[ot] Xgl and Compiz WM

[Alexander Toresson]

On 2/14/06, Harold Aling <h.aling at home.nl> wrote:
>  Olivier Fourdan wrote:
>  Harold Aling wrote:
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>  Only one window manager can run at a time. If you run another window
> manager, xfwm4 will not start (neither will any other window manager).
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>  How come the gnome-window-decorator is able to start and decorate
> windows then?
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>  I don't know, you're posting on an xfce list. Better ask on
> xorg at lists.freedesktop.org where such topics are currently being
> discussed....
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>  I'm posting on the XFCE list because I don't use gnome nor the
> gnome-window-decorator... I was just wandering if it was possible to
> decorate some windows with xfwm, since gnome is able to do that too...
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I've read that they create plugins to compiz that render the window
decorations of other window managers. Currently, there's just one such
plugin, and it's for drawing gnome window decorations.

Regards, Alexander Toresson