Thumbnail

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1

I am trying to get the thumbnail function to work. Yes, I am modifying the default fvwm2rc. It isn’t working for me. I’m new, so I may be missing something:

[code]# This file is copied to a new user’s FVWM_USERDIR by FvwmForm-Setup form.

This file contains the commands fvwm reads while starting.

EdgeThickness 0
ClickTime 550
IgnoreModifiers L2
CursorStyle root left_ptr
CursorStyle stroke hand2
Emulate mwm

DeskTopSize 2x2
MenuStyle * fvwm, Foreground black, Background #aeb2c3, Greyed grey40
MenuStyle * Font -adobe-helvetica-bold-o---14-------*

ColormapFocus FollowsMouse

default Styles:

make sure these fonts exist on your system:

Style * Font -adobe-times-bold-r---12-------*
Style * IconFont -adobe-times-bold-r---12-------*
Style * HilightFore white, HilightBack #b54872
Style * BorderWidth 7, HandleWidth 7
Style * Icon unknown1.xpm, Color lightgrey/dimgrey
Style * MWMFunctions, MWMDecor, HintOverride
Style * DecorateTransient, NoPPosition
Style * IconBox 0 -10 -280 -1
Style * FocusFollowsMouse
Style * TileCascadePlacement
Style * EWMHUseStackingOrderHints

Styles for various Fvwm modules:

Style Fvwm* NoTitle, Sticky, WindowListSkip
Style Fvwm* BorderWidth 2, CirculateSkipIcon, CirculateSkip
Style FvwmPager StaysOnTop
Style FvwmBanner StaysOnTop
Style FvwmButtons Icon toolbox.xpm, ClickToFocus

Styles for your common terminal emulator programs.

xterms and rxvts in a separate icon box:

Style XTerm Icon xterm.xpm, SloppyFocus, IconBox -70 1 -1 -140
Style rxvt Icon term.xpm, SloppyFocus, IconBox -70 1 -1 -140
Style rxvt MWMBorder, MWMButtons

Styles for various common programs:

Style lock NoTitle, NoHandles, Sticky, WindowListSkip, ClickToFocus
Style xbiff NoTitle, Sticky, WindowListSkip, ClickToFocus
Style xcalc Icon xcalc.xpm, NoButton 2,ClickToFocus
Style xmh Icon mail1.xpm, NoIconTitle,StickyIcon
Style xmh NoButton 2
Style xman Icon xman.xpm, ClickToFocus
Style xmag Icon mag_glass.xpm, ClickToFocus
Style xgraph Icon graphs.xpm, ClickToFocus
Style xmosaic Color Green/Yellow, ClickToFocus
Style OpenOffice NoFuncHint

some simple default key bindings:

Key Next A SCM Next [] Focus
Key Prior A SCM Prev [] Focus

some simple default mouse bindings:

for the root window:

Mouse 1 R A Menu MenuFvwmRoot Nop
Mouse 2 R A Menu MenuFvwmWindowOps Nop
Mouse 3 R A WindowList

for the title bar buttons:

Mouse 0 1 A Menu MenuFvwmWindowOps2 Close
Mouse 0 2 A FuncFvwmMaximize
Mouse 0 4 A Iconify

for other parts of the window/borders/icons:

Mouse 1 F A FuncFvwmResizeOrRaise
Mouse 1 TS A FuncFvwmMoveOrRaise
Mouse 1 I A FuncFvwmMoveOrIconify
Mouse 2 I A Iconify
Mouse 2 FST A Menu MenuFvwmWindowOps2 Nop
Mouse 3 TSIF A RaiseLower

######################## Initialization Functions ############################
AddToFunc StartFunction

  • I Module FvwmAnimate
  • I Module FvwmBanner
  • I Module FvwmButtons

#Thumbnail Function

DestroyFunc Thumbnail
AddToFunc Thumbnail

  • I Raise
  • I SetEnv Icon-$[w.id] $[w.iconfile]
  • I ThisWindow (!Shaded, Iconifiable, !Iconic) PipeRead
    “xwd -silent -id $[w.id] | convert -scale 96 -frame 1x1
    -mattecolor black -quality 0 xwd:-
    png:$[FVWM_USERDIR]/icon.tmp.$[w.id].png
    && echo WindowStyle IconOverride,
    Icon $[FVWM_USERDIR]/icon.tmp.$[w.id].png
    || echo Nop”
  • I Iconify

