Thx Uli, I will have a look to the compositing topic soon. Greetz Sascha
On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 04:55:29PM +0100, Uli Schlachter wrote: > On 12.12.2011 16:44, [email protected] wrote: > > Hello, > > Currently i am writing a lua module for awesome to display all clients > > in a "floatng wibox" to have a nice complete picture of all clients which > > are actually running. > > > > I have managed to create a floating wibox which is on top of all clients. > > > > The next idea was, to iterate over all clients and create image boxes > > with the data from the client field "client.content". > > > > > > > > The problem here is that, only the content of the clients which are on the > > current selected tag, are finally shown in my "floatng wibox". Of course > > i need all of the client.content images. > > > > Maybe someone knows the reason for this. > > Simple: > > X11 only doesn't save the content of windows which aren't visible. You can > also > make a client floating so that it covers some other clients. The covered area > won't be displayed (correctly) either. > > With the Composite extension it is possible to save the content of clients > which > aren't visible. I'm not sure about the details, but perhaps running a > compositing manager is already enough to make this work. If it isn't, only the > compositing manager can provide the feature that you are aiming for. > > Cheers, > Uli > > P.S.: You could also save a snapshot of the client just before it becomes > invisible. Dunno if that's a good idea. > > -- > - Captain, I think I should tell you I've never > actually landed a starship before. > - That's all right, Lieutenant, neither have I. > > -- > To unsubscribe, send mail to [email protected]. -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [email protected].
