Re: compton and shadows

2014-03-07 Thread Sharon Kimble 
On Fri, 7 Mar 2014 06:26:47 +0100
Gian Uberto Lauri gianuberto.la...@gmail.com wrote:

 What are the effects of the -C (uppercase c) switch?

No discernible difference. 

Sharon.
 
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  On 07/mar/2014, at 03:46, Sharon Kimble boudic...@talktalk.net
  wrote:
  
  If you use 'compton' and a launcher like 'docky' or 'plank' in
  'fluxbox' you will find that there is a *shadow* extending to about
  one inch above your launcher. In this shadow you are unable to
  click any button or pane-descriptor like in 'tmux', it is
  effectively 'dead-ground' and unusable.
  
  Is there any way of shrinking this shadow so that you are able to
  use the full screen above the launcher, instead of the present 80%?
  
  To see this shadow in action run 'compton -c --shadow-blue 1' in a
  terminal, and you see the big blue shadow! And I want to shrink it
  to about the bottom half-inch of the screen, but, is it possible
  please?
  
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Re: compton and shadows

2014-03-07 Thread Sharon Kimble 
On Fri, 7 Mar 2014 07:16:43 +
Peter Tynan ha...@sdf.lonestar.org wrote:

 On 7 March 2014 02:46, Sharon Kimble boudic...@talktalk.net wrote:
  If you use 'compton' and a launcher like 'docky' or 'plank' in
  'fluxbox' you will find that there is a *shadow* extending to about
  one inch above your launcher. In this shadow you are unable to
  click any button or pane-descriptor like in 'tmux', it is
  effectively 'dead-ground' and unusable.
 
  Is there any way of shrinking this shadow so that you are able to
  use the full screen above the launcher, instead of the present 80%?
 
  To see this shadow in action run 'compton -c --shadow-blue 1' in a
  terminal, and you see the big blue shadow! And I want to shrink it
  to about the bottom half-inch of the screen, but, is it possible
  please?
 
 Try including
 
 shadow-exclude = n:e:Notification;
 
 in your .compton.conf
 
Thanks for this Peter, I didn't have a '~/.compton.conf' until now! Mine
is - 

# started 7/3/14 to try to exclude the shadow
# Shadow
#shadow = false;
no-dnd-shadow = true;
no-dock-shadow = true;
clear-shadow = true;
shadow-blue = 1.0;
#shadow-exclude = [ name = 'Notification', class_g = 'Conky',
class_g ?= 'Notify-osd', class_g = 'Plank' ]; 
shadow-exclude = n:e:Notification; 
shadow-ignore-shaped = true;

I still have the problem where I can't move between panes in tmux in
the shadow, and there is no discernible difference anywhere else. But
I'm hopeful that a solution will be found. 

Sharon.
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A SOLUTION - Re: compton and shadows

2014-03-07 Thread Sharon Kimble 
On Fri, 7 Mar 2014 11:05:41 +
Sharon Kimble boudic...@talktalk.net wrote:

 On Fri, 7 Mar 2014 07:16:43 +
 Peter Tynan ha...@sdf.lonestar.org wrote:
 
  On 7 March 2014 02:46, Sharon Kimble boudic...@talktalk.net wrote:
   If you use 'compton' and a launcher like 'docky' or 'plank' in
   'fluxbox' you will find that there is a *shadow* extending to
   about one inch above your launcher. In this shadow you are unable
   to click any button or pane-descriptor like in 'tmux', it is
   effectively 'dead-ground' and unusable.
  
   Is there any way of shrinking this shadow so that you are able to
   use the full screen above the launcher, instead of the present
   80%?
  
   To see this shadow in action run 'compton -c --shadow-blue 1' in a
   terminal, and you see the big blue shadow! And I want to shrink it
   to about the bottom half-inch of the screen, but, is it possible
   please?
  
