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RYX
January 11th, 2007, 08:48 PM
This is a preview of what (I think) our desktop (hopefully) will look like by the end of this year ... (excluding the window borders which actually suck). The Screenlets will be available soon, but the modified gtk-engine is still only good for making nice screenshots (though it is faster than common engines). A couple of programs don't play nicely with the modified engine, that's why I didn't continue working on it (yet) ...
http://www.ryxperience.com/storage/linux-desktop-2007.jpg
NOTE: The CPU-Meter is only busy for demonstration-purpose ... (really).

:)
amgeex
January 11th, 2007, 09:29 PM
Quite nice RYX! Now continue work on that new gtk engine!!! :D
DivineGod
January 12th, 2007, 11:42 AM
Yes, that IS exactly what is needed.

Please continue work on the GTK engine you're definately headed in the right direction.
stjepan
January 18th, 2007, 09:05 PM
Where to download?
stjepan
January 18th, 2007, 09:10 PM
I don't want to make a new theme, but just modify an existing one to let it make widgets transparent.

What should I change in the code to make widgets transparent?
RYX
January 18th, 2007, 09:30 PM
In theory it's quite easy: First, you have to set an rgba-colormap for the widget (or better for the entire window). Then you need to modify the drawing functions (there are about 20 of them) to first fill the background with fully transparent color and then draw with partly transparent color onto it ... that's it.

Maybe there is another way, by setting the background-pixmap to a fully transparent color - the best idea would be to ask the gtk-devs on their mailinglist what's the most standard-conform way of achieving those effects ... (I'd be interested in that, too)

Either way, you'll need to try a lot because documentation isn't up-to-date, if any doc exists at all. And comments in the other engines are also pretty rare ...

:)