Tiny Core Linux
Tiny Core Base => TCB Bugs => Topic started by: bmarkus on October 10, 2009, 03:25:05 AM
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When a window overlapping wbar is moved up, wbar background area is not updated and part of moved window is left there:
(http://tc.hasix.org/scrcap/screenshot_1010091339.png)
Taken on 2.4, Xvesa.
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Known feature, comes from the light approach to a panel. It only takes a shot at startup, saving considerable resources compared to, say, aterm fake transparency, or real composite transparency, which would be even heavier and depend on Xorg.
Right-click on wbar, or select "restart wbar" from the menu.
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Thanks, I can survive with manual refresh :)
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It is in the FAQ! http://www.tinycorelinux.com/faq.html#wbar
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you could not remove the transparency? , since it is useless ???
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It is in the FAQ! http://www.tinycorelinux.com/faq.html#wbar
Yes, it is there. For me the key point wasn't how to refresh but the reason of the behavior (feature or bug :) ) what curage answered.
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you could not remove the transparency? , since it is useless ???
Remove? What would you like on the background of it instead? A solid color?
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Yes, something that does not cause problems.
I'm not a fan of transparency, but i think fake trasparency is most annoying than anything.
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It is transparent so you can have a background image.
If it was a solid color, it would cover the background image.
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Maybe there could be a script to automatically restart Wbar every 5 seconds or so? So if it bugs you, you can have this script running that will clear up the problem within a few seconds?
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Mike L.
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Maybe there could be a script to automatically restart Wbar every 5 seconds or so? So if it bugs you, you can have this script running that will clear up the problem within a few seconds?
I think that would use computer resources unnecessarily.
Keep in mind, it is only a cosmetic issue, everything works ok, and it can be restarted manually.
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Guy: yes, I probably should have said it would be a user-level customization to set up such a script. I would not advocate to add it to TC base. -ML
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We have crond. Setup crontab on wbar.sh
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Also, you can specify transparentness in .wbar - play around with -falfa and -balfa. type wbar -help.
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Even with -balfa at 100, there are still the ugly edges around it (see screenshot attachment - must be logged in to see attachments). No matter what you do wbar is always aesthetically lacking!
BTW how do you display a screenshot right in the msg rather than an attachment? Does it have to be hosted somewhere else then you use (http://)?
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If you need true transparency, you'll need Xorg and an app for that. I think that only Xfce has a panel with transparency in our current extensions.
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http://www.xfce.org/documentation/4.2/manuals/xfce4-panel#panel-transparency (http://www.xfce.org/documentation/4.2/manuals/xfce4-panel#panel-transparency)
xfwm should be built with --enable compositor for that i think
dunno how to check that at the moment
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it is enabled i think settings-> window manager teaks-> compositor and transparent windows and panel :)
here is a screenshot
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4010/4236926944_8a754bc78f_o.png (http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4010/4236926944_8a754bc78f_o.png)