  Try including
  
  shadow-exclude = n:e:Notification;
  
  in your .compton.conf
  
 Thanks for this Peter, I didn't have a '~/.compton.conf' until now!
 Mine is - 
 
 # started 7/3/14 to try to exclude the shadow
 # Shadow
 #shadow = false;
 no-dnd-shadow = true;
 no-dock-shadow = true;
 clear-shadow = true;
 shadow-blue = 1.0;
 #shadow-exclude = [ name = 'Notification', class_g = 'Conky',
 class_g ?= 'Notify-osd', class_g = 'Plank' ]; 
 shadow-exclude = n:e:Notification; 
 shadow-ignore-shaped = true;
 
 I still have the problem where I can't move between panes in tmux in
 the shadow, and there is no discernible difference anywhere else. But
 I'm hopeful that a solution will be found. 
 
 Sharon.

I had asked about the compton shadow in #plank and #fluxbox on
irc.freenode and overnight ak|ra in #fluxbox suggested adding this to
my 'apps' file in ~/.fluxbox - 

[app] (name=plank)
 [Layer] {BOTTOM}
[end]

so I did so and restarted plank, and it works! I can have tmux sitting
right next to plank and *all* the pane descriptors work and are
clickable!

Apparently '[Layer] {BOTTOM}' puts it onto the lowest layer, where
regular windows can be stacked on top of it. Hence, tmux is completely
clickable in every pane, and I can stop moving programmes out of the
dead-area/shadow as they all work properly now. Brilliant!

Thanks, folk, you're the best!

Sharon.
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compton and shadows

2014-03-06 Thread Sharon Kimble 
If you use 'compton' and a launcher like 'docky' or 'plank' in
'fluxbox' you will find that there is a *shadow* extending to about one
inch above your launcher. In this shadow you are unable to click any
button or pane-descriptor like in 'tmux', it is effectively
'dead-ground' and unusable.

Is there any way of shrinking this shadow so that you are able to use
the full screen above the launcher, instead of the present 80%?

To see this shadow in action run 'compton -c --shadow-blue 1' in a
terminal, and you see the big blue shadow! And I want to shrink it to
about the bottom half-inch of the screen, but, is it possible please?

Thanks
Sharon.
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Re: compton and shadows

2014-03-06 Thread Gian Uberto Lauri 
What are the effects of the -C (uppercase c) switch?

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 On 07/mar/2014, at 03:46, Sharon Kimble boudic...@talktalk.net wrote:
 
 If you use 'compton' and a launcher like 'docky' or 'plank' in
 'fluxbox' you will find that there is a *shadow* extending to about one
 inch above your launcher. In this shadow you are unable to click any
 button or pane-descriptor like in 'tmux', it is effectively
 'dead-ground' and unusable.
 
 Is there any way of shrinking this shadow so that you are able to use
 the full screen above the launcher, instead of the present 80%?
 
 To see this shadow in action run 'compton -c --shadow-blue 1' in a
 terminal, and you see the big blue shadow! And I want to shrink it to
 about the bottom half-inch of the screen, but, is it possible please?
 
 Thanks
 Sharon.
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Re: compton and shadows

2014-03-06 Thread Peter Tynan 
On 7 March 2014 02:46, Sharon Kimble boudic...@talktalk.net wrote:
 If you use 'compton' and a launcher like 'docky' or 'plank' in
 'fluxbox' you will find that there is a *shadow* extending to about one
 inch above your launcher. In this shadow you are unable to click any
 button or pane-descriptor like in 'tmux', it is effectively
 'dead-ground' and unusable.

 Is there any way of shrinking this shadow so that you are able to use
 the full screen above the launcher, instead of the present 80%?

 To see this shadow in action run 'compton -c --shadow-blue 1' in a
 terminal, and you see the big blue shadow! And I want to shrink it to
 about the bottom half-inch of the screen, but, is it possible please?

 Thanks
 Sharon.
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Try including

shadow-exclude = n:e:Notification;

in your .compton.conf

Peter


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