaying > on top of the screensaver (that usually doesn't happen). No idea what > happened for it to move to the foreground while I was away. > > So basically at this point you'd say that xscreensaver is definitely broken? no - just incompaytible with enlightenment. we have no code to support external screensaver windows - no code to specially stack o > Bummer if so, I have some great demos on it, but I can switch if I have to. > > Thanks, > Marc > -- > "A mouse is a device used to point at the xterm you want to type in" - A.S.R. > Microsoft is to operating systems .... > .... what McDonalds is to gourmet > cooking Home page: http://marc.merlins.org/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- Carsten Haitzler - ras...@rasterman.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
