Re: [Nautilus-list] Desktop Drawing Solution?

[Mathieu Lacage <mathieu eazel com>]

David Tabachnikov <captain isdn net il> writes:

> > I was thinking... Would it be possible to impliment a sort of
> > root-window proxy to intercept X calls destined for the root window, and
> > draw onto the nautilus desktop window? (either by polling, or a
> > shared-memory copy?)
> > 
> > Just a thought.
> > 
> > Thom Cherryhomes
> > Apogee Multimedia Productions
> > Dallas, TX 75201
> > (214)-752-4578
> > 
> 
> Here's an idea:
> Make the AA-canvas the size of the smallest rectangle enclosing the icon. Then draw the wallpapper the way they do the transparent terminals,
> then draw the icon itself with AA on. Then add selection support the same way GMC does it.
> That way you could get the best of both worlds - AA icons and drawing on the desktop.
> Only problems, that the icons won't be custom shaped anymore. 

got a patch ? ;-)

I think currently our priority is to make things be stable/work reasonably well.
Rewriting the whole desktop code is not really a priority for now.
We are supposed to ship 1.0 soon :)

Mathieu
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Mathieu Lacage <mathieu eazel com>