Ghoster - Feature suggestion

[chabermu]

Hi Skrommel,

thank you for your excellent programs  They all work fine and help me to work more comfortable and with much more fun.

Ghoster is a real cool software. It would be GREAT to have a feature to set the time for fading out and in for ghosting so that everything would be a little smoother 

Greetings from munich

[risingeil]

I was wondering how i would be able to enable and disable Ghoster if  hotkeys.

I downloaded the ahk script, and added the hotkey commands:

#a:: Goto, START
#s:: Goto, EXIT

but they only work once for some reason.  I can enable and disable, once, before they stopped working, unless I reload the script.
I even tried using Goto, DESTROY instead of EXIt

It's as if once the gui is destroyed, it can't start up properly again.  I really onfused.

some help would be great, thanks.

PS: Actually, I think some people might like it if the author would add the enable/disable function, so one can put this program in the startup folder and toggle it on and off

[lanux128]

I was wondering how i would be able to enable and disable Ghoster if  hotkeys.

I downloaded the ahk script, and added the hotkey commands:

#a:: Goto, START
#s:: Goto, EXIT

but they only work once for some reason.  I can enable and disable, once, before they stopped working, unless I reload the script.
I even tried using Goto, DESTROY instead of EXIt

-risingeil (August 12, 2010, 04:11 AM)

try doing this, search for a line like this: Goto,LOOP and comment it out: ;Goto,LOOP.

[risingeil]

But wouldn't that disable the loop.  And from what I can tell, that LOOP is the portion that re draws everything.

[lanux128]

But wouldn't that disable the loop.  And from what I can tell, that LOOP is the portion that re draws everything.

-risingeil (August 12, 2010, 06:05 AM)

it shouldn't disable the loop but let me know if it does then we'll modify the script to do want you wanted.

[risingeil]

So I commented out Goto,LOOP, which I think there is only one in the script.  When I start it, the screen just flashes once and nothing happens.

[lanux128]

So I commented out Goto,LOOP, which I think there is only one in the script.  When I start it, the screen just flashes once and nothing happens.

-risingeil (August 12, 2010, 04:55 PM)

ok, try the linked mod then..

Edit: uploaded newer version - mod2.

[risingeil]

thanks for the quick reply.  I can turn it on and off with hotkeys now, but it doesn't light up the active window, it just darkens the screen.

[lanux128]

thanks for the quick reply.  I can turn it on and off with hotkeys now, but it doesn't light up the active window, it just darkens the screen.

-risingeil (August 12, 2010, 05:43 PM)

hmm.. try the new version.

[risingeil]

uh sorry, where do i get the new version?

[lanux128]

uh sorry, where do i get the new version?

-risingeil (August 15, 2010, 03:37 PM)

at the same place over here.. i just replaced the old version with the new.

[risingeil]

I feel I'm being picky, but for some reason, once the script starts, I can't minimize by clicking the taskbar icon any more.  I think the focus is being stolen before it cold minimize.
Sorry for being so troublesome.

[lanux128]

I feel I'm being picky, but for some reason, once the script starts, I can't minimize by clicking the taskbar icon any more.  I think the focus is being stolen before it cold minimize.
Sorry for being so troublesome.

-risingeil (August 15, 2010, 05:12 PM)

you don't have to apologize. i probably broke something.

btw, try the new upload at the same place as before.

[risingeil]

Ok, I think this might be a minor bug,  but when I open the Options in Firefox, the while screen dims.  I can't seem to find other programs that has the same effect.  Just the options dialog for firefox.
Oh, and I think I noticed this from the last version but forgot to mention it, when the desktop is in focus, the taskbar becomes transparent or vanishes to be more accurate a sno mouse clicks get registered.

[lanux128]

please post specific details of your computer system and the contents of Ghoster.ini so that i may study the reasons for this anomaly.

[risingeil]

Sorry for the late reply.  I sort of fiddled around with the code a bit.  I found that if i comment out the lines with oldtop, the issue seem to disappear, I'm not sure yet I need to test more.  So, I'm curious as to who the if statements with oldtop in them control.  While I'm at it, what does the i statements with wintop control?  I have not touch the wintop variable yet, but everything with oldtop has been commented out.

I can send you my system stats, but I'm not sure what servieces to use to get those stats.

[lanux128]

it's good that you can work out the problem. as you said you can experiment by commenting some of the sections to see the results. wintop is a variable that contains the 'style' properties of a window. in Ghoster, it's used to check if an app is on the top and make it so if it's not.

[threeboy.net]

It'd be cool to have a shortcut to enable/disable the ghoster effect while the app is running.