Window previews in xfwm4

[Ricardo Biehl]

Hello. I think that many features for modernization Xfce desktop could be
add, but just like Olivier said the Xfce should keep by default without
extras features. The extras features could be add by user, but not come to
default.
B
​ig hug, Ricardo Biehl.​

2015-01-01 19:44 GMT-02:00 Olivier Fourdan <fourdan at gmail.com>:

> Hi
>
> Yeap that sounds reasonable. Main point is compositing has to remain
> optional, both at build time and at run time.
>
> Looking forward to reviewing your patches :)
>
> Cheers,
> Olivier
>
> On 1 January 2015 at 14:56, Sonal Santan <sonal.santan at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have been exploring how to add support for Window previews in xfwm4. I
> am
> > assuming that this can be built with the help of XRender support in
> xfwm4.
> > My aim is to enhance the tabwin implementation to show window previews if
> > compositor is enabled in xfwm4 or fall back to the current scheme of
> showing
> > application icons. The compositor has window_pixmap for every application
> > window that IMHO can be used for generating previews but it wouldn't work
> > for minimized windows.
> >
> > Here is how I am thinking of  enhancing xfwm4 to add support for this
> often
> > requested feature:
> >
> > [1] Add an XImage or GTKImage to represent Window Preview for every
> _CWindow
> > [2] Lazy update the Image: Cache the image for windows which are being
> > minimized; For unminimized windows update the Image on Window Preview
> > Request
> > [3] Enhance tabwin to request the compositor for the Window Preview if
> > compositor is enabled
> > [4] Use the obtained Image for drawing the GtkButton
> >
> > Does this sound inline with xfwm4 broader design philosophies? Given I am
> > not an expert in XWindow programming, does this look technically doable?
> >
> > -Sonal
> >
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