Window manager issues, transparency and focus

I recently moved from Linux to Mac and miss a couple of things. If someone can point out how to do these things in OS X, I would appreciate it.
1) When one window of an application receives focus, raise all windows of that application.
I use a statistical package that has separate windows for output, commands and variables. If these windows get buried below other windows, I need to give focus to all windows separately. The optimal case would be that when I focus on one window, all of these windows are brought to front.
2) Force all windows of an application to stay on the same virtual desktop (space).
This is a problem that occurs particularly with Word 2008. The software has the main window and a tool box window. Sometimes the toolbox and the main window get separated to different spaces. It is very annoying to give focus to the application and to realize that the first thing to do is to hunt after the main window in another space.
3) When moving a mouse cursor over a window, make all windows that cover it transparent.
This is my favourite feature of compiz fusion. The idea is that you can peek behind windows without shifting the focus. Also, it enables you to read a web page on full screen while typing notes on a text editor that is above the web page. Anything similar possible in OS X?
Mikko

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Windows 8.1, transparency and tabs unreadable

I have a new install of Firefox on a new Alienware M15x laptop. No extensions, up-to-date drivers; it is a brand new install.
And, because of either Firefox or Windows, my tabs are all transparent, so if there is anything behind firefox other than the background, I can't read the text on the tabs. I've spent more than an hour trying to figure out what is going on without success; it is probably Firefox, since it doesn't happen in IE or Chrome. Any suggestions?

As a new install, this will not cause you major problems.
'''[https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/refresh-firefox-reset-add-ons-and-settings Refresh Firefox]''' {web link} is a '''LAST RESORT ! !'''
Refresh Firefox - reset add-ons and settings
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HP Envy Rove 20 - Windows 10 issues: Hibernation and sound not working

I upgraded my Envy Rove 20 over the weekend to Windows 10. Issues: 1. When the PC attempts to hibernate the power light stay iluminated and it never switches off (I've left it for 10 mins or so, all hard disk activity has finished). I have to hold down the power button to power it off, then power it up from scratch. I had load of issues with this when I upgraded from Windows 8 to 8.1 and resolved them by installing the HP Wireless Button Driver v1.1.2.1. I've tried uninstalling and re-installing this. It didn't help. 2. The sound on youtube (via Microsoft Edge browser and youtube apps) is broken up and distorted. Any ideas?

I decided to give Win 10 another go as there were a few new drivers available from HP for my device. I've installed all the Windows Updates and latest HP drivers. The results are better than first time around. The sound issue is sorted (I actually think this was a problem with Hyper which is a YouTube app and not the sound drivers). The hibernation problem is now improved, but not sorted. This is the behavior:If I click Start -> Hiberbate it hibernates OK, and resumes OKIf I let the system Hibernate with the timer, it hangs during hibernation, and never powers off. I have to then long-press the power button to power it off, then power it on as normal.The main difference is that with 2 it goes to 'Sleep' mode first (this bit works fine) then hibernate, whereas 1 skips 'Sleep' mode. So my conclusion is that there's an issue going from 'Sleep' to 'Hibernate'. Things I've tried:Using battery vs plugged in: Made no differenceResetting the power scheme defaults: Made no difference My next test is to try bypasssing sleep altogether by stting the timers to:Sleep after 10 minsHibernate after 1 minAny other ideas welcome as always.

Transparency and window managers

I'm trying to figure out how a window manager handles transparency in it's clients, and if it's done through Xlib or something similar. If anyone here has some idea how this works, any little explanation or a pointer to a guide would be much appreciated.
Reason I'm asking is that I've got this little program that uses the Cairo library (more specifically the function set_source_rgba from that library) to set the alpha value of a window. This works fine in Openbox with xcompmgr, but I'm running Evilwm with xcompmgr and all I get is a gray background.
Now, the "grayness" of the background changes depending on the alpha value, so I think the function is actually doing it's job properly, but that Evilwm either does things a bit specially or doesn't support transparency. In either case I'd like to try and fix it, but am at a bit of a loss as where to start.

