On Wednesday, October 03, 2012 11:03:17 AM Martin Gräßlin wrote: > Hi Kubuntu-devs, > > please note: I'm not subscribed, please CC me in replies > > I have been made aware of the fact that Kubuntu shipps default settings for > KWin which introduce issues. > > I had a look at the kwinrc in bazaar [1] as of revision 505 and I can > confirm the issue. > > In the Plugin section both BoxSwitch and CoverSwitch are enabled. The > BoxSwitch effect has already been replaced in 4.8 by a QML TabBox, but is > still shipped as part of it is optionally used by CoverSwitch. > > The fact that Kubuntu enables the effect in kwinrc breaks the kwin config > migration script. Basically the behavior is undefined. I have no idea what > the users get when the script is executed but it is not what they should > get. I would suggest to remove the line: > > kwin4_effect_boxswitchEnabled=true > > Furthermore there are multiple settings which are identical to KWin's > default. I would suggest to remove those as that can cause issues in the > future. > > The following config values match KWin's default: > * Style -> PluginLib > * Windows -> TitlebarDoubleClickCommand > * Effect-CoverSwitch -> TabBoxAlternative > > Furthermore the following combination of default settings does not make any > sense: > enabling the cube effect and only 2 desktops. > > I also want to point out that upstreams default is since 4.7 to have only > one desktop. KDE used to have a default of four desktops and Kubuntu > decided that four are too many and changed to two. With the changed value > in KDE this should be re-evaluated. Either Kubuntu wants to follow upstream > (this is what I would suggest) or goes really with virtual desktops and in > that case it should be changed to 4. Then also the cube effect makes sense. > > Please note that removing the virtual desktops by default unclutters the > default setup as the pager is removed. > > Best Regards > Martin Gräßlin > > KWin maintainer > > [1] http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~kubuntu-packagers/kubuntu-default- > settings/kubuntu-default-settings/view/head:/share/config/kwinrc
If I read your recommendations correctly, that would leave is with this: [Plugins] kwin4_effect_coverswitchEnabled=true [Effect-CoverSwitch] TabBox=true Is that correct? Scott K -- kubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel
