Re: FVWM: crazy idea

From: Liem Bahneman <roland_at_cobaltgroup.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 13:54:51 -0700 (PDT)

It would seem that adding shadowing effects could be utilized with
transparent xpms, that allow the texture below to show through. But a
real shadowed effect would require that the depth of shadow extend down
depending on how the windows are layered..a window that overlaps 3 other
windows would have a larger shadow on the root window, but a shorter
shadow on each window below it, but of course, that's nitpicking. I think
its would be a neat effect.
 +-----+
 | |`-----+
 | || |\
 | || | \
 +-----+| |`----+
  \ +-` || |\
   \ | || ||
    \ +-------+| ||
     \ ` `-------+|
      `-`----`-------`

ack..does that look like three layered windows with progressively deeper
shadows?


ObPraise: fvwm2 is simply amazing, especially with Andrew Veliath's
titlebar patches (wow). No longer will anyone's desktop look like just
another desktop, but totally amd uniquely configured. But I'm digressing..

- liem

On Thu, 3 Oct 1996, Dan Miner wrote:

> According to James_Kingdon:
> >
> > right hand edges, giving the windows that "floating" appearance.
> >
> > A quick comparison of the fake screenshot and my real screen
> > suggests that this effect would look really great if we could
> > do it for real. Does anyone have some thoughts on how practical
> > it would be to implement this?
>
> It kinda depends on the detail of shadowing; but you can find these
> "effects" in the XForms library (at least with the programs I've used)
> and the Taskbar for fvwm95.
>
> Dan
>
>
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Systems Administrator http://www.cobaltgroup.com/~roland
The Cobalt Group
Seattle, Washington

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