WMs should not touch transparency (you can add transparency to a 20-year old WM using stuff like xcompmgr).
xcompmgr has to interface with the WM though, so I think it expects it to follow certain standards or make certain properties available. That might be where your problem lies.

Subtle - another tiling window manager

It's been a while since the first subtle AUR package came up and there was never neither an introduction nor a thread here in the forum. Time to get this started and to hopefully get opinions/feedback of the of users who already gave/want to give subtle a try.
For all of you who never heared about subtle - here comes the intro:
subtle is another tiling window manager on the field with a grid-based manual tiling window manager with a strong focus on easy but customizable look and feel. In comparison to other tiling windows managers, subtle has no automatic tiling of the screen size in any way, instead windows are arranged according to positions inside of a grid - these positions are called gravities - which can completely be controlled with key bindings.
subtle also has a Ruby based config with support for lambdas as key bind actions, a wmctrl-like commandline tool (subtler) to interact with subtle and an extension (subtlext) for Ruby that is capable of doing the same and even more!
There are also small Ruby applets (sublets) that can show various stuff like system load and the time. The management of these scripts can be done with sur (Subtle User Repository) - a small command line script similar to gem which makes installing of a subtlet a piece of cake e.g.:
sur install clock
Windows placement and window properties are determined by a complete tagging system for clients and views and can be manipulated in the config and/or per runtime with subtler/subtlext.
Features
- Ruby integration for config/key actions and hooks
- Flexible panels with loadable Ruby scripts (sublets)
- Integrated System tray
- Complete tagging system
- ICCM/EWMH-compliant
- Lightweight
Screenshots
Install
The AUR packages: subtle subtle-hg sur-hg
I would suggest to pick the subtle-hg package to get the latest changes.
Contact
If you have problems, suggestions or just want to talk about subtle feel free to join #subtle on irc.freenode.org or drop a mail to unexist at dorfelite dot net.
Last edited by unexist (2010-04-24 15:40:02)

dcurtis wrote:
I love this gravity idea but the WM in it's current state would not allow me to be productive (no offense) and I have a distaste for ruby ( love python ) but I'm willing to grow. However, here are my comments:
1) being able to tweak the gravity settings would be nice, and per-tag. I like to have a big left window (stacked) and a column of two windows on the right. I use wmii and this does this OK by dividing the right column. My one grip is the I could stack on the right, but I couldn't divide AND stack. I see the potential for that w/ subtle. Here is my current ss: http://static.milkbox.net/ss/ss-2009-05-06.png
2) it would be nice if you could have movement between gravities. I'd like to move between columns. And my gripe about like, musca and ratpoison is that when i do move between columns it doesn't keep track of the previous vertical position. Starting with the bottom right focused, moving to the left, and then moving back to the right focuses me in the top right. I think it would be _REALLY_ cool if you had some sort of column based movement (left gravity, center gravity, right gravity) that would cycle, and also movement up through the stack. Not sure how this would work.
3) I prefer that new windows are created with the same gravity as the windows already open. I would guess this is fairly easy to do.
4) switch to python... I AM KIDDING. but seriously, i know it'll never happen but that's cool. I just wanted to post this #4!...
anyways, keep up the good work.
1 + 2) What do you mean with 'per tag'? You can assign gravity tags to clients witht he config so that any layout is possible and you can freely create your own movement stuff with the grabs. Subtlext gives you control over gravities of the clients. Yes, it's Ruby and I won't argue about like you did in 4) - it's a matter of taste and I really like Ruby.
3) So just to understand this: If you set the top left gravity to a client, you would prefer that the next client also gets top left gravity?
Wra!th wrote:Floating windows need to be stackable (egbe able to bring one infront of another using the mouse)
Well, actually this was in subtle but was removed in favor for the WindowRaise and WindowLower grab that allows e.g. to cycle through windows with center gravity.
milomouse wrote:A smaller complaint, which may or may not be due to my own ignorance, is that switching views (jump) with the shortcut seems to be a little picky. Sometimes I can use the shortcut to switch views and sometimes it refuses to work. Seems to happen mostly when I'm on an empty view and try to switch (with the shortcut) to another . I don't know if it loses focus or what. Anyway, these are minor compared to my enjoyment with Subtle so far. Thanks again.
Oh, yes. I will fix it shortly tomorrow - you may write a ticket for it so that you can see when it's fixed.
Last edited by unexist (2009-05-10 09:57:51)

