On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 11:41 PM, Iain * <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 6:13 PM, Patryk Zawadzki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'd say for me the only essential feature of a compositor is not >> watching the goddamn windows redraw each time you switch apps and >> workspaces. > Then you don't need a compositor > Turn it off. problem solved.
Nah, one thing about a compositor is that it keeps off-screen copies of all the windows so it does not have to invalidate regions when the stacking order changes. It's this feature that allows stuff like live window previews and translucency to work. That's what I meant to say above. -- Patryk Zawadzki PLD Linux Distribution _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
