RecaptureWindow Required for a Certain Effect
Hello, As requested in the 'man fvwm2' page, I am reporting an effect that I wish to create in fvwm, but seem able to do only with the 'RecaptureWindow' command (that is, 'RefreshWindow' does not produce the desired effect). I am currently running FVWM 2.5.16 (the latest unstable version, at the time of this email). In case it makes any difference, it was compiled with PNG support, on an OpenBSD 3.7 machine. The description of the effect is as follows: I have set the Icon for my Aterm application to be the following png file: http://www.gentoo.org/images/icons/l33t_TER_term.png Note the transparency effect around the outside of the circumference of the circle (that is, how there is a gradient of transparency). This transparency-gradient (for lack of a better name) is where I believe the root of my problem lies. Next, I used xv to put a nice picture on my root screen. A nice big jpg photograph works best to reproduce this problem -- something where there is not a great deal of uniform colour. The final piece of the puzzle is my NiceDeiconify function, which is called whenever I click on an iconified window. What follows are four versions of this function: (Note that only _one_ version exists in my .fvwm2rc file at a given time; I'm just writing all four out below for comparison) # Version 0 - The Vanilla Version AddToFunc NiceDeiconify + I Iconify off + I All (CurrentPage Iconic) PlaceAgain Icon # Version 1 - The RefreshWindow Version AddToFunc NiceDeiconify + I Iconify off + I All (CurrentPage Iconic) PlaceAgain Icon + I All (CurrentPage Iconic) RefreshWindow # Version 2 - The Refresh Version AddToFunc NiceDeiconify + I Iconify off + I All (CurrentPage Iconic) PlaceAgain Icon + I Refresh # Version 3 - The RecaptureWindow Version AddToFunc NiceDeiconify + I Iconify off + I All (CurrentPage Iconic) PlaceAgain Icon + I All (CurrentPage Iconic) RecaptureWindow Now, take the following steps to reproduce the error: 1) Open two aterms 2) Iconify both of them 3) Click on the first one that was iconified, thereby calling the NiceDeiconify function (this will cause the second icon to take the position that the first one just occupied) If the Refresh version of NiceDeiconify is used, everything works perfectly; however, the entire screen flickers from the Refresh (this is unsightly). If the RecaptureWindow version of NiceDeiconify is used, everything works perfectly! However, if the RefreshWindow version or the Vanilla version of NiceDeiconify is used, the remaining icon will look garbled. Namely, when the icon moves to take the place of the recently- deiconified icon, the transparent parts of the icon are not entirely redrawn. The fully-transparent corners of the png file I linked above _are_ redrawn. However, the transparency-gradient area of the png file is not redrawn (that it, it looks as though it were sitting on a different part of my background jpg file, even though the icon has now moved). The icon's transparency is not being completely recomputed after the icon moves (as seen by the Vanilla version). Similarly, the RefreshWindow command is not causing this transparency to be recomputed. However, Refresh or RecaptureWindow is causing this transparency to be recomputed. I hope that this report can be of assistance to you.
FVWM: Make items sticky between desktops
Hi! First of all thanks for a great windowmanager! I am looking for a way to letting some applications being visible on all virtual desktops. What i mean is to load the FvwmPager at startup and let it be visible on all desktops. I have been looking through the documentation without finding this feature. Does anyone know how to do this? If so please let me know. Thanks /Peter
Re: FVWM: Make items sticky between desktops
On Sat, Feb 18, 2006 at 09:09:09PM +0100, Peter Andersson wrote: I am looking for a way to letting some applications being visible on all virtual desktops. What i mean is to load the FvwmPager at startup and let it be visible on all desktops. I have been looking through the documentation without finding this feature. Does anyone know how to do this? If so please let me know. style FvwmPager Sticky See also: StickyAcrossPages StickyAcrossDesks OnlyStickyAcrossPages OnlyStickyAcrossDesks -- Thomas Adam -- I've been too honest with myself, I should have lied like everybody else.
Re: FVWM: Make items sticky between desktops
On Sat, Feb 18, 2006 at 08:10:03PM +, Thomas Adam wrote: On Sat, Feb 18, 2006 at 09:09:09PM +0100, Peter Andersson wrote: I am looking for a way to letting some applications being visible on all virtual desktops. What i mean is to load the FvwmPager at startup and let it be visible on all desktops. I have been looking through the documentation without finding this feature. Does anyone know how to do this? If so please let me know. style FvwmPager Sticky See also: StickyAcrossPages StickyAcrossDesks Errm. Mad moment there: # Everywhere -- make it sticky Style FvwmPager Sticky # Only across Pages? Style FvwmPager StickyAcrossPages # Only across Desks? Style FvwmPager StickyAcrossDesks # Is thomas_adam loosing his mind? ThisWindow (thomas_adam) KillModule thomas_adam thomas_adam -- Thomas Adam -- I've been too honest with myself, I should have lied like everybody else.
Re: FVWM: Make items sticky between desktops
On 2/18/06, Peter Andersson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! First of all thanks for a great windowmanager! I am looking for a way to letting some applications being visible on all virtual desktops. What i mean is to load the FvwmPager at startup and let it be visible on all desktops. I have been looking through the documentation without finding this feature. Does anyone know how to do this? If so please let me know. I believe this is done by default with sticky. In respect tothe pager, Module FvwmPager 0 2 will make the pager display (and be displayed in) desktops 0 to 2. Read its man page for more details. Hope it helps.. Cheers! Renato Caldas
Re: FVWM: Make items sticky between desktops
On 2/18/06, seventh guardian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2/18/06, Peter Andersson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! First of all thanks for a great windowmanager! I am looking for a way to letting some applications being visible on all virtual desktops. What i mean is to load the FvwmPager at startup and let it be visible on all desktops. I have been looking through the documentation without finding this feature. Does anyone know how to do this? If so please let me know. I believe this is done by default with sticky. In respect tothe pager, Module FvwmPager 0 2 will make the pager display (and be displayed in) desktops 0 to 2. Read its man page for more details. OOPS My mad moment also.. You still have to make the pager sticky for it to be displayed everywhere.. Renato Caldas
Re: FVWM: Make items 'sticky' between desktops
Thanks guys! That did the trick! /Peter