Window Manager

So I was messing around with awesome window manager last night, and then I thought: what about my battery power?
All I really need is a battery meter for my laptop. That's it. Is there anyway to do with awesome?
Edit: how do you connect to wifi with just a wm? I've heard about wicd, but I'm still not sure.
Also - can you use TWM under XFCE?
Last edited by COMMUNISTCHINA (2008-07-01 13:40:23)

when it comes to wireless management, i have used netcfg2 even under kde and gnome. imho it's the best wifi managers out there.
all you have to do is create simple files(s) under /etc/network.d/ (you can use files in /etc/network.d/example/ - just copy wpa.example or ethernet.example form there, then modify and rename it to your needs) with connection information.
then add NETWORKS=("auto-wireless wlan0" ethernet) line into network section in rc.conf.
you also have to add net-profiles into the dameons list in the rc.conf file and you're done.
it loads the connection on boot and the connection stays active even when the x cannot start. and also it's very stable (which i can't say about networkmanager).
if you need to connect different network after the boot, just type netcfg2 networkname and it's up.
simple and easy - the arch way.
netcfg wiki page

Windows 8.1 Devices and Printers Issues

We have deployed a brand new Active Directory domain for a customer. ALL the servers without exception are Windows 2012 R2 and all clients are Windows 8.1 32bit VDI clients.
The issue that we have is around network printers.
We are deploying 4 printers from a Windows 2012 R2 Server via the print management/Deploy Printer and assigning that to a GPO. The printers are deployed to the Computers which should mean that the users get all 4 printers which they then should be
allowed to set their default and personal settings for that printer.
Our printers are deployed like this:
1. Created security group
2. Assigned VDI computers to the security group
3. Created GPO to reflect security group
4. Modify GPO to do security filtering based on computer group membership
5. Deployed 4 x printers through Print Management to the GPO on a per machine basis
However, on the users Devices and Printers screen we are not seeing the 4 printers. For some users they see duplicates of all 4 printers so e.g they can have upwards of 8 or more. Other users have no printers
displayed whatsoever. The next time they log off or restart they then have a different amount of printers displayed.
If they try and set the default then it will set and the next time they check the default may have moved to another printer even without logging off or back on.
Now, where this gets strange is within an application such as MS Word 2013 or Notepad if they use the file and print menu the printers will be listed, even if the user has no printers displayed in Devices and Printers. If the users selects a printer then
they can then print OK.
If we check HKCU\Printers||Connections then the CORRECT 4 printers are showing as to what is being deployed via the GPO so I know that the Windows 8.1 terminals are receiving the correct printers from the GPO.
To try and correct this over the course of the week we have deployed the printers via Group Policy Preferences to the user and then the PC to no avail. Currently we are using the Print management\Deployed Printers to deploy all 4 printers to the computer
via the Computer GPO.
I believe that this issue is related to the display somehow in Devices and Printers rather than a GPO or print server issue as we can see via the registry the clients are receiving the 4 correct mentioned printers as shown in the registry.
FYI: We only have around 30 users and all users are getting this problem. All users are receiving the same GPO's and have the same few apps installed, Office 2013, Adobe Reader etc.
What we want is for the computers to receive all 4 printers. All users should be able to use all 4 printers but the user should be able to select their particular default, depending where they are located or what they are printing that particular day. Their
particular default should persist after reboot. (We have 2 x Copiers and 2 x HP Laserjets) All users have redirected documents and desktop but the rest of the profile is on the VDI and persists after their reboot. The profile is not roaming as the user is
assigned a particular VDI.
After a week of scratching our heads with this we are open to suggestions and any would be appreciated. We have tried following the issues on this thread to no avail either as they still return.
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/71d06204-3735-4473-8bc9-20be9e19090e/problem-with-multiple-instances-of-shared-printers-being-installed-on-client-computers-when-the?forum=winserverprint
many thanks