And then the Icon is restored with this function:

DestroyFunc DeThumbnail
AddToFunc DeThumbnail

  • I PipeRead “echo WindowStyle Icon \$\[Icon-$[w.id]\]”
  • I UnsetEnv Icon-$[w.id]
  • I Exec rm -f $[FVWM_USERDIR]/icon.tmp.$[w.id].png

AddToFunc InitFunction

  • I exec xsetroot -mod 2 2 -fg rgb:55/40/55 -bg rgb:70/50/70

For some SM-s (like gnome-session) there is an internal background setter.

AddToFunc SessionInitFunction

  • I Nop

######################## Menus ###################
Read /etc/X11/fvwm/menudefs.hook Quiet
Read menudefs.hook Quiet

DestroyMenu MenuFvwmRoot
AddToMenu MenuFvwmRoot “$[gt.Root Menu]” Title

  •                   "&1. XTerm"             Exec exec xterm +ai

  •                   "&2. Rxvt"              Exec exec rxvt

  •                   ""              Nop

  •                   "&D. Debian Menu"             Popup "/Debian"

  •                   ""              Nop

  •                   "&R. $[gt.Remote Logins]"     Popup MenuFvwmLogins

  •                   ""              Nop

  •                   "&U. $[gt.Utilities]"         Popup MenuFvwmUtilities

  •                   ""              Nop

  •                   "&M. $[gt.Fvwm Modules]"      Popup MenuFvwmModules

  •                   "&W. $[gt.Fvwm Window Ops]"   Popup MenuFvwmWindowOps

  •                   "&S. $[gt.Fvwm Config Ops]"   Popup MenuFvwmConfig

  •                   ""              Nop

  •                   "&F. $[gt.Refresh Screen]"   Refresh

  •                   "&C. $[gt.Recapture Screen]" Recapture

  •                   ""              Nop

  •                   "&X. $[gt.Exit Fvwm]" Popup MenuFvwmQuitVerify

DestroyMenu MenuFvwmUtilities
AddToMenu MenuFvwmUtilities “$[gt.Utilities]” Title

  •                   "&T. Top"       Exec exec xterm -T Top -n Top -e top

  •                   "&C. Calculator" Exec exec xcalc

  •                   "&M. Xman"      Exec exec xman

  •                   "&G. Xmag"      Exec exec xmag

  •                   "&R. Editres"   Exec exec editres

  •                   ""              Nop

  •                   "&E. XEmacs"    Exec exec xemacs

  •                   "&A. Xmh Mail"  FuncFvwmMailXmh xmh "-font fixed"

  •                   ""              Nop

  •                   "&L. XLock"     Exec exec xlock -mode random

  •                   ""              Nop

  •                   "&D. $[gt.Reset X defaults]" Exec xrdb -load $HOME/.Xdefaults

DestroyMenu MenuFvwmConfig
AddToMenu MenuFvwmConfig “$[gt.Fvwm Config Ops]” Title

  • “&S. $[gt.Sloppy Focus]” FuncFvwmFocusPolicyChange SloppyFocus
  • “&C. $[gt.Click To Focus]” FuncFvwmFocusPolicyChange ClickToFocus
  • “&F. $[gt.Focus Follows Mouse]” FuncFvwmFocusPolicyChange FocusFollowsMouse
  • “” Nop
  • “&1. $[gt.Colormap Follows Mouse]” ColormapFocus FollowsMouse
  • “&2. $[gt.Colormap Follows Focus]” ColormapFocus FollowsFocus
  • “” Nop
  • “&3. $[gt.Full Paging ON]” EdgeScroll 100 100
  • “&4. $[gt.All Paging OFF]” EdgeScroll 0 0
  • “&5. $[gt.Horizontal Paging Only]” EdgeScroll 100 0
  • “&6. $[gt.Vertical Paging Only]” EdgeScroll 0 100
  • “&7. $[gt.Partial Paging]” EdgeScroll 50 50
  • “&8. $[gt.Full Paging && Edge Wrap]” EdgeScroll 100000 100000

The window Ops menus exhibit a different HotKey style.

