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The spotlight effect?
#7084 by Decline (0.9207) posted on 9:01am Sunday, August 26th, 2007
Where did it go? Is it hard fixing it for the new bzr versions? It did work almost perfectly before, so is it really so hard getting it to work on the new bzr? Has anyone tried? Lots of nice stuff happening on the applets-side, and the awn-curves, but have everyone seem to forgot the hover effects? Anyone who fixes the spotlight effects gets a kiss! :P
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#7266 by Reasons (0.2829) posted on 11:13am Monday, August 27th, 2007
I've been working on it but my knowledge in this area is very "limited" so don't expect it to come from me.
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#7283 by haytjes (1.0000) posted on 2:17pm Monday, August 27th, 2007
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Sorry to say, but the creator of the spotlight (dolfje) is now in Budapest taking some vacation :-) (Just like me :p). He said that when he comes back he will try to make it work against the much improved new bzr version of AWN.
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#7287 by Decline (0.9207) posted on 2:30pm Monday, August 27th, 2007
Ahh okay that explains a lot. Well deserved as well. Do you know when he'll be back?
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#7677 by haytjes (1.0000) posted on 3:33pm Friday, August 31st, 2007
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sorry for the late response. He's now back and you will notice it. He has a new patch that works against the newest bzr.
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#7680 by dolfje (0.9832) posted on 3:38pm Friday, August 31st, 2007
Yup, i'm back. The spotlight effect is working again and I'm doing futher with the new bounce effect.
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#7699 by Decline (0.9207) posted on 3:32am Saturday, September 01st, 2007
Is it working? Have you uploaded a patch somewhere?
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#7706 by Decline (0.9207) posted on 6:34am Saturday, September 01st, 2007
Yes I see you have got it running again. Nice. However, when I compile awn-curves it seems to overwrite the spotlight effect, and we're back to old bouncer again... any way to avoid this? gconf-preferences are set on SPOTLIGHT (2), but still it only works without the awn-curves...
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#7707 by meek (0.9995) posted on 6:57am Saturday, September 01st, 2007
Decline said:
Yes I see you have got it running again. Nice. However, when I compile awn-curves it seems to overwrite the spotlight effect, and we're back to old bouncer again... any way to avoid this? gconf-preferences are set on SPOTLIGHT (2), but still it only works without the awn-curves...
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I'm afraid not. Unless somebody implements it.
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#7709 by plunn (1.0000) posted on 7:44am Saturday, September 01st, 2007
meek said:
I'm afraid not. Unless somebody implements it.
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Maybe a tricky situation....
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- If Neil is away who has authority to merge new
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- Start a new branch with both awn-curves and spotlight ?
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- If dolfje have time over, change his patch to
awn-curves branch ?
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I believe that a majority wants awn-curves and some also wants
to test spotlight until its stable.
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#7711 by dolfje (0.9832) posted on 8:01am Saturday, September 01st, 2007
I have already adapt my patch:
http://www.alasal.be/AWN
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If you download the usual awn, you need to patch the root file,
if you download the curves version, you need to patch with the curves patch. (The spotlight will appear a little bit to low, but that's OK for now, it was just a try :p)
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Stil don't forget to get the two images from http://www.bruges-guides.com/dolfje/ and put them in the data/active folder
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For now I use 2 patches because it's easy. If you apply the root-patch to the curves branch, it will conflict only on 1 place and that I adapt in the curves-patch manually.
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So tonight, I will make a fully functional curves patch, where the spotlight is on the wright height (bringing the curves 0.1beta to 0.1)
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#7713 by Decline (0.9207) posted on 8:24am Saturday, September 01st, 2007
Patching the root seems to work fine. But when I patch the awn-curves directory, I don't get any feedback at all.. and it doesn't seem to work after compiling..
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#7714 by Decline (0.9207) posted on 8:24am Saturday, September 01st, 2007
And my bzr's are up to date...
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#7718 by plunn (1.0000) posted on 9:27am Saturday, September 01st, 2007
dolfje said:
If you download the usual awn, you need to patch the root file,
if you download the curves version, you need to patch with the curves patch. (The spotlight will appear a little bit to low, but that's OK for now, it was just a try :p)
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Thanks dolfje !
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awn-curves clean ver 98 > applied beta patch for awn curves
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forgot the spotlight files of course ;-), added them to data/active > compile OK
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Make the beam longer with Gimp perhaps....:-)
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Any GIMP artist ?