Hi,
It's strange thing on your client PC. You may ask the GP support engineer to know more.
Support link for GPO:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?forum=winserverGP
On my side, I would like you to try following alternative suggestions:
Try Net use command to map the network printer
Use GPO to deploy the map script
How Can I Add a Network Printer at Logon and, Optionally, Make That the Default Printer?
http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2006/12/12/how-can-i-add-a-network-printer-at-logon-and-optionally-make-that-the-default-printer.aspx
Hope it could be helpful.
Kate Li
TechNet Community Support

Firefox 4 Menu Bar - When I hover over or select a menu bar item, the menu bar sub-menu becomes transparent and unreadable. Is this a known issue that can be corrected with an update or is it functionality that is not designed to work with this version?

Firefox 4 Menu Bar - When I hover over or select a menu bar item, the menu bar sub-menu becomes transparent and unreadable. Is this a known issue that can be corrected with an update or is it functionality that is not designed to work with this version?

If this happens on monitor 2 of 2, this problem has been solved here:
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/794823#answer-157988
Go to "Firefox"--> "Options" --> "Advanced"
Then un-check "Use hardware acceleration when available"
While not verified, I believe this problem is due to an SLI configuration where the focus is on monitor 1. (I.e acceleration is available, but only on monitor 1.)

MacBook Pro Power Management Issues and "Broken" Bootcamp

This is not a question but rather a solution I have discovered to a problem I have experienced many times now.
My Core 2 Duo 15" MacBook Pro (non-LED version) has exhibited several issues with the systems power management hardware.
Firstly: Occasionally the system will refuse to turn on. This has happened to me twice, it usually happens when I am running on just batteries. The very first time it happened I was in a meeting and had important data I had to get from the laptop, I was silently panicking. After swearing at my new 2.5 grand pride and joy, I happened to read an old support article relating to older PowerBooks which exhibited the same problems. Apple recommended taking the battery out and then holding the power button for several seconds and then reinserting the battery. This apparently resets the power management hardware feature -- and it worked, and has worked three times since.
Secondly: I have had a persistent problem when running Bootcamp. Sometimes the machine doesn’t go to sleep properly and although it everything looks right it continues to run (and perhaps, like me, you’ve backed it away in your bag and hence didnt notice it burning up. What has happened to me several times is that it literally "breaks" Windows XP. When you wake the computer or turn it back on (if the battery drained) then youll find Windows running PAINFULLY slow. If you press CTRL-ALT-DELETE (to bring up the task manager) I would see that the CPU is working very hard (at nearly full utilization) and it is so occupied that it won’t respond to anything I do at all. No matter what I did (I attempted a system restore, which was a two hour task with the computer running in its "broken" state) nothing would bring windows back to life. The first two times this occurred I was devastated because the only thing left for me to try was to remove the windows partition and install it fresh (thus losing all my files and settings -- although for the record you can still access the windows partitions files through Mac OS X). This ruined a near full day for me each time the computer did this (having a lot of settings and tweaks and installed programs to reapply). The third time this happened I did the "trick" listed above and reset the MacBook Pro's power management hardware. this has solved the problem ever since (two additional times now). I post this in case someone experiencing the same issue searches the forum.
I dont know the technical explanation but obviously there is an issue within this series of MacBook Pro's power management. Perhaps it relates to the "artificial" BIOS the system presents to windows through Apple's EFI system (Windows requires legacy BIOS to operate and all Intel Macs alternatively use EFI, so an extra "trick" had to be added by Apple for Windows to be compatible).

