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i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Thu, 23 Apr 2015 08:22:15 +0000i3lock: how to disable redraw?https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5839/i3lock-how-to-disable-redraw/I'm running i3lock with disabled unlock indicator and have conky drawing some things on the window. However, the screen gets redrawn (at least) after every keypress, which makes conky dis- and re-appear, that's looking ugly. Is there a technical need for this and can we get an option to disable this behaviour? ThanksMon, 20 Apr 2015 20:01:42 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5839/i3lock-how-to-disable-redraw/Comment by avx for I'm running i3lock with disabled unlock indicator and have conky drawing some things on the window. However, the screen gets redrawn (at least) after every keypress, which makes conky dis- and re-appear, that's looking ugly. Is there a technical need for this and can we get an option to disable this behaviour? Thanks https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5839/i3lock-how-to-disable-redraw/?comment=5870#comment-5870Now you're getting it ;) Double buffer or not, result is the same, see here: http://pastebin.com/F9WDWLq4 First letter of my password is capitalized, when only pressing shift, nothing happens, but once I press the actual letter, the screen gets refreshed and conky vanishes/reappears.Wed, 22 Apr 2015 14:05:03 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5839/i3lock-how-to-disable-redraw/?comment=5870#comment-5870Comment by avx for I'm running i3lock with disabled unlock indicator and have conky drawing some things on the window. However, the screen gets redrawn (at least) after every keypress, which makes conky dis- and re-appear, that's looking ugly. Is there a technical need for this and can we get an option to disable this behaviour? Thanks https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5839/i3lock-how-to-disable-redraw/?comment=5862#comment-5862Thanks, but you are misunderstanding me, I guess. I am drawing onto the lockscreen to show same status information(battery, ...) - see here: http://redd.it/328e18 (where you already answered, given the same username). Conky shows up, as intended, but vanishes for every key of my password.Wed, 22 Apr 2015 06:27:18 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5839/i3lock-how-to-disable-redraw/?comment=5862#comment-5862Comment by airblader for I'm running i3lock with disabled unlock indicator and have conky drawing some things on the window. However, the screen gets redrawn (at least) after every keypress, which makes conky dis- and re-appear, that's looking ugly. Is there a technical need for this and can we get an option to disable this behaviour? Thanks https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5839/i3lock-how-to-disable-redraw/?comment=5840#comment-5840Are you using a compositor?Mon, 20 Apr 2015 20:10:53 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5839/i3lock-how-to-disable-redraw/?comment=5840#comment-5840Comment by airblader for I'm running i3lock with disabled unlock indicator and have conky drawing some things on the window. However, the screen gets redrawn (at least) after every keypress, which makes conky dis- and re-appear, that's looking ugly. Is there a technical need for this and can we get an option to disable this behaviour? Thanks https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5839/i3lock-how-to-disable-redraw/?comment=5872#comment-5872I agree that there's no technical reason for it unless we're missing something. Just to start it off, can you try applying [this patch](http://pastebin.com/UqBWBw6J) and see if it works? The redraw is also called in a timeout right after. Not sure why, but I've never worked with i3lock before.Wed, 22 Apr 2015 15:13:44 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5839/i3lock-how-to-disable-redraw/?comment=5872#comment-5872Comment by airblader for I'm running i3lock with disabled unlock indicator and have conky drawing some things on the window. However, the screen gets redrawn (at least) after every keypress, which makes conky dis- and re-appear, that's looking ugly. Is there a technical need for this and can we get an option to disable this behaviour? Thanks https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5839/i3lock-how-to-disable-redraw/?comment=5869#comment-5869Oh, you're actually drawing *onto* the window. I misread that (conky's own window being on top of i3lock would be a bug). Is your conky using double_buffer?Wed, 22 Apr 2015 11:55:43 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5839/i3lock-how-to-disable-redraw/?comment=5869#comment-5869Comment by airblader for I'm running i3lock with disabled unlock indicator and have conky drawing some things on the window. However, the screen gets redrawn (at least) after every keypress, which makes conky dis- and re-appear, that's looking ugly. Is there a technical need for this and can we get an option to disable this behaviour? Thanks https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5839/i3lock-how-to-disable-redraw/?comment=5863#comment-5863Drawing on top of i3lock is definitely not supported behavior. I think the fact that this works at all might be a bug in i3lock.Wed, 22 Apr 2015 09:00:18 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5839/i3lock-how-to-disable-redraw/?comment=5863#comment-5863Comment by airblader for I'm running i3lock with disabled unlock indicator and have conky drawing some things on the window. However, the screen gets redrawn (at least) after every keypress, which makes conky dis- and re-appear, that's looking ugly. Is there a technical need for this and can we get an option to disable this behaviour? Thanks https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5839/i3lock-how-to-disable-redraw/?comment=5878#comment-5878You can try expanding the introduced if around the rest of the function as