openGL in xfwm4

[Harold Aling]

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On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:52:46 +0100, Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac at debian.org>
wrote:
> On mar, 2008-02-26 at 18:57 +0000, Olivier Fourdan wrote:
>> BTW, I do not think adding OpenGL support in xfwm4 is a good idea...
>> 
>> Compiz kicks ass and it makes no sense to duplicate/reinvent the
>> wheel. If you want OpenGL compositing, use Compiz (please let 's not
>> do like KDE4... There are already way too many duplication of efforts
>> between projects).
>> 
>> *If* you want a cool idea, it would be great to have a "compiz
>> decorator mode" in xfwm instead, this way xfwm4 could behave either
>> like a full window manager or just a decorator for compiz.
> 
> I *really* like xfwm4 look and feel. Compositor is nice, but could
> behave faster (I guess) using openGL stuff in my intel card. And some
> fancy stuff like bluring the titlebar text is nice. Cube effect, wobbly
> windows etc. dont really attract me. I really prefer xfwm4 for all
> window management stuff.
> 
> Something I like too is their alt-tab effect (but I guess this isn't
> really tied to openGL stuff, except maybe the real-time update of
> windows).
> 
> I really see openGL in xfwm as a “bonus”, not a complete rewrite :)
> 

That's exectly how I would see it: using the power of OpenGL to draw
exactly the same as the non-rocket-fueled Xfwm4.

I don't want any other effects than Xfwm4 offers at the moment
(transparency and shadows) but then drawn by OpenGL for a performance boost
and less CPU usage. If I really want all kinds of fancy stuff I'll use
Compiz.

-H-