The compositor

boricua at pepino.is-a-geek.org boricua at pepino.is-a-geek.org
Thu Sep 30 21:58:16 CEST 2004


oli you have not jumped to evo-2?


On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 10:01:55PM +0200, Olivier Fourdan wrote:
> Andrew,
> 
> Thanks for that feedback. I'm afraid that I couldn't implement what you
> are suggesting about menus though...
> 
> Anyway, please feel free to report any problem you'd may find in xfwm4
> compositor
> 
> Thanks,
> Olivier.
> 
> On Thu, 2004-09-30 at 16:37, Andrew Conkling wrote:
> > Olivier and co.,
> > I like the compositor; much more subtle than xcompmgr.  Good work!
> > 
> > I also like how menus are not given shadows; it gives the effect of them
> > being on the same plane as the window, which makes sense.  However, when
> > a menu sticks out over the edge of a window, it would be quite slick if
> > it were then given a shadow (only over the edge outside of the window). 
> > The effect would be that the menu is on the same plane as the
> > window, but both are 'above' the desktop.  Also, the desktop menu seems
> > like it should be given a shadow, as does the Xfce menu (on the panel). 
> > In other words, is it possible to give shadows to menus selectively? :)
> > 
> > In any case, I know you've been working hard on this and your efforts
> > are appreciated.  I've no problems with the compositor here and, unlike
> > xcompmgr, it redraws windows without leaving junk behind....  I'm sold.
> > :)
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Andrew
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