[OT] Good to be back: An experiment with Compiz

[Robin Haswell]

Yo'av Moshe wrote:
> Well, AFAIK, In order to get the same effect - live, small versions of
> the opened windows, we would have to use Xgl. But it's possible to
> make screenshots of the opened windows and draw them. I'm actually
> pretty sure that it can be done with FVWM with a (pretty complex)
> custom configuration.

Hm. I'm guessing here, but shouldn't it be possible with the X Composite extension? AFAIK, Composite 
works by drawing windows off-screen then compositing them in-place. Is it possible to use this 
feature to draw apps off-screen then draw resized version of them on-screen? I'm sure it would be 
treacle-slow compared to scaling them in hardware, but.. doable?

On the other hand, is Xgl an unreasonable optional dependency for Xfce in the future, like Composite 
is now? Xgl actually speeds up the desktop, so it's in-line with Xfce's goals.

I'm only pushing this because it is actually a useful feature, especially at work when middle-click 
merely yields a nondescript list of "Eterm, Eterm, Eterm, Eterm....". I guess I really should work 
out how to get Vim to set a useful titlebar...

-Rob