There are 2 versions of the WindowOps Menu, meant to be bound to different

things. Here is the “common” part:

DestroyFunc FuncFvwmWindowCommon
AddToFunc FuncFvwmWindowCommon

  • I AddToMenu $0 “$[gt.&Move]” Move
  • I AddToMenu $0 “$[gt.&Resize]” Resize
  • I AddToMenu $0 “$[gt.R&aise]” Raise
  • I AddToMenu $0 “$[gt.&Lower]” Lower
  • I AddToMenu $0 “$[gt.(De)&Iconify]” Iconify
  • I AddToMenu $0 “$[gt.(Un)&Stick]” Stick
  • I AddToMenu $0 “$[gt.(Un)Ma&ximize]” Maximize
  • I AddToMenu $0 “” Nop
  • I AddToMenu $0 “$[gt.&Delete]” Delete
  • I AddToMenu $0 “$[gt.&Close]” Close
  • I AddToMenu $0 “$[gt.Destroy]” Destroy
  • I AddToMenu $0 “” Nop

First windowops menu, bound to:

mouse 2 on root

Root menu

DestroyMenu MenuFvwmWindowOps
AddToMenu MenuFvwmWindowOps “$[gt.Window Ops]” Title
FuncFvwmWindowCommon MenuFvwmWindowOps

  • “$[gt.Re&fresh Window]” RefreshWindow

Second windowops menu, bound to:

any mouse on titlebar button 1

mouse 2 on frame, side or titlebar

DestroyMenu MenuFvwmWindowOps2
AddToMenu MenuFvwmWindowOps2
FuncFvwmWindowCommon MenuFvwmWindowOps2

  • Scroll&Bar Module FvwmScroll 2 2
  • “&$[gt.Print]” FuncFvwmPrint
  • “$[gt.Print Re&verse]” FuncFvwmPrintReverse

3 different ways to log on, take your pick:

DestroyFunc FuncFvwmRloginXterm
AddToFunc FuncFvwmRloginXterm
I Exec xterm -name $0 -title “$USER @ $0” -e rlogin $0
DestroyFunc FuncFvwmRloginRxvt
AddToFunc FuncFvwmRloginRxvt
I Exec rxvt -name $0 -n $0 -title $USER@$0 -e rlogin $0
DestroyFunc FuncFvwmRloginSshRxvt
AddToFunc FuncFvwmRloginSshRxvt
I Exec Exec ssh $0 rxvt -display $HOSTDISPLAY

be sure to fill these in with your correct machine names:

DestroyMenu MenuFvwmLogins
AddToMenu MenuFvwmLogins

  • &dopey FuncFvwmRloginXterm dopey
  • &snoopy FuncFvwmRloginXterm snoopy
  • s&ignal Exec rxterm signal

DestroyMenu MenuFvwmModules
AddToMenu MenuFvwmModules “$[gt.Fvwm Modules]” Title

  • “&1. $[gt.Control Animation]” Popup MenuFvwmAnimate
  • “&B. Button-Bar” Module FvwmButtons
  • “&O. IconBox” FuncFvwmConfigureIconBox
  • “&F. Forms” Popup MenuFvwmForms
  • “&I. Identify” Module FvwmIdent
  • “&M. IconMan” Module FvwmIconMan
  • “&N. Banner” Module FvwmBanner
  • “&C. Console” Module FvwmConsole
  • “&P. Pager” Module FvwmPager 0 0
  • “&2. Pager (2 $[gt.desks])” Module FvwmPager 0 1
  • “&R. Backer” Module FvwmBacker
  • “&S. ScrollBar” Module FvwmScroll 50 50
  • “&T. FvwmTaskBar” Module FvwmTaskBar
  • “&U. AutoRaise” Module FvwmAuto 200 Raise Nop
  • “&W. WinList” Module FvwmWinList
  • “&X. $[gt.Stop Module Menu]” Popup MenuFvwmStopModule

DestroyMenu MenuFvwmStopModule
AddToMenu MenuFvwmStopModule “$[gt.Stop Fvwm Modules]” Title

