>>>>> Dieter Plaetinck <[email protected]> writes:
Hi,
> - What's the difference with xcompmgr? (i haven't used either)
* xcompmgr is based on a monolithic architecture, whereas Unagi
architecture is split up in three parts: core, rendering and visual
effects.
From an end-user POV, it allows to easily add customized visual
effects plugins and rendering backend.
From a developer POV, it makes maintenance easier and allows to work
separately on different components without understanding the whole
code.
Further information can be found in section "Introduction and
Rationale", 3.1 and 4.1 of [0].
* xcompmgr uses Xlib whereas Unagi uses XCB which should provide better
performance (even though this is far from being opitmized now) among
other things. You can find further information in section 1.2 of this
document[0].
* xcompmgr has been written more as a proof-of-concept than a useable
software.
> - does this make it possible to implement a clone view where you
> see the same window(s) on 2 screens (of potentially different
> sizes), or do you need a compositing WM for that?
I'm not sure whether you are talking of a clone of the desktop you are
currently in, which could be achieved through xrandr, or just for
specific windows? I'm not sure either why you would want to do that? ;)
Cheers,
Arnaud
[0] http://projects.mini-dweeb.org/attachments/3/report.pdf
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