well.Thu, 23 Apr 2015 07:47:20 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5839/i3lock-how-to-disable-redraw/?comment=5878#comment-5878Comment by avx for I'm running i3lock with disabled unlock indicator and have conky drawing some things on the window. However, the screen gets redrawn (at least) after every keypress, which makes conky dis- and re-appear, that's looking ugly. Is there a technical need for this and can we get an option to disable this behaviour? Thanks https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5839/i3lock-how-to-disable-redraw/?comment=5871#comment-5871So it seems the "-u" for i3lock only hides the indicator, but still refreshes the screen on every key(just as it would need to when using the indicator). I don't see a technical need for that, so maybe it can just be optional. Should be easy to patch, gotta learn more C first, though :/Wed, 22 Apr 2015 14:07:35 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5839/i3lock-how-to-disable-redraw/?comment=5871#comment-5871Comment by avx for I'm running i3lock with disabled unlock indicator and have conky drawing some things on the window. However, the screen gets redrawn (at least) after every keypress, which makes conky dis- and re-appear, that's looking ugly. Is there a technical need for this and can we get an option to disable this behaviour? Thanks https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5839/i3lock-how-to-disable-redraw/?comment=5864#comment-5864As Michael has given/linked to a script without commenting about it being a bug, I think it's ok/intended: https://www.mail-archive.com/i3-discuss@i3.zekjur.net/msg01373.htmlWed, 22 Apr 2015 09:35:24 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5839/i3lock-how-to-disable-redraw/?comment=5864#comment-5864Comment by airblader for I'm running i3lock with disabled unlock indicator and have conky drawing some things on the window. However, the screen gets redrawn (at least) after every keypress, which makes conky dis- and re-appear, that's looking ugly. Is there a technical need for this and can we get an option to disable this behaviour? Thanks https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5839/i3lock-how-to-disable-redraw/?comment=5879#comment-5879Either way, I think your request is valid. I suggest opening an issue against i3/i3lock on github about unnecessary redraws.Thu, 23 Apr 2015 07:47:44 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5839/i3lock-how-to-disable-redraw/?comment=5879#comment-5879Comment by avx for I'm running i3lock with disabled unlock indicator and have conky drawing some things on the window. However, the screen gets redrawn (at least) after every keypress, which makes conky dis- and re-appear, that's looking ugly. Is there a technical need for this and can we get an option to disable this behaviour? Thanks https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5839/i3lock-how-to-disable-redraw/?comment=5842#comment-5842not currently, no.Mon, 20 Apr 2015 20:35:54 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5839/i3lock-how-to-disable-redraw/?comment=5842#comment-5842Comment by airblader for I'm running i3lock with disabled unlock indicator and have conky drawing some things on the window. However, the screen gets redrawn (at least) after every keypress, which makes conky dis- and re-appear, that's looking ugly. Is there a technical need for this and can we get an option to disable this behaviour? Thanks https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5839/i3lock-how-to-disable-redraw/?comment=5873#comment-5873Small disclaimer: I haven't tried it at all (but it compiles). So please expect anything up to and including the X server to crash. So please save/close anything important upfront.Wed, 22 Apr 2015 15:20:02 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5839/i3lock-how-to-disable-redraw/?comment=5873#comment-5873Comment by airblader for I'm running i3lock with disabled unlock indicator and have conky drawing some things on the window. However, the screen gets redrawn (at least) after every keypress, which makes conky dis- and re-appear, that's looking ugly. Is there a technical need for this and can we get an option to disable this behaviour? Thanks https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5839/i3lock-how-to-disable-redraw/?comment=5860#comment-5860I would suggest maybe writing a small wrapper for the screen lock which disables conky upon lock and enables it on login againTue, 21 Apr 2015 19:52:42 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5839/i3lock-how-to-disable-redraw/?comment=5860#comment-5860Comment by avx for I'm running i3lock with disabled unlock indicator and have conky drawing some things on the window. However, the screen gets redrawn (at least) after every keypress, which makes conky dis- and re-appear, that's looking ugly. Is there a technical need for this and can we get an option to disable this behaviour? Thanks https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5839/i3lock-how-to-disable-redraw/?comment=5877#comment-5877Thanks for the patch, applied, compiled, but sadly didn't work.Thu, 23 Apr 2015 06:56:34 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5839/i3lock-how-to-disable-redraw/?comment=5877#comment-5877Comment by avx for I'm running i3lock with disabled unlock indicator and have conky drawing some things on the window. However, the screen gets redrawn (at least) after every keypress, which makes conky dis- and re-appear, that's looking ugly. Is there a technical need for this and can we get an option to disable this behaviour? Thanks https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5839/i3lock-how-to-disable-redraw/?comment=5880#comment-5880Thanks, request filed at: https://github.com/i3/i3lock/issues/12 (I'll leave this here unsolved for now)Thu, 23 Apr 2015 08:22:15 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/5839/i3lock-how-to-disable-redraw/?comment=5880#comment-5880