Metacity gave you window previews, you say?
On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Kyle Hubert <[email protected]> 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 > [email protected] > http://lists.compiz-fusion.org/mailman/listinfo/dev > > _______________________________________________ Dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.compiz-fusion.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
