I reread what I wrote, and it was confusing. Metacity doesn't give "previews" in the terms you are thinking. It just draws a black outline which would be the dimensions of the window if it was unminimized. Usually this cue was enough to grab the right window. However, with Compiz and my patch, it unminimizes, which looks like a live preview and then if I alt-tab off of it, it reminimizes. It's actually a really elegant effect, and much more handy than I was hoping for.
If only I had a way to activate windows and not increment their activeNum, which changes the window history ordering. -Kyle On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 6:08 PM, Matt Thrailkill <matt.thrailk...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is that with compositing turned on in Metacity? > > On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 5:56 PM, Kyle Hubert <khub...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Yep, the move between windows immediately shortcut. I think it's >> alt-escape by default (I rebound to alt-tab), a key combo I can't get >> working for Compiz, but that's a different conversation. >> >> -Kyle >> >> On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 5:46 PM, Matt Thrailkill >> <matt.thrailk...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Metacity gave you window previews, you say? >>> >>> On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Kyle Hubert <khub...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Hi, I am attempting to switch and use Compiz full time, and first I >>>> must say that I really appreciate your work. The polish is a nice >>>> touch, and well done. >>>> >>>> I do have an issue with control flow though. I really enjoy the >>>> classic Application Switcher, but input isn't redirected to the new >>>> window when alt-tabbing. First of all, I have been spoiled by Mac OS >>>> X, where I can alt-tab and quit an application then continue >>>> alt-tabbing by never lifting my thumb. I can't do this in Linux. >>>> Secondly, I don't like the visual cues of opacity, brightness, and >>>> zooming. I hit the alt-tab keys quickly and this is just distracting. >>>> Once those settings are dialed down, there are no other visual cues to >>>> indicate which window is selected. However, the focusing changes the >>>> window title bar coloring and this is a nice cue for me. I understand >>>> this concept may be shocking when a user doesn't want too many effects >>>> on a really great effects window manager. :) Finally, I don't use a >>>> task-bar and I want previews of my minimized windows. That was >>>> something Metacity handled nicely. >>>> >>>> This really leaves two solutions (fixing three problems). I have >>>> attached a patch that handles this. The one flaw with it is that to >>>> move the input focus, the activeNum for the window gets bumped up, and >>>> screws up the history ordering. Perhaps someone can give me advice on >>>> that, and I'll fix it. >>>> >>>> I also added a small fix for when alt-tabbing and a window gets >>>> created it adds itself to the window list. Although CreateNotify can't >>>> be used because the window id doesn't map to a CompWindow, and it >>>> piggy backs on MapNotify. >>>> >>>> Thank you very much for your time. >>>> -Kyle Hubert >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Dev mailing list >>>> Dev@lists.compiz-fusion.org >>>> http://lists.compiz-fusion.org/mailman/listinfo/dev >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Dev mailing list >>> Dev@lists.compiz-fusion.org >>> http://lists.compiz-fusion.org/mailman/listinfo/dev >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Dev mailing list >> Dev@lists.compiz-fusion.org >> http://lists.compiz-fusion.org/mailman/listinfo/dev >> > _______________________________________________ > Dev mailing list > Dev@lists.compiz-fusion.org > http://lists.compiz-fusion.org/mailman/listinfo/dev > _______________________________________________ Dev mailing list Dev@lists.compiz-fusion.org http://lists.compiz-fusion.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