  • “&B. $[gt.Stop] Button-Bar” KillModule FvwmButtons
  • “&O. $[gt.Stop] IconBox” KillModule FvwmIconBox
  • “&M. $[gt.Stop] IconMan” KillModule FvwmIconMan
  • “&P. $[gt.Stop] Pager” KillModule FvwmPager
  • “&R. $[gt.Stop] Backer” KillModule FvwmBacker
  • “&S. $[gt.Stop] ScrollBar” KillModule FvwmScroll
  • “&T. $[gt.Stop] FvwmTaskBar” KillModule FvwmTaskBar
  • “&U. $[gt.Stop] AutoRaise” KillModule FvwmAuto
  • “&W. $[gt.Stop] WinList” KillModule FvwmWinList

DestroyMenu MenuFvwmForms
AddToMenu MenuFvwmForms

  • “&C. Capture” Module FvwmForm FvwmForm-Capture
  • “&D. Form Defaults” Module FvwmForm FvwmForm-Form
  • “&R. Rlogin” Module FvwmForm FvwmForm-Rlogin
  • “&P. RootCursor” Module FvwmForm FvwmForm-RootCursor
  • “&S. Setup” Module FvwmForm FvwmForm-Setup
  • “&T. Talk Form” Module FvwmForm FvwmForm-Talk
  • “&Q. QuitVerify” Module FvwmForm FvwmForm-QuitVerify

Configure and start using an iconbox on the fly

DestroyFunc FuncFvwmConfigureIconBox
AddToFunc FuncFvwmConfigureIconBox

  • I Module FvwmIconBox
  • I Style * NoIcon

DestroyMenu MenuFvwmQuitVerify
AddToMenu MenuFvwmQuitVerify “$[gt.Really Quit Fvwm?]” Title

  • “&Q. $[gt.Yes, Really Quit]” Quit
  • “” Nop
  • “&R. $[gt.Restart]” Restart
  • “” Nop
  • “&T. $[gt.Start] twm” Restart twm
  • “&C. $[gt.Start] ctwm” Restart ctwm
  • “&2. $[gt.Start] tvtwm” Restart tvtwm
  • “&V. $[gt.Start] vtwm” Restart vtwm
  • “&M. $[gt.Start] mwm” Restart mwm
  • “&O. $[gt.Start] olwm” Restart /usr/openwin/bin/olwm
  • “” Nop
  • “&X. $[gt.Just an Xterm]” Restart xterm -n ‘“X Console”’ -T ‘“X Console”’
  • “” Nop
  • “&N. $[gt.No, Don’t Quit]” Nop

######################## Sample Functions ##########################

DestroyFunc FuncFvwmMailXmh
AddToFunc FuncFvwmMailXmh

  • I Next [$0] Iconify false
  • I Next [$0] Focus
  • I None [$0] Exec $0 $1

DestroyFunc FuncFvwmMoveOrRaise
AddToFunc FuncFvwmMoveOrRaise

  • I Raise
  • M Move
  • D Lower

DestroyFunc FuncFvwmMaximize
AddToFunc FuncFvwmMaximize

  • M Maximize 0 100
  • H Maximize 0 100
  • C Maximize 0 80
  • D Maximize 100 100

DestroyFunc FuncFvwmMoveOrIconify
AddToFunc FuncFvwmMoveOrIconify

  • I Raise
  • M Move
  • D Iconify

DestroyFunc FuncFvwmResizeOrRaise
AddToFunc FuncFvwmResizeOrRaise

  • I Raise
  • M Resize
  • D Lower

DestroyFunc FuncFvwmPrint
AddToFunc FuncFvwmPrint

  • I Raise
  • I Exec xdpr -id $w

DestroyFunc FuncFvwmPrintReverse
AddToFunc FuncFvwmPrintReverse

  • I Raise
  • I Exec xdpr 1/2 -h -rv -id $w

DestroyFunc FuncFvwmFocusPolicyChange
AddToFunc FuncFvwmFocusPolicyChange

  • I Style * $0
  • I Recapture

Read config files for modules:

read ConfigFvwmBacker
read ConfigFvwmButtons
read ConfigFvwmIconBox
read ConfigFvwmIconMan
read ConfigFvwmIdent
read ConfigFvwmPager
read ConfigFvwmScroll
read ConfigFvwmTaskBar
read ConfigFvwmWinList
#[/code]

2

What version of FVWM are you using? (You need FVWM 2.5.X). Do you have imagemagick installed? You need that too.