The computer. If two different batteries behave the same way it gives credence to possible issues with the power manager. You can try resetting it with:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303319
And verifying the firmware is up to date:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303880
And running the hardware test:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303081
If nothing seems to help, call AppleCare again, and tell them the battery replacement did not solve the problem and that you tried the above and tell them the results you got.

Concurrent Manager Issue in Oracle Apps 11i on MS Windows 2003

Hi,
We have Oracle Apps 11i (11.5.10) on Windows 2003 running Oracle Financilas and Supply Chain.
From this morning onwards, concurrent requests are not getting completed. All requests are showing Running Normally. I checked the server (Single Node 4 GB Memory) and CPU usage is more than 90%. Task Manager is showing 50% CPU usage for SYSTEM (Image Name). Once the CPU usage for SYSTEM(image name) goes beyond 40% then the server is becoming slow and the problem starts.
When I stop the Concurrent Manager it does not stop and I have to End Process the FNDLIBR process manually.
I have recreated the concurrent manager using CCMSETUP and also ran cmclean.sql. Nothing is helping.
System is Live since 2006 and the issue started only today.
Please suggest any solutions as this is happening in our Production system.
Thanks.
Thiru

Thiru,
Which concurrent manager consumes the CPU usage? Are you able to identify it?
Any errors in the CM log file? Did you try to start the CM with diag=y and see if any errors are reported in the log files?
What happen to the CPU usage when you stop the CM?
I assume that you are running Purge Concurrent Manager/Requests on regular basis, so this should not be an issue here.
Please review the following notes, and see if it helps.
Note: 114380.1 - Concurrent Manager Processes Taking Lots of CPU
https://metalink2.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_documents.showDocument?p_database_id=NOT&p_id=114380.1
Note: 264752.1 - FNDLIBR Consuming Memory Causing CPU Utilization To Increase Daily
https://metalink2.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_documents.showDocument?p_database_id=NOT&p_id=264752.1
System is Live since 2006 and the issue started only today.I assume no changes have been done recently, correct?
Regards,
Hussein

Window manager - pros and cons

Hi!
I do like the discussion about the file managers in the forum and just want to start one about window managers.
Which window managers did you try or work with? What do you like or dislike with those window managers?
Which feature is important for you, which "feature" don't you like? And finally: Which one are you using now?
Please, don't write things like "xyz is the best!", we know that everyone has the best wm - for him or her...
It is more interesting to see the reasons behind your decision ;-)
I'll write some of my experiences, too, but I have not enough time at the moment.
Greetings from good ol' germany,
Thomas

Murray_B wrote:XFCE:Cons: Well, yes, there are some things I am missing. A menu-editor, display the properties of multiple folders and files in thunar, that only the background of a panel is getting transparent and maybe a nice login manager (slim is no real replacement for kdm/gdm, these ones are just the best.)
1.) A menu editor is supposedly in the next release, and possibly proper transparent panels and xfwm4 window decorations.
2.) For a transparent xfce4-panel right now you can try the cairo-patch: http://www.cooptel.qc.ca/~pggervais/xfc … tch.tar.gz
You can use the old PKGBUILD from the AUR to build it using the new patch and the new 4.6.1 source: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=22081
Then to change panel colors and transparency levels, edit the patch before you build the xfce4-panel (takes one minute to edit the patch, one minute to build the panel).
change these 4 ALPHAs part of the patch to anything from 0.1 to 0.9 for different transparency levels:
+#define ALPHA 0.2
and, for different RGBA color change this part:
cairo_set_source_rgba (cr, r, g, b, ALPHA);
to something like this (makes it a clear black color that is best with ALPHA = 0.7):
cairo_set_source_rgba (cr, 0, 0, 0, ALPHA);
3.) Slim can be made to look nice, but I prefer starting xfce4 from my inittab with this:
x:5:once:/bin/su "YOUR_USERNAME" -l -c "/bin/bash --login -c startx >/dev/null 2>&1"
One of the reasons I stick with xfce4 is because I'm on a notebook and it would seem like a waist to install a nice tiling window manager like xmonad. I would really want to use xmonad if I had a nice desktop with a few monitors, and if I used a few more console apps other than nano, vim (learning), mc, mpd + ncmpcpp, rtorrent.
Right now I'm using "terminator" for a tiling console (along with devilspie to embed it into my wallpaper), so all of my console apps can run on my wallpaper, and my gui apps like firefox take up the whole screen.
Last edited by methuselah (2009-08-17 22:49:43)

