[off-list] Re: Xfwm4 / compositor: gray background

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Wed, 20 May 2015 11:54:06 +0200, Olivier Fourdan wrote:
>Seriously? I'll write it again, xfwm4 allows you to set a root pixmap
>with the compositor enabled, it's just not enabled by default because
>by default it's not needed.
>
>Now there is something I don't understand here, you seem to be willing
>to change the default setup (by removing xfdesktop) but not ready to
>even just rebuild from source? How come...

On Wed, 20 May 2015 12:21:03 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>[rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ cat /var/abs/extra/xfwm4/PKGBUILD 
>[snip]
>    --enable-compositor \
>[snip]
>
>What is the name of the option that needs to be added?  

PPS: Note, the OP is an Arch user and seemingly the compositor is
enabled by default. Is something else missing?