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
