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Package Details: xcowsay 1.6-1
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| Git Clone URL: | https://aur.archlinux.org/xcowsay.git (read-only, click to copy) |
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| Package Base: | xcowsay |
| Description: | a program based on cowsay that displays a cute cow and message on your desktop |
| Upstream URL: | http://www.doof.me.uk/xcowsay |
| Licenses: | GPL |
| Groups: | games |
| Submitter: | aspirogrammer |
| Maintainer: | ogghi |
| Last Packager: | ogghi |
| Votes: | 20 |
| Popularity: | 0.000911 |
| First Submitted: | 2015-09-03 20:22 (UTC) |
| Last Updated: | 2022-02-16 05:32 (UTC) |
Dependencies (4)
- cairo (cairo-gitAUR)
- dbus (dbus-gitAUR, dbus-selinuxAUR)
- dbus-glib
- gtk2 (gtk2-maemoAUR, gtk2-patched-filechooser-icon-viewAUR)
Latest Comments
ogghi commented on 2020-10-04 13:39 (UTC)
Hi @cirrus! It got updated by Nick to work again with transparency! I also updated here...
cirrus commented on 2020-09-15 18:02 (UTC)
Thanks for the feedback ogghi, however i experience the blocky background with/without picom compositor enabled. In the interim i will keep 1.5-1 ignored and stay with 1.4-1. Thanks for contribution.
ogghi commented on 2020-09-10 08:51 (UTC)
Yeah it's a known issue with the switch from Gtk2 to Gtk3 unfortunately. Xcowsay used to use the gtk_widget_shape_combine_mask() function to make non-rectangular windows, but that was removed in Gtk3 so 1.5 uses the alpha channel instead to make areas transparent (that has the nice side effect of anti-aliasing the edge of the cow/bubble). But obviously that won't work if you're not running Wayland or a compositing window manager.
I think I ought to try to find a workaround since it affects at least one person (never sure how many users there actually are .
That's what Nick replied!
ogghi commented on 2020-09-10 07:43 (UTC) (edited on 2020-09-10 07:48 (UTC) by ogghi)
Hi, I see the same issue! Might need to ask the dev of XCS itself? EDIT: I asked Nick!
cirrus commented on 2020-09-09 13:23 (UTC)
xcowsay-1.5-1 for me causes the background of image & speech bubble to be surrounded in black blocks, downgrading back to xcowsay-1.4-1 rectifies matters. This occurs with and without composoting.
jbtwaalf commented on 2020-08-22 09:01 (UTC)
Hey, isn't it a better idea to use github as the source?
ogghi commented on 2020-07-22 09:05 (UTC)
Hi, I did an updated PKGBUILD, tested locally. Would also update here, but can't...Read-only.
dominic03 commented on 2020-06-19 15:12 (UTC)
Can you make a build of this for ARM64?
aspirogrammer commented on 2015-10-13 19:57 (UTC)
kirch commented on 2015-10-13 19:25 (UTC)