Wingo: floating and tiling window manager with per-monitor workspaces

More screenshots.
Wingo has two features which, when combined, set it apart from other window managers (maybe):
1) Support for both floating and tiling placement policies. Wingo can be used as a regular floating (stacking) window manager, complete with decorations, maximization, sticky windows, and most other things you might find in a window manager. Wingo can also be switched into a tiling mode where window decorations disappear, and windows are automatically managed via tiling.
2) Workspaces per monitor. In a multi-head setup, each monitor can display its own workspace---independent of the other monitors. This makes changing your view of windows in multi-head setups much easier than in most other window managers, which will only allow you to see one workspace stretched across all of your monitors. Also, since placement policies like floating and tiling affect workspaces, this makes it possible for one monitor to be tiling while another is floating!
Inspiration
Wingo is heavily inspired by Openbox and Xmonad (and of course, pytyle). Basically, Openbox's floating semantics (although most window managers are the same in this regard) and Xmonad's automatic tiling style plus its workspace model (workspaces per monitor). I've also adopted Xmonad's "greedy" workspace switching and embedded the concepts from the "DynamicWorkspaces" contrib library into the Gribble command system.
Configuration
Wingo is extremely configurable. This includes binding any of a vast number of commands to key or mouse presses, theming your window decorations and setting up hooks that will fire depending upon a set of match conditions.
All configuration is done using an INI like file format with support for simple variable substitution (which makes theming a bit simpler). No XML. No recompiling. No scripting.
Configuring key/mouse bindings and hooks uses a central command system called Gribble. For example, one can add a workspace named "cromulent" with this command while Wingo is running:
AddWorkspace "cromulent"
But that's not very flexible, right? It'd be nice if you could specify the name of workspace on the fly... For this, simply use the "Input" command as an argument to AddWorkspace, which shows a graphical prompt and allows you to type in a name:
AddWorkspace (Input "Enter your workspace name:")
The text entered into the input box will be passed to the AddWorkspace command.
Please see the HOWTO-COMMANDS file for more info. We've barely scratched the surface.
Scripting Wingo
So I lied earlier. You can kind of script Wingo by using its IPC mechanism. While Wingo is running, you can send any command you like:
wingo-cmd 'AddWorkspace "embiggen"'
Or perhaps you can't remember how to use the AddWorkspace command:
wingo-cmd --usage AddWorkspace
Which will print the parameters, their types and a description of the command.
Want to pipe some information to another program? No problem, since commands can return stuff!
wingo-cmd GetWorkspace
And you can even make commands repeat themselves every X milliseconds, which is ideal for use with something like dzen to show the name of the currently active window:
wingo-cmd --poll 500 'GetClientName (GetActive)' | dzen2
Finally, you can see a list of all commands, their parameters and their usage: (even if Wingo isn't running)
wingo-cmd --list-usage
(Wingo actually can provide enough information (or will soon) for ambitious hackers to script their own layouts in whatever programming language they like without ever having to deal with X at all. Assuming it has support for connecting to unix domain sockets. Or you could just use a shell with 'wingo-cmd' if you're into that kind of tomfoolery.)
Dynamic Workspaces
Having some set number of workspaces labeled 1, 2, 3, 4, ... is a thing of the past. While Wingo won't stop you from using such a simplistic model, it will egg you on to try something else: dynamic workspaces.
Dynamic workspaces takes advantage of two things: workspace names and adding/removing workspaces as you need them.
This is something that I find useful since I'm typically working on multiple projects, and my needs change as I work on them. For example, when working on Wingo, I might add the "wingo" workspace, along with the "xephyr" workspace and the "gribble" workspace. When I'm done, I can remove those and add other workspaces for my next project. Or I can leave those workspaces intact for when I come back to them later.
With Wingo, such a workflow is natural because you're no longer confined to "removing only the last workspace" or some other such nonsense. Plus, adding a workspace requires that you name it---so workspaces always carry some semantic meaning.
(N.B. I don't mean to imply that this model is new, just uncommon; particularly among floating window managers. I've personally taken the model from xmonad-contrib's DynamicWorkspaces module.)
Tiling layouts
Right now, only simple tiling layouts are available. (Vertical and Horizontal.) Mostly because those are the layouts that I primarily use. I'll be adding more as they are demanded.
Dependencies
Wingo is written in pure Go (including all of its dependencies). As such, Go (and git) is the only package necessary to build and install Wingo. Once Wingo is installed, Go can be removed. (No Xlib/xcb, no cairo, no gui toolkits.)
Installation
Wingo is in the AUR. Alternatively, if you have a Go environment set up, you can download, build and install Wingo and all of its necessary dependencies with:
go get github.com/BurntSushi/wingo
go get github.com/BurntSushi/wingo/wingo-cmd
(Yes, Go's build system is really that awesome.)
There's a lot more at Wingo's github.
Please note that Wingo should be considered in a very alpha state. I've been using it for a little bit myself, but beyond that, Wingo is untested.
Last edited by BurntSushi (2012-10-22 06:02:16)

