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150607 Mick wrote: |
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> On Sunday 07 Jun 2015 18:57:58 Philip Webb wrote: |
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>> Yesterday, I updated to the now stable Fluxbox 1.3.7-r1 ; |
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>> there have been no changes in my config files. |
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> Same here. |
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>> Normally, I have the toolbar (the panel at the bottom of the screen) |
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>> hidden & make it visible by dropping the mouse down there ; |
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>> I also have Fbpager running to its left, similarly hidden & revealed. |
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> My toolbar is set to be visible and I have no Fbpager. |
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So your experience is not directly relevant. |
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>> Since the update, the pager & toolbar remain hidden, |
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>> even when I move the mouse down there, but when the mouse is over the |
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>> pager, the toolbar appears in a flickering form. It becomes a solid |
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>> image when I move the mouse to the right & remains till I move the mouse |
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>> away. However, if the pager is not running, the toolbar remains hidden |
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>> always. |
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> I am guessing that the problem is with Fbpager. |
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> Do you still have the problem if you remove Fbpager? |
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Please read what I wrote (smile) ! |
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"However, if the pager is not running, the toolbar remains hidden always" : |
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that is not the expected behaviour, ie what I get with 1.3.6-r1 , |
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when moving the mouse over the toolbar area makes it appear. |
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> Something I noticed is that the toolbar will not show if hidden, |
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> until I move the cursor 1-2 inches or more from its right edge. |
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> I have a clock on the right hand side and need to come left well beyond it |
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> and into the application tabs area for the toolbar to show up. |
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That shouldn't be happening : it doesn't happen for me with 1.3.6-r1 . |
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> In any other position the cursor brings the toolbar up as expected. |
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> Now, if your Fbpager is where my clock happens to be |
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> -- the right hand edge of the toolbar -- |
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> then we have come across the same bug. |
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It's to the left (please read what I wrote above) |
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& you are experiencing part of what's gone wrong with 1.3.7 , |
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but not all of it : |
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> However, there is no flickering here : |
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> the toolbar either shows up or does not. So the flickering |
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> could be related to the canvas of the Fbpager being refreshed. |
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It's caused somehow by the presence of the pager. |
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>> I emerged 1.3.7 , which showed the same bug. |
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>> However, having restored 1.3.6-r1 , which I used before yesterday, |
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>> the bug has disappeared & the pager + the toolbar work as they should. |
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>> The configuration has remained the same thro'out these tests. |
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>> Before I file a bug, has anyone else seen this ? Any advice ? |
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>> Are there any other Fluxbox users on the list ? |
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> PS I only use Fluxbox as a fall back when Enlightenment does not work. |
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> Perhaps you should give e19 a spin, now that it is in the main tree. |
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> Configure your favourite apps to show up when you right click on the desktop |
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> and you should be pretty much at home with it. |
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I've been a contented user of Fluxbox for some years, |
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so I hope I don't have to drop it. |
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It looks like a bug report is needed. The Fluxbox WWW site warns |
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that 1.3.7 was released after 2 yr break & may need lots of testing. |
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