[ python / transset-df ] allow opacity to follow the focused window (Page 1 of 2)

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deel de geheimen van het opzetten van het?

What a cool script!

Hi guys .. Thanks for comments 

source : http://www.ad-comp.be/public/projets/tr … -follow.py

deb : http://www.ad-comp.be/public/projets/tr … .1-all.deb

little "HowTo" : Install deb package with gdebi and add this entry in your autostart.sh :

## use transset-df to allow opacity to follow the focused window
trans-follow &

Enjoy 

Amazing work on this. Slipshot sent me the link and I couldnt let this slip through.

Hello ..

Thank you all for your comments ..

Little update .. include a pipemenu for openbox , improve 'follow focus' and add a clean exit ( transset 1 to all window on exit )

Video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYj6dwECjoQ

source : http://www.ad-comp.be/public/projets/tr … .2.tar.bz2

deb : http://www.ad-comp.be/public/projets/tr … .2-all.deb

Install deb with gdebi , and add this entry to your openbox menu ( ~/.config/openbox/menu.xml )

<menu execute="ob-trans-follow" id="trans-follow" label="Trans-Follow" />

Only tested on my desktop .. so maybe it's buggy ? Someone for testing ?

@bientot ..

sorry .. I forget this   

if you want to launch trans-follow with openbox , simply add one of this entry in your autostart.sh :

trans-follow &

or

ob-trans-follow --startstop &

Maybe first one is better choice 

@ Awebb :  I set a delay ( 30ms ) to avoid some buggy 'follow' focus on active window ( i.e.  with firefox or pcman  dialog/popup )
But you can change this value in /usr/bin/trans-follow  , ~ line 31 :

TEMPO = 30

Maybe you can set to 15 , if you don't have problem with 'follow' active window ..

TEMPO = 15

work fine for me ..

Edit  : Did you try before  ? because recording desktop add some latency, too ..

Last edited by ADcomp (2009-08-17 22:20:16)

Never had this problem .. But it' seem like  'xcompmgr' problem , not script ...
So maybe check if xcompmgr  is running fine , and try if you can set transparency ( i.e.  with openbox menu )

What do you mean ? If you don't have compositing ,  you can't have transparency .. ( I am wrong, perhaps? )

So I can't help you .. Try to launch script from terminal and look for  errors on output ?

Last edited by ADcomp (2009-08-18 08:57:23)

Nope I did not try beforehand. Let's say it was a requirement for even trying

I'll give it a try tonight.

Stupid me...
I found this app just today, after struggling some days with focustran.pl described in an other topic.
What can I say ? It just works.
Big thx, ADcomp.
Merci beaucoup copain !

Last edited by Istvan (2010-02-20 13:05:17)

Are you using testing? "python-gnome2-desktop" can be found in stable and unstable.

http://packages.debian.org/lenny/python-gnome2-desktop
http://packages.debian.org/sid/python-gnome2-desktop

Well, call me Frankenstein.. I just copied the code from the python script over the old perl script and it works a charm.

EDIT: It uses MUCH less CPU than the perl script

Last edited by tawan (2010-02-21 00:25:14)