Re: [STUMP] Dim inactive monitor in dual head configuration

It occurs to me, I have the following in my .Xresources and it dims the
unfocused terminal when not selected:
> *background:            S_base03
> *foreground:            S_base0
> *fading:                40
> *fadeColor:             S_base03
> *cursorColor:           S_base1
> *pointerColorBackground:S_base01
> *pointerColorForeground:S_base1

The S_base* colors are defined earlier.  It works well.  I only ever confuse
active windows when its firefox or emacs that have focus.  I'm sure you could
find a dimmer for emacs... Firefox wouldn't be as simple.

Here's a neat idea if you have xcompmgr installed. It comes with transset, so
you can map over the non-focused windows and set their transparancy be
transparent, and the focused window to have opacity 1.  I don't have time to
hack up the lisp, but if it were packaged in a module I'd probably use it.  I
like it better than messing with xrandr since that feels like a bit of overkill
(but I only have two monitors, some people have 4-5).  Also, it would show the
exact window focused, and not just the monitor the window is on.

    David
    

Dimitri Minaev <[email protected]> writes:

> On 06/03/2016 09:28 AM, Dimitri Minaev wrote:
>>
>>> There is also the problem that there is absolutely no guarantee that
>>> xrandr and StumpWM will list heads in the same order. In fact, for me,
>>> it's the other way around right now.
>>
>> But Stumpwm gets the list of head from `xdpyinfo -ext XINERAMA', right?
>> I could replace `xrandr' with the `xdpyinfo', too.
>
> I'm wise as king Solomon. And in my wisdom, I proclaim: render unto
> the user the thing that is user's. May he provides the list of heads
> in the correct order:
>
> (setf *xrandr-heads* '("HDMI1" "VGA1"))
>
> (defun dim-inactive-head (arg1 arg2)
>   (let* ((brighthead (slot-value (current-head) 'number))
> 	 (dimhead (if (eql brighthead 0) 1 0)))
>     (run-shell-command
>      (format nil "/usr/bin/xrandr --output ~d --brightness 1.0" (nth
> brighthead *xrandr-heads*)))
>     (run-shell-command
>      (format nil "/usr/bin/xrandr --output ~d --brightness 0.7" (nth
> dimhead *xrandr-heads*)))))
>
> That'll "fix" the problem of the stuck xrandr, too ;)
>
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