Guest joehill Posted January 10, 2003 Report Share Posted January 10, 2003 Well, it's no cure for cancer, but it has some cool features, at least one kinda funny bug, and... transparency! check out my transparent slit/dock... click get it here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted January 10, 2003 Report Share Posted January 10, 2003 what are you using to display the icons? idesk? or something else? i was attempting to use idesk, but it was being qwerky and not doing the icon transparency right. and whats the kinda funny bug? i haven't found it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest joehill Posted January 10, 2003 Report Share Posted January 10, 2003 actually, the icons are bbbutton, a dockapp. since the dockapp holder (slit, dock, etc.) is totally transparent, the icons seem to just be floating, like a "normal" desktop. the funny bug was if you use a 1x3 virtual desktop and start some apps on different "screens", some might disappear if you do a reload config, say from switching themes. i lost xmms, could not find it on any screens. weird. the themeing engine is wicked. support for pixmaps (someone will do an aqua window decoration no doubt). text shadows. wow. still I miss the simplicity of fluxbox. this waimea could be a bitch to configure from the looks of it. check out the actions file... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted January 10, 2003 Report Share Posted January 10, 2003 A screenshot I saw somewhere showed the tittlebars and menus transparent (translucent). Have you tried to figure that out yet, or seen anything to that effect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest joehill Posted January 10, 2003 Report Share Posted January 10, 2003 yep it's all in the style file. here is my dock/slit: dockappholder.*.frame: raised gradient vertical dockappholder.*.frame.color: #fbfbfb dockappholder.*.frame.colorTo: #f1f1f1 dockappholder.*.frame.opacity: 100 the frame opacity is set to 100, totally transparent. for the menu: menu.title: raised gradient vertical menu.title.color: #fbfbfb menu.title.colorTo: #f1f1f1 menu.title.textColor: black menu.title.textShadowColor: #a1a1a1 menu.title.textShadowXOffset: 1 menu.title.textShadowYOffset: 1 menu.title.opacity: 0 menu.frame: raised gradient vertical menu.frame.color: #fbfbfb menu.frame.colorTo: #f1f1f1 menu.frame.textColor: black menu.frame.textShadowColor: #a1a1a1 menu.frame.textShadowXOffset: 1 menu.frame.textShadowYOffset: 1 menu.frame.opacity: 0 mine is set to opaque, but you could just change the 0 to whatever percentage. you can also see in there how the text shadow is set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted January 10, 2003 Report Share Posted January 10, 2003 A screenshot I saw somewhere showed the tittlebars and menus transparent (translucent). Have you tried to figure that out yet, or seen anything to that effect? that's basically a default look in all of the styles i've used. not many _don't_ use it, as it looks so damn cool... question: i don't use virtual desktops much, so i figured how to only have one. but my question is, where can i modify the extended desktop size? I think mine is at 1x6 or something...i can go 2 screens more to the right. and there is a whole set of 3 other screens if i take my mouse down to the bottom. I wouldn't mind keeping them, but i tire of getting too close to an edge and switching to the next desktop. maybe if there was a way for the mouse to "pause" on the edge? so that I have to really intend to go to the next desktop? hopefully you know what i mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest joehill Posted January 10, 2003 Report Share Posted January 10, 2003 I know exactly what you mean, dude. Make sure which config file is being loaded, ie. the one in your home directoy (you must create it). For setting the virtual desktop size, 1st num is width, second num is height, so I use 6x1, that way I have 6 virtual dtops horizontally. It does take some getting used to, I keep switching dtops accidentally. Strangely, the vertical shifts seem to take an extra nudge, did you notice that? also, I cannot seem to get the styles directory in my ~/.waimearc/styles to show in the menu, it's totally empty. so far it seems i've gotta edit some perl script. sheesh, fluxbox is childsplay compared to this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted January 10, 2003 Report Share Posted January 10, 2003 also, I cannot seem to get the styles directory in my ~/.waimearc/styles to show in the menu, it's totally empty. so far it seems i've gotta edit some perl script. it should be ~/.waimea/styles not .waimearc (that's the file, not the dir :) ) i'm sure that was just a typo up above, but just thought I'd mention it. also make sure that in your .waimearc file you have the styles dir set to ~/.waimea/styles/ also: what are you using to startup programs when you login? are you coming from a console, and putting them in .xinitrc, or coming from a graphical login and using something else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest joehill Posted January 10, 2003 Report Share Posted January 10, 2003 hmmmm, coulda sworn I posted a reply already... thanks, that fixed it right up. ya, I login from text mode and use an .xinitrc file to launch all of my goodies. I found this: https://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?for...forum_id=126645 I'm joining the mailing list as well. got this useful tip: By: hrglgrmpf ( Johannes Weißl ) RE: Viewport-switching sensitivity 2002-11-17 09:35 well, there is one. replace the four lines in your action-file with the four lines written below: westedge { ViewportLeft : EnterNotify [300 : LeaveNotify] } eastedge { ViewportRight : EnterNotify [300 : LeaveNotify] } northedge { ViewportUp : EnterNotify [300 : LeaveNotify] } southedge { ViewportDown : EnterNotify [300 : LeaveNotify] } cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted January 10, 2003 Report Share Posted January 10, 2003 i see you... Users browsing this forum: joehill mua ha ha ha ha!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest joehill Posted January 10, 2003 Report Share Posted January 10, 2003 I can't stop playing with this thing! Waimea I mean... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted January 10, 2003 Report Share Posted January 10, 2003 I can't stop playing with this thing! Waimea I mean... riiiiiiiigggghhttt.............we all know you love your........ WAFFLE!! you thought i was gonna say...............didn't ya? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted January 10, 2003 Report Share Posted January 10, 2003 i can't seem to get bbbuttons to compile on my system...not sure what the deal is, missing some file i think.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted January 10, 2003 Report Share Posted January 10, 2003 Sorry for the earlier post about transparency The monitor on the pc at work is so bad, I couldn't even see the trans in the menus of joehills screenshot. *sigh* I'm home now...I'll give it a whirl tonight or tomorrow :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted January 11, 2003 Report Share Posted January 11, 2003 joe: did bbbuttons compile fine for you? i seem to be missing a header file: In file included from bbbutton.c:13: bbbutton.h:9:21: X11/xpm.h: No such file or directory bbbutton.c: In function `int main(int, char**)': bbbutton.c:106: `XpmCreatePixmapFromData' undeclared (first use this function) bbbutton.c:106: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in.) bbbutton.c:108: `XpmReadFileToData' undeclared (first use this function) make: *** [bbbutton] Error 1 odd :-/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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