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HOWTO Invert X colours on the fly
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GustavoYz


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Location: .ar
PostPosted: Fri 06 Jan 2012, 22:59    Post subject:  HOWTO Invert X colours on the fly
Subject description: using xcalib		  
Two steps.
1- Install xcalib (maybe newer puppies have it, not sure).
2- Find a way of bind it to a keyboard shortcut.

1- Easy, install the pet below.
2- In OpenBox, you need to add something like this to your rc.xml:
Code:
<keybind key="C-A-i">
      <action name="Execute">
        <startupnotify>
          <enabled>true</enabled>
          <name>Colorines</name>
        </startupnotify>
        <command>xcalib -invert -alter</command>
      </action>
    </keybind>

Add it after:
Code:
<!-- Keybindings for running applications -->

and dont interrupt any previous entry (between the 'keybind' tags).
Then just restart X and try it out.
For others wm, search here.

*It works for me, as I tend to use black themes, to read from the screen when is a bare light.
Enjoy.
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harii4


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PostPosted: Sun 15 Jan 2012, 11:12    Post subject:  
Quote:
For others wm, search here.


Is there an missing link/url? Confused
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Karl Godt


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PostPosted: Sun 15 Jan 2012, 12:23    Post subject:  
Nice , works on Puppy 4.3.1 ..

Will have to make a script and a button for that ..
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Barkin


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PostPosted: Sun 15 Jan 2012, 16:03    Post subject:    
Karl Godt wrote:
Nice , works on Puppy 4.3.1 ..

your screengrab, "xcalib.png", doesn't appear inverted (negative) to me,
the attachment may appear inverted on your computer, but not on mine ...
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Karl Godt


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PostPosted: Sun 15 Jan 2012, 16:34    Post subject:  
BETTER ?
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musher0


Joined: 04 Jan 2009
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Location: Gatineau (Qc), Canada
PostPosted: Sun 15 Jan 2012, 16:53    Post subject:  
harii4 wrote:
Quote:
For others wm, search here.


Is there an missing link/url? Confused


Hi, gustavo.

Same question as harii4: where do we search to make this work with other wm's?

Thanks in advance.
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vovchik


Joined: 23 Oct 2006
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PostPosted: Sun 15 Jan 2012, 18:03    Post subject:  
Dear all,

Works fine in Lucid and and icewm. Thanks.

With kind regards,
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GustavoYz


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PostPosted: Sun 15 Jan 2012, 18:10    Post subject:  
Hi all.
In first place, you invert monitor colours, so the screencap will not show it, but it looks exactly as Karl Godt's doctored screencap shown.
I meant this link (Patriot's about shortcuts jwm).
Feel free to post other ways in other wms.

All is about make 'handy' the command:
Code:
xcalib -invert -alter

somehow.
I used OpenBox's configs for that.
Sorry for the confusion.
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Barkin


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PostPosted: Sun 15 Jan 2012, 23:46    Post subject:  
Karl Godt wrote:
BETTER ?

Yes: that 2nd version of xcailib.png appears inverted on my computer.
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Karl Godt


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PostPosted: Mon 16 Jan 2012, 00:06    Post subject:  
I have just inverted the colors of the screenshot in mtpaint . This does exactly the same as xcalib does .

Did not realize this behaviour .

Its like dark sunglasses on the surface of the screen , but everything underneath of it stays as before .

Cool
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