Odd fluxbox and Aterm tint problem

Hangdog42 · 11-17-2005, 08:03 AM

This isn't a serious problem, but it is bugging me none the less......

On my laptop I'm running a standard Slackware 10.2 install and I'm using Fluxbox 0.9.13 along with Aterm 1.0.0. I start Aterm with the following options:

aterm -tr -trsb -tint true -sh 35 -fade 50

If I start aterm on desktop 1, everything works as it should. However, if I start it on any other desktop, the tinting doesn't work. Transparency and fading are fine, but there is absolutely no tint. If I start aterm on desktop 1 and then move it to another desktop it retains its tinting. If it matters, I'm using fbsetbg to set my wallpaper.

To be honest, I'm stumped, so any ideas are appreciated.

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Oh, and if I switch to KDE, Aterm works as it should on all desktops, so I'm guessing that Fluxbox is somehow the cause of this
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slackhack · 11-18-2005, 05:09 PM

is true an option for -tint? when i entered your command, i got an error message about it:

aterm: can't load color "true", colorID = 22, (29)

:?:

man seems to say it needs a color name:

Code:

 -tint color
              Turn on pseudo transparency background tinting.  Tinting  can  be
              done  fast and slow way. In fast way it will be done by combining
              of background color with tinting color  using  logical  function.
              This function defaults to AND, and it can be changed using -tint-
              type option - see below.  In general solid colors like Blue, Red,
              Green,  Cyan, Magenta, Yellow are good, but you should experiment
              with it for each background you have.  True tinting is more  mem-
              ory and CPU hungry - tinted copy of background image will be cre-
              ated every time you move/resize window. It alows for more  smooth
              tinting   thou.   You  need  to  build  it  with  --enable-trans-
              parency=yes or --enable-background-imageyes option, to be able to
              use this feature.  resource tinting.

it looks like the -tinttype option is what takes true:

Code:

 -tinttype type
              Allows you to specify logical function to be  used  when  tinting
              transparent  background.  That will cause aterm to logically com-
              bine text with background pixels.  NOTE:  If  shading  option  is
              used, or background image is specifyed - true type will always be
              used.  That works with bpth transparent background and background
              image.  Possible values are :

              Fast  tinting  options  :  and, andReverse, andInverted, xor, or,
              nor, invert, equiv, invert, orReverse, orInverted, nand,

              Slow tinting: true - will do "true" tinting  -  that  means  that
              background pixel´s RGB components will be decreased proportionaly
              to the RGB components of specified tinting color; resource  tint-
              ingType.

EDIT: d@mn! i just tried a basic aterm -tr -tinttype true -tint red, and it works in desktop one (fluxbox) but not any of the others. thanks for giving me something new to obsess about.

Hangdog42 · 11-19-2005, 08:57 AM

Hm. Well, at least I'm not the only one going nuts. You are right about the tint flag options (I think true used to work in older versions of aterm) but changing it to a color doesn't alter anything. I see you're also using Slackware. Are you using the official package or did you compile fluxbox on your own?