The compositor

Olivier Fourdan fourdan at xfce.org
Thu Sep 30 22:15:29 CEST 2004


Hi,

Err, no, I did not even try actually, I'm pretty sure I don't have the
required GNOME libs...

But how is this related to the thread?

Cheers,
Olivier.

On Thu, 2004-09-30 at 21:58, boricua at pepino.is-a-geek.org wrote:
> 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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