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spotlight 1 and 2
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#7719 by dolfje (0.9832) posted on 9:32am Saturday, September 01st, 2007
No, the offset of the icons isn't incalculated in the spotlight location. So if I just add that in the calculation of the spotlight icon, it will work like hell :p
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So gimp artists aren't needed (yet):p
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#7720 by plunn (1.0000) posted on 9:37am Saturday, September 01st, 2007
dolfje said:
No, the offset of the icons isn't incalculated in the spotlight location. So if I just add that in the calculation of the spotlight icon, it will work like hell :p
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Aha..... next challenge for you :-)
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#7784 by Decline (0.9207) posted on 5:48am Sunday, September 02nd, 2007
Hm... how did you get it working? When trying to patch the awn-curves patch in the awn-curves bzr directory, nothing happens. Am I doing something wrong? Tried applying the awn-curves-patch in the main awn bzr direcetory as well, nothing happens there either..
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#7785 by Decline (0.9207) posted on 5:49am Sunday, September 02nd, 2007
And that is on a freshly downloaded bzr (both main awn, and awn-curves)
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#7788 by dolfje (0.9832) posted on 7:21am Sunday, September 02nd, 2007
You have to download it, patch it, download the png and put them in the right directory and then "make && sudo make install" and it should work.
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New version of effects v2.0 (http://www.alasal.be/AWN):
- the bounce effects is completed. Check it out. (Go the the gconf-editor and change /awn/app/icon_effect_active to BOUNCE)
- in the curves-patch, the spotlight-icon is on the right height
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The patch is later than I had promised (But I think you are getting use to that, if it comes from me :p. Schedules are made to be broken :p)
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#7792 by Decline (0.9207) posted on 7:31am Sunday, September 02nd, 2007
The 0.1 patch wouldn't apply here at all, but the 0.2 works fine! Thanks!
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#7798 by plunn (1.0000) posted on 8:35am Sunday, September 02nd, 2007
Beautiful.... :-)
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But i got a real "hard freeze"... Alt-SysRq-b didnt break it...
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Maybe a coincidence ?
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About patching..
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I repatched with the first patch and one important thing must
be to always choose "Save Link As" with right click to avoid
corruption if copy/paste is used.
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Now running v2 with gdb avant-window-navigator
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#7800 by plunn (1.0000) posted on 8:53am Sunday, September 02nd, 2007
Followup.... from gdb
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(avant-window-navigator:7203): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid unclassed pointer in cast to `GtkWidget'
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changed some settings an this one came up
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(avant-window-navigator:7203): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_signal_handler_disconnect: assertion `handler_id > 0' failed
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Then the usual....
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** (avant-window-navigator:7203): CRITICAL **: _refresh_box: assertion `AWN_IS_TASK_MANAGER (task_manager)' failed
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But its runnning :-)
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#7806 by Reasons (0.2829) posted on 9:28am Sunday, September 02nd, 2007
I can't get it to work, even by resetting settings and deleting the files with a clean AWN install. I can get awn curves to work, even shows up in the looks menu now, but no spotlight with it. I've tried it with numerous patches too.
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#7808 by plunn (1.0000) posted on 9:34am Sunday, September 02nd, 2007
Did you put spotlight 1 and 2 within data/active ?
(before you compile)
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I am running awn-curves and the beta for curves patch
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Also check gconf-editor
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/apps/avant-window-navigator/app/icon_effect_active > SPOTLIGHT
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/apps/avant-window-navigator/app/icon_effect_spotlight 1 or 2
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#7809 by Reasons (0.2829) posted on 9:38am Sunday, September 02nd, 2007
The spotlight png's are there, however I don't get those settings in the gconf-editor. I've used it before with the 3D look. But I tried adding those keys, still nothing.
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#7812 by plunn (1.0000) posted on 9:54am Sunday, September 02nd, 2007
Hmmm.... ?
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"Poisoned source build".... too many patches perhaps... :-)
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make clean or delete it and download a clean
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perhaps.... it just working for me.
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#7813 by dolfje (0.9832) posted on 9:56am Sunday, September 02nd, 2007
I think the same as plunn, "Poisoned source build", like that word.
If you patch it, are there faults?
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#7815 by system (0.0325) posted on 10:01am Sunday, September 02nd, 2007
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plunn has modded this thread: +0.4172 !
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#7817 by Reasons (0.2829) posted on 10:07am Sunday, September 02nd, 2007
I already tried to delete it and download again. It should work if I just deleted the folders (avant-window-navigator, awn-curves, awn-extras) from my home folder and re-downloaded them. Right? And I still need awn-curves downloaded or did that get merged?
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#7818 by system (0.0325) posted on 10:07am Sunday, September 02nd, 2007
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Reasons has modded this thread: +0.2647 !