– Thomas Adam

3

I am running Debian Etch.
Fvwm 2.5.18
ImageMagick installed.

What’s funny is if I use Taviso’s fvwm2rc I get the thumbnails. I can’t find what I am missing.

4

Well, looking at your config, nothing is calling Thumbnail whenever an iconify action takes place. You want something like:

DestroyModuleConfig FE-i: *
*FE-i: iconify Thumbnail

AddToFunc StartFunction I Module FvwmEvent FE-i

Also note that nothing is calling DeThumbnail either, hence you will want something like this as well:

DestroyModuleConfig FE-d: *
*FE-d: deiconify DeiconifyThumbnail

AddToFunc StartFunction I Module FvwmEvent FE-d

– Thomas Adam

5

Putting those lines in causes the window to “rebound” instantly, no inconifying, no thumbnails.

6

So don’t do that, remove the FvwmEvent for the “iconify” action and where you have “Iconify” actions for mouse/key bindings, replace them with calls to “Thumbnail”.

I’d personally be inclined to fix the function to work via the iconify FvwmEvent, but that’s just me. Much more flexible.

– Thomas Adam

7

That did it. It isn’t ideal, no, but I just wanted to get basic functionality I could build on.

8

Is there is a way to speed up the thumbnail function? There is a visible delay between hitting the UI to thumbnail and when it actually does it’s thing.

9

No - this is the price you pay.

– Thomas Adam

10

For using thumbnails or not using FvwmEvent?

11

For using Thumbnails. There’s a fair amount of processing which takes place behind the scenes. On a slow computer you may well notice the effects, but that’s just a caveat of your using it.

The FvwmEvent comment was simply an observation the the Thumbnail function is poorly designed – it should not rely on encompassing Iconification itself.

– Thomas Adam

12

Ah, I see. I’m now going to work on getting FvwmEvent working with this. Thanks!

13

I use this instead:

DestroyFunc Thumbnail
AddToFunc Thumbnail
+ I Raise
+ I ThisWindow (!Iconic) SetEnv Icon-$[w.id] $[w.iconfile]
+ I ThisWindow (!Shaded, Iconifiable, !Iconic) Piperead \
        "xwd -silent -id $[w.id] > $[FVWM_USERDIR]/tmp/icon.tmp.$[w.id].xwd"
+ I Iconify
+ I Exec convert $[FVWM_USERDIR]/tmp/icon.tmp.$[w.id].xwd -scale 128 -frame 1x1 \
        -mattecolor black -quality 0 png:$[FVWM_USERDIR]/tmp/icon.tmp.$[w.id].png && \
        FvwmCommand "WindowId $[w.id] WindowStyle IconOverride, Icon $[FVWM_USERDIR]/tmp/icon.tmp.$[w.id].png"

DestroyFunc DeThumbnail
AddToFunc DeThumbnail
+ I PipeRead "echo Test \\(i \\$\\[Icon-$[w.id]\\]\\) WindowStyle Icon \\$\\[Icon-$[w.id]\\]"
+ I TestRc (NoMatch) WindowStyle NoIconOverride, Icon
+ I Exec rm -f $[FVWM_USERDIR]/tmp/icon.tmp.$[w.id].png
+ I All (Iconic, CurrentPage) PlaceAgain icon
+ I UnsetEnv Icon-$[w.id]

The main difference is that I use Exec instead of Piperead for the convert stage. That means that, at least, I can continue working without any delay, because the function does not sit waiting for convert to finish its work.

The downside is that for a moment, the iconified window will not show the thumbnail, but who cares about that? :stuck_out_tongue:

There also another way: write a small program in C using imlib to do the conversion, instead of using imagemagick. Imlib is much faster. I think that there was a thread around about that… try looking for “fast thumbnails” or something like that.

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This is a duplicate. I remember discussing this before, and having the same silly conversation about Exec/PipeRead then.