Xfce for Slackware Users

zrong · 02-25-2021, 11:23 PM

Bunsenlabs and antiX are probably the best distros when it comes to DE in my humble opinion. I've noticed an issue with mtp and newest XFCE don't know if was mention already.

kingbeowulf · 02-26-2021, 12:02 AM

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Originally Posted by upnort

I tried that to no avail.

Others online report the same failure.

weird. works here. but then I'm still on Fri Feb 19 2021 update level.

upnort · 02-26-2021, 12:14 AM

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weird. works here. but then I'm still on Fri Feb 19 2021 update level.

I'll try again tomorrow.

upnort · 02-26-2021, 09:13 AM

Looks like the CSS opacity option fails in 14.2 with gtk+3-3.18.9 and succeeds in Current with gtk+3-3.24.25.

kingbeowulf · 02-26-2021, 09:41 AM

Oh, also: whenever you change anything in ~/.config don't forget to restart the appropriate bits (Xfce in this case).

edit...looks like upnort has it sorted.

cwizardone · 02-26-2021, 01:15 PM

xfce4-panel-4.16.2 is now available.
The tarball, https://git.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-pane...-4.16.2.tar.gz

The change log, https://git.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-pane...4-panel-4.16.2

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tag name xfce4-panel-4.16.2 (f2b4a970a2d1fec158d6207e4d17974441a77c1f)
tag date 2021-02-25 14:51:26 +0100
tagged by Simon Steinbeiss <simon.steinbeiss@elfenbeinturm.at>
tagged object commit ed6a9d3bd7...
download xfce4-panel-4.16.2.tar.gz
4.16.2

- Add icons to help and about items in panel menu
- Modernize documentation (developer.xfce.org)
- Translation Updates:.............

cwizardone · 02-28-2021, 09:37 AM

mousepad-0.5.3 has been released.

The tarball, https://git.xfce.org/apps/mousepad/s...d-0.5.3.tar.gz

The change log,

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+0.5.3
+======
+- Appearance Changes:
+ - Use old style menu alignment (#97, !77)
+
+- Bug Fixes:
+ - Add a keybinding to reset font size
+ - Fix inverted return value of scroll event handler
+ - Various small improvements regarding accels
+ - Block the right signal handler for tooltip updates
+ - A clarification about action groups
+
+- Translation Updates:...........

https://git.xfce.org/apps/mousepad/c...45049a5375d8fe

upnort · 02-28-2021, 11:16 AM

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Looks like the CSS opacity option fails in 14.2 with gtk+3-3.18.9 and succeeds in Current with gtk+3-3.24.25.

The latest at my end is the CSS option fails in 15 too.

SCerovec · 03-01-2021, 02:02 AM

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Originally Posted by upnort

The latest at my end is the CSS option fails in 15 too.

Yeah, nothing beats consistent behavior among stable Slackware releases

(I do hope we get there eventually)

upnort · 03-02-2021, 02:26 PM

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The latest at my end is the CSS option fails in 15 too.

My latest round of testing indicates the CSS option is functional. Perhaps I am doing something odd in my testing that causes the option to fail or succeed.

kingbeowulf · 03-02-2021, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by upnort

My latest round of testing indicates the CSS option is functional. Perhaps I am doing something odd in my testing that causes the option to fail or succeed.

I wonder if the CSS tweak depends on compositing or some such? Essentially, it sets the tooltip to "invisible/transparent" so may depend on display compositing. You may note, when it works, hovering over an icon causes a slight "flutter" of the border: the tooltip pops up, but is not visible.

kingbeowulf · 03-02-2021, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by kingbeowulf

I wonder if the CSS tweak depends on compositing or some such?

Yep, turning off display compositing disables the CSS tweak to blank out the tooltips.

upnort · 03-02-2021, 07:33 PM

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Yep, turning off display compositing disables the CSS tweak to blank out the tooltips.

I haven't yet checked but that makes some sense. I distinctly remember toggling compositing off in my test rig.

I disabled compositing because the conky display was "raised" in some kind of embossed box. I want the conky display to blend transparently into the desktop background.

I guess the problem now is how to disable tooltips without affecting conky.

"I really hate that chicken."

upnort · 03-04-2021, 09:03 PM

Despite the icon theme selected, in my testing the power manager systray icon is flat, possibly one of the contrast icons.

Anybody else see this? Is there a fix?

Edit: The Xfce power manager icon in the system tray is the high contrast battery-full-charged.png. Most if not all of the themes have this icon. I tested a default fresh Xfce4 desktop and despite testing many desktop and icon themes the power manager icon is always the high contrast icon theme. Something seems broken?

deNiro · 03-05-2021, 02:27 AM

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Originally Posted by upnort

Despite the icon theme selected, in my testing the power manager systray icon is flat, possibly one of the contrast icons.

Anybody else see this? Is there a fix?

Edit: The Xfce power manager icon in the system tray is the high contrast battery-full-charged.png. Most if not all of the themes have this icon. I tested a default fresh Xfce4 desktop and despite testing many desktop and icon themes the power manager icon is always the high contrast icon theme. Something seems broken?

I think that all non-specific application icons in the task-tray are kind of flat, and that fits well with the task-tray. I tried many different icon themes, and I have removed them all, because the default "elementary Xfce dark" is the one I like the most.