A couple of questions from a Newbie.
Hello , I am trying to build a module using the composite extension of X, mainly xcompmgr functionality for now ... is anyone else interested or have some opinions ? views ? I have a good idéa of the X part, but I have never written a fvwm module before, so any hints are welcome especially if anyone have some problems they can foresee . Also would 2.6.1 or 2.7.x be the correct branch to use ? / regards, Lars Segerlund
Re: A couple of questions from a Newbie.
On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 01:25:45PM +0200, Lars Segerlund wrote: Hello , I am trying to build a module using the composite extension of X, mainly xcompmgr functionality for now ... is anyone else interested or have some opinions ? views ? I'm not interested in using it, but I'm wondering how useful a FVWM-specific module would be over just using xcompmgr directly? Mind you, I suppose there's a case for letting it hook in to certain windows, which you can't use with xcompmgr because it's an all or nothing approach. Be very careful with scoping this though -- FVWM is a *reparenting* window manager, not a compositing one. I have a good idéa of the X part, but I have never written a fvwm module before, so any hints are welcome especially if anyone have some problems they can foresee . Take any existing module we have now, and I think there was some tutorial on the fvwmforums about writing modules from scratch, but I've not read it, and can't vouch for its accuracy. I'd rather see FvwmDecorator as a pre-cursor to this; whilst that needs a lot of discussion/design first of all, what's this FvwmCompositor module of yours going to provide in terms of functionality? Also would 2.6.1 or 2.7.x be the correct branch to use ? It doesn't matter. The code is the same. I'd rather you didn't use 2.7.X though. -- Thomas Adam
Re: A couple of questions from a Newbie.
Lars Segerlund lars.segerl...@gmail.com writes: Hello , I am trying to build a module using the composite extension of X, mainly xcompmgr functionality for now ... is anyone else interested or have some opinions ? views ? I have a good idéa of the X part, but I have never written a fvwm module before, so any hints are welcome especially if anyone have some problems they can foresee . Also would 2.6.1 or 2.7.x be the correct branch to use ? 2.6.1. The complete documentation for the module interface is here: http://fvwm.org/documentation/dev_modules.php IMO, the best module to use as an example is FvwmAnimate. What can xcompmgr do for Fvwm?
Re: A couple of questions from a Newbie.
xcompmanager is the 'simplest' compsitioning manager/program you can think of, it only reparents all windows to offscreen storage and renders the visible screen using 'compositioning' ie. OpenGL or similar in order to give effects that is hard to do otherwise. So if you can do what xcompamanger can do, youre on your way to something like compiz or kwin, ie. 3D effects on the desktop or simpler effects. For example transparent windows are easy to do. Provided it is possible to integrate a module tight enough, it should be able to do what the MAC interface or compiz does in desktop effects. I am only doing it to se if I can, and I don't know if I have the time to make it usable. / Lars 2011/4/20 des...@verizon.net: Lars Segerlund lars.segerl...@gmail.com writes: Hello , I am trying to build a module using the composite extension of X, mainly xcompmgr functionality for now ... is anyone else interested or have some opinions ? views ? I have a good idéa of the X part, but I have never written a fvwm module before, so any hints are welcome especially if anyone have some problems they can foresee . Also would 2.6.1 or 2.7.x be the correct branch to use ? 2.6.1. The complete documentation for the module interface is here: http://fvwm.org/documentation/dev_modules.php IMO, the best module to use as an example is FvwmAnimate. What can xcompmgr do for Fvwm?
