Re: [dev] slock - cannot log in

[Tony Lainson]

> anyone have any more ideas other than
> power button?

The power button sounds a bit drastic.  Can't you press Ctrl-Alt-F2 to
switch to virtual console 2, then log in and kill slock from there?

Re: [dev] slock - cannot log in

[Tony Lainson]

>> Can't you press Ctrl-Alt-F2 to
>> switch to virtual console 2, then log in and kill slock from there?
>
> No. A screen locker locks the system completely (apart from remote logins).

I can do it here, using hg tip.  Odd.

Re: [dev] Fullscreen troubles.

[Tony Lainson]

SDL fullscreen works in xmonad, which IIRC doesn't reparent windows either.

Another (small) problem with SDL I've been unable to track down:
there's a race that sometimes prevents programs from noticing that dwm
didn't give them the size they wanted[1].

[1]: http://lists.libsdl.org/pipermail/sdl-libsdl.org/2009-August/071839.html
"Wrong initial size in tiling WM"

Re: [dev] Looking for simple, alpha supporting image format

[Tony Lainson]

> Is there an image format that's simpler than PPM and that supports
> alpha transparency?

If you want a format that works with existing tools, TGA can be
simple.  Just don't use run-length encoding or indexed colour or
extension information (colour correction table, gamma field,
premultiplied alpha flag, pixel aspect ratio).


# write a sample TGA image:

printf '\x00' # no image ID field
printf '\x00' # no color map
printf '\x02' # unmapped, uncompressed RGB
printf '\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00' # color map info (ignored)
printf '\x00\x00' # x origin
printf '\x00\x00' # y origin
printf '\x10\x00' # width
printf '\x10\x00' # height
printf '\x20' # bits per pixel
printf '\x28' # 8 alpha bits per pixel, origin top left (0x20), no interleaving
# origin bottom left (0x00) is common.

for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f; do
for j in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f; do
printf "\xff\x00\x00\x$i$j" # BGRA - bright blue, varying alpha
done
done

# optional footer:
# printf '\x00\x00\x00\x00' # no extension area
# printf '\x00\x00\x00\x00' # no developer directory
# printf 'TRUEVISION-XFILE.\x00'