On 20 Mar 2004 14:44:42 -0600, mrgibso_at_ilstu.edu wrote:
>
> Quoting Ruslan Kosolapov <rk_at_plesk.ru>:
> >I try to propose another solution, without FvwmTaskBar at all.
> >You can try to use more powerful FvwmButtons and FvwmIconMan instead
> >of FvwmTaskBar.
>
> <snip>
>
> >This solution is not so simple as FvwmTaskBar, but this is very
> >powerful.
>
> I took your suggestion and came up with this:
>
> http://uhacc.org/~elfstones/mike_buttonbar.png
Want to share the image you use in the Pixmap option of the colorset used
by FvwmIconMan? I hope this is an alpha-blended image, otherwise we can't
use it in fvwm-themes (the RedmondXP panel there uses alpha-blended
images only and adapts to any color scheme, not just blue).
You may add NeverFocus to the panel, so we could see how focused and
possibly selected items look too on the new screenshot.
> This is an actual Windows XP TaskBar:
>
> http://uhacc.org/~elfstones/winxp_taskbar.png
>
> Close, but no cigar. I have tow problems that I have not solved:
>
> 1) I fave not figured out how to control the maximum size of FvwmIconMan button.
> One button should not fill to max size.
There is no such option currently. Someone (you?) may try to implement it,
> 2) XClock has a font flag, -fn, but does not seem to work! I have tried all
> types of fonts, but always displays this one large font (see top link).
I would not swallow xclock, the modern anti-aliasing versions have
unsolvable background color problems too, like on the screenshot, not
just font problems.
You may use either of the 2 solutions used in fvwm-themes. FvwmScript's
sample FvwmApplet-DigitalClock that only draws digital clock, or separate
module FvwmThemesPanelManager that manages digital clock among other
things.
> But it is a whole lot closer to Windows XP's Task bar than the one I came up
> with using FvwmTaskBar:
>
> http://uhacc.org/~elfstones/mike-taskbar.png
Regards,
Mikhael.
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Received on Sun Mar 21 2004 - 09:41:54 GMT
