Not only is it supposed to Just Work on Wayland, it actually runs as a native Wayland window. That error is likely caused by a bug or packaging issue (or maybe some old version? Mine is 1.4.2). Did you try a different package for it like Flatpak or AppImage for example?
well maybe you can give this a try. try manjaro again, after install switch to the testing-branch and check if the problem persists. in this case (manjaro at testing-branch) you will have the most actual version.
as others already mention, this problem could be lightly possible due to the packaging of your distro.
Thank you, I thought I was the only one with this problem.
Yes, I tried a flatpak and it works! Thank you!
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Thank you; flatpak works!
I wonder if this is a bug in 1.9.2, as the flatpak is still 1.9.1? Be ready if this updates.
previous releases:
As an aside, I know that having a custom background color for text is important, but last I needed to label a number of images I did use Digikam’s ShowFoto applet, though it only offers a transparent background. I haven’t seen other editing tools with this specific functionality
Yes, I don’t know of any other program with this feature either; you can achieve a similar result in GIMP, but it’s very cumbersome.
But I have to keep working with x11 for as long as possible anyway, because I just noticed that save as doesn’t work either.
save as works; I made a settings mistake
Really interesting discussion, I hope you don’t mind if I chime in.
You say that you like XnView MP’s process of adding text labels with a bg color matching the respective color of the photo, but what does this mean exactly?
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When you use the color picker, you try to select a color which is representative for the image near or at the label position, is that correct? Or in other words, you would redo this if you accidentaly catch a sun flare with the picker.
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Are the label positions fixed? Always in the bottom left and right, always two labels? Is it just the text that varies?
Doing 40 - 60 photos/day in a manual process would certainly take the wind out of my sails, and I would try to automate this as much as possible. Not too difficult with ImageMagick.
Example: To get the 5 most used colors in the whole photo, you could use mapfile -t colors_array < <(convert ~/Pictures/Bird_Photo.jpg -format %c -colorspace LAB -colors 5 histogram:info:- | sort -n -r | tr -s " " | cut -d' ' -f 4) for the hex color values to enter in another program, without the need for a picker. It’s just one step more to limit this to the left or right bottom part of the image. Make an alias, done.
For a visual sanity check, just use mapfile -t colors_array < <(convert ~/Pictures/Bird_Photo.jpg -format %c -colorspace LAB -colors 5 histogram:info:- | sort -n -r | tr -s " " | cut -d' ' -f 4); convert -size 60x60 label:" BG Color Bird" xc:${colors_array[0]} xc:${colors_array[1]} xc:${colors_array[2]} xc:${colors_array[3]} xc:${colors_array[4]} +append im-palette-from-image.jpg. View the file im-palette-from-image.jpg with the viewer of your choice. I would automate that as well and append && gwenview im-palette-from-image.jpg to the last line.
All in all, to whittle this down to a streamlined process, it shouldn’t take more than 1 or 2 hours.
In case you are interested in using Inkscape for this process, here is the solution for your requirement.
https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/120294/inkscape-for-cartography-fill-the-background-of-a-text
When adding the background as given in the answer, you can use the Inkscape’s colour picker to choose whichever colour you want.
Yes, you understood correctly. But I only add one label, usually at the bottom left. (In the example photo, I added two to show what I mean by color matching.
Thank you, but bear in mind that I am almost 80. What you are suggesting is certainly wonderful, but it is far beyond my capabilities. However, I am flattered that you think I am capable of doing it.
Thank you, I tried it and it works; but it needs more time.
Dear participants, I will have to wait and see whether the developer of xnviewmp makes any adjustments to the Linux version or whether he focuses entirely on Windows. I fear the latter.
If X11 is finally history, I will freeze an operating system with X11 and use it in dual boot only for this work. I think that would be a solution.
Now I would like to thank you all for your help.
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seems to me this solution of black text on a white translucent background would satisfy the OP’s use case 100% of the time without the need to pick a color at all.
and it would make all the photos in the collection have a more consistent and curated feel.