netfun81 wrote:wow, nice wm. Install was a breeze, love having floating layout on one screen and tiling on another. In the past, for certain apps that wouldn't play well with a tiling wm, I would have to kill X, change my .xinitrc to start openbox and startx again. This seems like the perfect solution.
Thanks :-)
netfun81 wrote:Does "go get github.com/BurntSushi/wingo" always pull the latest from git? Can i just delete the wingo executable from go/bin and run command to upgrade to latest or do I need to delete config files each time to remain compatible?
Yes, `go get ...` always pulls from the latest git. I make sure that Wingo builds before pushing to `master`. I'll use a different branch for any longer term experiments.
You could use `wingo-git` in the AUR, but `go get` is just as good. (Indeed, the PKGBUILD uses `go get`!)
One note those, use this to update to instead:
go get -u github.com/BurntSushi/wingo
go get -u github.com/BurntSushi/wingo/wingo-cmd
You shouldn't have to delete any executables.
As far as configuration files go... I'm not sure. I haven't figured out how I'm going to handle them yet. I don't think any well-formed configuration file will break Wingo, but it's certainly possible that old configuration files will miss out on new features/options. (For example, I just added some new focus follows mouse options.) Wingo will always maintain an in-memory default configuration, so missing configuration options will also never break Wingo.
You can always check out the new configuration files by running `wingo --write-config`. You'll have to move `~/.config/wingo` to a temporary location first though.
If you're installing from the AUR, I'll try to add post installation messages for any big changes.
FYI, I should say that installation is so easy because of Go. :-) /plug
Last edited by BurntSushi (2012-10-26 21:07:44)

Plazmic CDK 4.6 caret and focus button issues

I hope I'm posting in the right thread? This is regarding the Plazmic CDK 4.6 for Blackberry - to create your own themes.
Ok. I think I some what get the hang of Plazmic CDK 4.6 except for a few things.
I use ArcSoft PhotoStudio to make color changes to certain things. However, in the Today style, when I try to change the 'caret' color, which is that selection bar, no matter how much I resize it, it always looks really thick, almost covering the top of the 2nd line (see image below).
Also, when I try to change the focus circle, I open it with PhotoStudio and it changes the circle to this circle with a box around it, so when I try to change the color, it turns out like this (see picture below)
I also have issues with using a transparent background if I upload and make minor changes to an icon (see picture below). So I found this american flag icon, altered the pic to make the colors darker, then it adds this white background instead of keeping it transparent.
Is there a better program I could be using? Or any idea how to make these changes with this program? Or where can I find 'caret' and 'focus' icons so I don't have to worry about changing the colors.
Sorry if I sound confusing, hopefully someone understands what I'm saying?
Thanks!

