Re: clip masks/simulating transparency

2011-05-31 Thread Xavier Bestel
On Tue, 2011-05-31 at 15:28 +1000, Amy C wrote: Can anyone think of an alternative way to do this (have the penguins walk over a screen of my choosing and restore said window after they've passed through, without too much flickering? You should use compositing of an ARGB pixmap. It will only

Re: clip masks/simulating transparency

2011-05-31 Thread Mag. Dr. Nikolaus Klepp
Hi! I just wanted to say that I love the idea of what you are doing. If I get it right, xpenguins would then work with any DE (KDE/Gnome) without erasing the icont? Nik Am Dienstag, 31. Mai 2011 schrieb Amy C: Hi all, I've sort-of worked it out (I think??) but would still like suggestions

Re: clip masks/simulating transparency

2011-05-31 Thread Xavier Bestel
On Tue, 2011-05-31 at 09:58 +0200, Xavier Bestel wrote: On Tue, 2011-05-31 at 15:28 +1000, Amy C wrote: Can anyone think of an alternative way to do this (have the penguins walk over a screen of my choosing and restore said window after they've passed through, without too much flickering?

clip masks/simulating transparency

2011-05-30 Thread Amy C
Hi all, Being recently introduced to xpenguins, I thought it would be hilarious to get the penguins to run around in a window of my choice instead of the desktop (small things for small minds...;)). To this end I've started fiddling around with the xpenguins source and learning Xlib along the

Re: clip masks/simulating transparency

2011-05-30 Thread Amy C
Hi all, I've sort-of worked it out (I think??) but would still like suggestions on this. The penguins -are- being drawn using the clip mask correctly onto the window of my choice. The problem was that each penguin comprises a little animation (penguin is moving), and the expose event was only