[openbox] slideshow

[Frank McCormick]

On 05/04/12 03:55 PM, Ian Zimmerman wrote:
>
> Hi everyone, it's been a while ;-)
>
> I'm trying to script a simple slideshow from a directory of pictures.
> Geeqie [1] has a mode which does exactly that, and it can be initiated
> by command line pramaters, which is ideal.  But unfortunately, I see
> different behavior depending on whether I run it from within a shell
> window, or from an openbox menu.  The former works perfectly, the
> slideshow happens on a full size window that is also above all other
> windows, so it basically looks like a screensaver, exactly what I want.
>
> But in the other case (from a menu), the normal geeqie window with a
> titlebar and all stays visible.  I have tried the trick of placing it
> offscreen, with something like
>
> --geometry=900x600+0-600
>
> but that seems to have no effect, it is placed at +0+0 instead.
>
> I don't necessarily blame openbox for this :-) but it seems to be
> involved in some way.  Thanks in advance for any suggestions.



   I tried this..running it from a menu it ran fine.
Command was geeqie -s -f /home/frank/mypics

Also ran fine from a term window.

Maybe your not using the -f parm ?

However when you end the slideshow geeqie
itself pops up and has to be closed.


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Cheers
Frank