you can only use Plazmik, sorry.
about transparency, when you use your drawing software and save the images, do you use a format that supports transparency ? There are two : GIF and PNG. All others add an opaque background color.
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Problem with applet, popup window and focus loss

Hi all !
I've got a problem when my applet lose the focus. Let me explain :
I've got an applet embed in a jsp page. There are several buttons in it that allow the user to open modal windows.
The problem comes when the user gives the focus to another application whithout closing the modal window first.
When he tries to come back to the web page owning the applet (using the task bar), then the modal window stays behind it and blocks any action on the applet.
Does anyone know how to force the modal window to be displayed in front of the applet, even when the user plays with focuses ?
Thank's in advance.

thank you for your help, sils.
I've written that code :
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package com.scor.apricot.web.rpc.ltnp.applet.listener.ldf;
import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
import javax.swing.JDialog;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
public class AppletWindowListener extends WindowAdapter {
     private JPanel panel;
     private JDialog dialogWindow;
     public AppletWindowListener(JPanel panel, JDialog dialogWindow) {
          this.panel = panel;
          this.dialogWindow = dialogWindow;
     public void windowActivated(WindowEvent e) {
          if (dialogWindow!=null && dialogWindow.isShowing())
               dialogWindow.toFront();
}Is that right ?
I don't know how to add the listener, where must I put the addWindowListener method ? It seems that this method cannot be used with a JApplet object.

Lion, Boot Camp and Windows 7 Issues

Couple of questions regarding Lion, Boot Camp and Windows 7... I never had issues with Snow Leopard and setting up Windows 7 on my iMac (expcept the dreaded black screen after restart, bu got that fixed)
Let me start off with my specs and then I will ask my questions:
iMac 27"
i7 Quad Core (1st gen)
16GB Ram
1TB HDD
OS X Lion (Fresh Install - Not Upgrade)
All updates for OS and iLife and other installed software:
Adobe Creative Suite CS5
MS Office 2011
Boot Camp 4.0
Window 7 Ultimate
Ok... here are my questions.
When I fixed my black screen issues after installing a fresh copy of Windows 7 - I had to install MacFUSE and Tuxera NTFS in order to delete the the stock ATI driver so the second rebot on the install of windows 7 would work and boot correctly. After rebotting into my mac side I now always get this message from Tuxera.
What does this mean? Now in the finder when looking at the computer drives.. It does not show the BOOTCAMP partition...
However, when I resart i can hold down the ALT key and get this menu:
I know this might seem strange to ask, but why are the Macintosh HD and the Recovery HD text smoothed and the Windows text not? Being a design I see the difference and it makes me wonder why this is. (It is almost like the BSOD icon apple used forwhen connecting with shared PCs)... Anyways, I can boot into windows when clicking this drive.
After getting to windows 7 it will not let me run updated. The OS is activated and I have even installed SP1 manually, but it always tells me that the Update service is not running. When in fact it is. I have checked it and it is set to start automatically. I have reset and shutdown my computer more than 10 times... I can't figure out what the issues are.
Overview:
Why do I get the Tuxera NTFS error?
Why can I see the boot camp partion when manually selecting it form startup, but it does not show in OS X
I can't get Windows to update? Any ideas?
Thanks for any help you can provide.

These various utilities like Tuxera are incompatible with Lion. Partly because MacFuse is incompatible. You need to remove them completely.
As for the Windows partition you might consider using Boot Camp Assistant to remove it. Then make a new partition and install Windows. Remember to use the Windows formatter to format the Windows partition NTFS.

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