[ot] Xgl and Compiz WM

[Harold Aling]

Olivier Fourdan wrote:
> Harold Aling wrote:
>   
>> Olivier Fourdan wrote:
>>     
>>> Harold Aling wrote:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>>> 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).
>>>>>   
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> How come the gnome-window-decorator is able to start and decorate 
>>>> windows then?
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> 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....
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> 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...
>>     
>
> Compiz will replace your window manager. You cannot run two window 
> managers at the same time, xfce or xfwm4 have nothing to do with that!
>
>  From XGL page, http://en.opensuse.org/Xgl :
>
> "Xgl works best with a composite manager. For some effects composite and 
> window manager have to interact tightly, so they should actually be the 
> same process. compiz is the first available combined window / composite 
> manager that uses OpenGL. In order to use it run"
>
> "compiz --replace gconf decoration wobbly fade minimize cube rotate zoom 
> scale move resize place menu"
>
> "It will replace your current window manager and load all plugins. You 
> can also start with a minimal number of plugins by only specifying 
> decoration move resize place menu. After startup you can use 
> gconf-editor (sorry, no KDE configuration plugin yet) for editing the 
> parameters of all plugins. More information about the plugins and their 
> parameters will be presented on the compiz page."
>
> "For window decorations you will have to start a window decorator 
> program. An experimental window decorator for gnome is included with 
> compiz. To use it run gnome-window-decorator. "
>   
Thank you for this info! Somehow I didn't think/google before posting 
here... It's all very clear now...

The only question remaining: will the XFCE team create a plugin like the 
current (and only) gnome variant? I know it's rude to ask such a thing, 
but it would be very cool to have, and OpenGL window drawing will 
probably be the future of all desktops...
>   
>> Anyway: since Twinview dowsn't work yet, I won't be using Xgl/Compriz 
>> for now. I sure hope XFWM will be able to decorate windows when 
>> Xgl/compriz hits mainstream. It would be a real pity if not...
>>     
>
> Again, this seems fairly unrelated to me. We won't fix what is not 
> broken, if you want to run compiz and its decorator, as stated on XGL 
> web site "It will replace your current window manager". Feel free to use 
> whatever window manager you want.
>
> Regards,
> Olivier.
>
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Thanx for all the info!

Harold.
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