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#7820 by plunn (1.0000) posted on 10:15am Sunday, September 02nd, 2007
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I already tried to delete it and download again. It should work if I just deleted the folders (avant-window-navigator, awn-curves, awn-extras) from my home folder and re-downloaded them. Right? And I still need awn-curves downloaded or did that get merged?
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Yes and No.... this is different branches.... and 2 different patches.
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awn-curves is not included in awn core.... :-)
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You choose what branch you tests and compile.
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#7822 by Reasons (0.2829) posted on 10:21am Sunday, September 02nd, 2007
Note to users, don't do first in the morning when you're not awake. I tried to do it in the normal avant-window-navigator folder. . yeah. .
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Good news is it works!
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EDIT - but before, if I put stacks, then trash they would somewhat follow the curve. Now they both just sit more at the bottom.
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EDIT EDIT - Nevermind, changed the icon offset and it fixed it.
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#7831 by plunn (1.0000) posted on 10:42am Sunday, September 02nd, 2007
Reasons said:
Note to users, don't do first in the morning when you're not awake. I tried to do it in the normal avant-window-navigator folder. . yeah. .
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EDIT EDIT - Nevermind, changed the icon offset and it fixed it.
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What value are you using ? Mine are "low"...
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Also start with gdb avant-window-navigator > r
so you can check errors.
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#7833 by Reasons (0.2829) posted on 10:43am Sunday, September 02nd, 2007
I used icon offset of 12. The trash is still low, but as it's on the far left it looks correct.
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#7834 by dolfje (0.9832) posted on 10:45am Sunday, September 02nd, 2007
Normally there shouldn't be errors (Hope so), so if there are 3-5 testers and we don't find errors, I will make v0.2 final within a day. Good?
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Please use also the bounce effect (instruction in the readme file on http://www.alasal.be/AWN)
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#7836 by Reasons (0.2829) posted on 10:48am Sunday, September 02nd, 2007
I did try out the bounce effect, it's nice. =] It's just it looked like it was having a spasm when something was loading. lol. Wasn't super fond of it but for the sake of it, I'll use it a bit to make sure it's all good.
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One thing I noticed it, with any effect, on GIMP, the effect never stops. Even when I close GIMP.
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#7838 by plunn (1.0000) posted on 10:51am Sunday, September 02nd, 2007
dolfje said:
Please use also the bounce effect (instruction in the readme file on http://www.alasal.be/AWN)
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Now I am confused..... readme file... ???
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:-)
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#7842 by dolfje (0.9832) posted on 10:59am Sunday, September 02nd, 2007
On the tree-look at http://www.alasal.be/AWN/ you don't see it ,while it should be there, strange banghead
So I will give the whole url:
You can find the readme on http://www.alasal.be/AWN/README.txt
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I will take a look at the gimp problem, I think it is, because AWN cannot get the state of gimp through the dbus. (Or something like that) Do you have that problem on the normal AWN, without the patch installed?
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#7844 by Reasons (0.2829) posted on 11:05am Sunday, September 02nd, 2007
I've had the problem with the normal awn, clean install.
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#7845 by dolfje (0.9832) posted on 11:09am Sunday, September 02nd, 2007
Ok, please write a bug in launchpad. Then if it is solved in the normal awn, it should be solved with the patch.
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#7846 by plunn (1.0000) posted on 11:14am Sunday, September 02nd, 2007
dolfje said:
On the tree-look at http://www.alasal.be/AWN/ you don't see it ,while it should be there, strange banghead
So I will give the whole url:
You can find the readme on http://www.alasal.be/AWN/README.txt
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Ok... thanks...
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Well, the bounce effect is "jumpy"....when you launch
one app its really jumpy... spasms as "Reasons" wrote
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#7848 by dolfje (0.9832) posted on 11:22am Sunday, September 02nd, 2007
Should I change it, so if you launch a launcher it does a normal jump an if it wants your attention, it still is a spasm jump? Or should I just make it a little slower?
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#7849 by Reasons (0.2829) posted on 11:25am Sunday, September 02nd, 2007
I'd say just a little slower. But that may just be me, I have most settings set at slower speeds in compiz fusion. I just don't like stuff popping up and moving around everywhere.
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#7850 by plunn (1.0000) posted on 11:27am Sunday, September 02nd, 2007
dolfje said:
Should I change it, so if you launch a launcher it does a normal jump an if it wants your attention, it still is a spasm jump? Or should I just make it a little slower?
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Well... its important for "Man-Machine" interface thats everything is without heavy effects. IMHO
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The "spasms" occurs if something is running such as terminal
runs. The spotlight is also on for such events.
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#7855 by dolfje (0.9832) posted on 11:37am Sunday, September 02nd, 2007
Do you mean with heavy effects, the CPU and memory it is using? because with or without my effects, it uses the same amount of CPU and memory.
