Re: [pksampler-devel] CLAM and PK widgets
Status: Beta
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From: David <dg...@iu...> - 2007-04-18 09:21:05
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Any enhancement would be really very wellcome, Patrick. I am starting to adapt also widgets from Rui Nuno Capella and Pedro Lopez=20 Cabanillas (QSynth/Qtractor/QJackCtl...), and Chris Cannam=20 (SonicVisualizer,Rosegarden...). Let's make Linux interfaces cool ;-) David. On Dimecres 18 Abril 2007, Patrick Stinson wrote: > I just had a look at some of the screenshots. Good greif! I thouht I > recognized those widgets...I wish I had some time to play with it and > make it better... > > On 4/12/07, Patrick Stinson <pat...@gm...> wrote: > > On 4/12/07, David Garc=EDa Garz=F3n <dg...@iu...> wrote: > > > On Dijous 12 Abril 2007, Patrick Stinson wrote: > > > > > I did some experiments by changing parameters such as colors and > > > > > size of buttons, and works pretty well. :-) I need to know how to > > > > > crop them but i am on the track. > > > > > > > > Right. I wrote a tool to do that a while ago, but it isn't in my > > > > repository anymore because I took a different direction with the > > > > widgets I have now. I could write it again in a day or less if I > > > > wasn't so busy... We release early june (hopefully) and this stuff > > > > would be fun to get back into then (no promises!) > > > > > > Nice to know. If i need it before i think i could do it myself. > > > > > > > > What i miss is some way of making the background transparent. > > > > > Adding pkwidgets to an interface forces you to use the widget > > > > > background for all the interface to avoid awkward aspect. By havi= ng > > > > > an alpha background we could remove this limitation. I spotted > > > > > several interesting links: http://www.imagico.de/pov/icons.html > > > > > http://www.econym.demon.co.uk/shadowtut/index.htm > > > > > > > > This was one of two major problems I never tackled.. I thought about > > > > using some sort of mask, but I'm not sure. The purest way would be = to > > > > get povray to do it, but I haven't looked into it. If it isn't > > > > immediately possible using the povray docs, then a post to the povr= ay > > > > mailing list and/or community forums would probably be worth it. If > > > > not, creating some sort of mask might be the way to go, but that > > > > would be difficult with the shadow. > > > > > > Have you checked the links? Ok, you are in release ;-) i can just > > > describe them, they explain how to do icons with alpha by doing 2 or 3 > > > povray runs with different parameters. By doing that we could get some > > > alpha shadowed backgrounds. I promise to get on that, well, if you > > > don't before ;-) > > > > you probably will before me > > > > > > > > Keep me informed how your work goes. I'm glad to hear my code > > > > > > helped. > > > > > > > > > > At the moment i'll use the existing widgets and pixmaps and i'll > > > > > extend both as i need more. Our packaging must not to be changed > > > > > for that. Eventually i would like to integrate things further and > > > > > porting other widgets. So let's talk then. I'll keep you informed. > > > > > Warn me also when your release is over and lets chat a little. > > > > > > > > I may not remember (we are REALLY busy), so drop me another line if= I > > > > don't get back to you. This is what we are working on: > > > > www.soundsonline.com. > > > > > > > > Are you doing anything commercially? > > > > > > Not so, but we are currently seeking commercial projects involving > > > CLAM. Here comercial does not mean non-free but we also are able to > > > drop non relicenceable dependencies if non-free is a requirement. > > > > > > Good luck with the release. > > > > > > -- > > > David Garc=EDa Garz=F3n > > > (Work) dgarcia at iua dot upf anotherdot es > > > (Home) vokimon at telefonica adot net > > > http://www.iua.upf.edu/~dgarcia > > > > -- > > Patrick Kidd Stinson > > http://www.patrickkidd.com/ > > http://pkaudio.sourceforge.net/ > > http://pksampler.sourceforge.net/ =2D-=20 David Garc=EDa Garz=F3n (Work) dgarcia at iua dot upf anotherdot es (Home) vokimon at telefonica adot net http://www.iua.upf.edu/~dgarcia |