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Normally if it opens it should fall out of the sky and bounce three times. If you open a launcher it gives you that spasm.
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So I will change that opening-launcher effect, so it is only bouncing. (Or do you have a better effect, I can't find a beter)
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#7858 by plunn (1.0000) posted on 11:43am Sunday, September 02nd, 2007
Well... the bounce is too much "hydraulic" for me. (Kiba jumps)
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A little slower and without spams and its probably OK...
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:-)
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#7859 by dolfje (0.9832) posted on 12:00pm Sunday, September 02nd, 2007
I've changed the opening effect a little bit (v0.2.1)
Is it still to spastic (how do you say that properly :p)
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#7861 by plunn (1.0000) posted on 12:18pm Sunday, September 02nd, 2007
Well.... a little too jumpy direct after start.
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Then a segfault after a while.
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(avant-window-navigator:25504): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_signal_handler_disconnect: assertion `handler_id > 0' failed
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(avant-window-navigator:25504): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid uninstantiatable type `' in cast to `GtkWidget'
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Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
[Switching to Thread -1227458368 (LWP 25504)]
awn_tasks_icon_effects (true=0x1) at awn-task.c:1068
1068 AwnTask *task = list->data;
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Please note that I am running Gutsy so more opinions
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#7863 by dolfje (0.9832) posted on 12:29pm Sunday, September 02nd, 2007
Do you mean the opening effect of all the icons? Or the opening effect of a launcher?
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The fault that you get, is strange. Its says that there is a task (not a launcher) without the usual AwnTask format. I can build a check into my framework, but I think there have to be a fault in the awn-code itself (So it should be rather unprofessional if I make just a check). I think it is best if you apply a bug in launchpad.
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#7864 by dolfje (0.9832) posted on 12:44pm Sunday, September 02nd, 2007
video of the bounce effect (awn-curves):
http://www.bruges-guides.com/dolfje/awn-bounce
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#7865 by isaac_j87 (1.0000) posted on 12:54pm Sunday, September 02nd, 2007
dolfje said:
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That looks awesome!! I hope you can get in touch with mhr3 so both you and him can create awesome effects together and put it in one branch for all of us to enjoy! :)
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#7866 by StrangeQuark (0.3926) posted on 12:55pm Sunday, September 02nd, 2007
First remark: the link should be http://www.bruges-guides.com/dolfje/awn-bounce smile
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I really love the hover effect! But I'm not too sure about the open task effect. It doesn't seem to squish?
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#7867 by isaac_j87 (1.0000) posted on 12:57pm Sunday, September 02nd, 2007
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This is how to bounce effect should truly be. With that little squish to the icon.
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StrangeQuark said:
I really love the hover effect! But I'm not too sure about the open task effect. It doesn't seem to squish?
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I agree about the opening animation...kind of weird
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#7869 by dolfje (0.9832) posted on 12:59pm Sunday, September 02nd, 2007
The opening effect was supposed to squish, but after I gave it a try it was to much. You got a sort of weird effect, where the icon was moving up and down, like a spasm.
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#7870 by dolfje (0.9832) posted on 1:11pm Sunday, September 02nd, 2007
Or is something like this better?
http://www.bruges-guides.com/dolfje/bounce-opening2
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This is supposed to be a fall of an icon against glass. Maybe just a jump from air (without a rebounce, but with a nice sqeeze) would be better? jump or fall?
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Or is the jump out of the nothingness beter (I prefer this one):
http://www.bruges-guides.com/dolfje/bounce-opening3
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#7878 by plunn (1.0000) posted on 2:01pm Sunday, September 02nd, 2007
dolfje said:
The opening effect was supposed to squish, but after I gave it a try it was to much. You got a sort of weird effect, where the icon was moving up and down, like a spasm.
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Well... now I have been running it for a while and
it isn't so bad. :-)
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Mouse over is nearly perfect.
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squish/spasm is OK beacuse you easily sees that something
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When AWN starts up it looks a little crazy... :-)
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#7880 by dolfje (0.9832) posted on 2:09pm Sunday, September 02nd, 2007
try the new version 0.2.2, I think the new opening effect is better (for the people that doesn't want to patch it, look at http://www.bruges-guides.com/dolfje/bounce-opening3)
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remarks :)
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#7881 by StrangeQuark (0.3926) posted on 2:12pm Sunday, September 02nd, 2007
wahooThat's perfect!
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#7882 by SilentStorm (0.7848) posted on 2:13pm Sunday, September 02nd, 2007
Whow I love it!! drool
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#7883 by isaac_j87 (1.0000) posted on 2:15pm Sunday, September 02nd, 2007
haha...that is pretty cool.
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