There would be no way to get this working without fairly extensive code changes because the existing LXPanel does not handle certain root window properties that define the viewports. I have it working here. I am now testing it with Openbox to make sure the non-viewport environment still works.
On 04/14/2010 03:16 PM, Andrew Lee wrote: > Hi Marty, > > I played a bit with compiz on my old aspireone since yesterday. Compare > to xcompmgr, it was faster by my eye! :) > > And I understood what do you mentioned in this mail. The workspace > switcher and application bar don't work correctly as it thoughts it's > only on one desktop. > > @Klaus, did you do any magic to make workspace switcher works in Knoppix? > > Kindly regards, > > -Andrew > > Marty Jack wrote: >> The issues I have found are these. >> >> Compiz does not honor the strut when it places windows, so if you have a top >> panel, it is frequently the case that the panel covers the title bar of a >> window that is newly opened. There is nothing we can do for this beyond >> hoping Compiz fixes it because the window manager controls window placement. >> >> Compiz Wall and Cube use viewports rather than desktops to represent the >> multiple screen pages. The panel as it exists is insensitive to viewports >> and thus the pager and the other controls on the taskbar right click menu to >> move windows between screen pages don't function properly. >> >> In lxsession-logout, it uses a fullscreen window to gray out the screen and >> a separate dialog window to put up the controls, both of which it attempts >> to place above all others. This works well in Openbox. In Compiz, I find >> that sometimes the fullscreen window draws after the dialog and covers it so >> you are stuck. I have solved this by using one fullscreen window that >> contains everything. >> >> There are a couple minor issues with what Compiz reports in _NET_SUPPORTED. >> At some point I will send some patches upstream for these. >> >> On 02/20/2010 05:16 AM, Andrew Lee wrote: >>> Hi Marty and Klaus, >>> >>> Marty Jack wrote: >>>> I am also doing some work on lxsession-logout to make it work better with >>>> Compiz and to support more recent mechanisms for doing what it does. More >>>> information shortly after I do a little more research. >>>> >>> I have impressed on how smoothly LXDE may works with compiz as Klaus' >>> Knoppix on EeePC 701. >>> I wonder does any way to make compiz reads customize profile similar to >>> we have for openbox-lxde? >>> >>> A customize profile which keeps the same hotheys as openbox-lxde has >>> would be really nice for our users. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> -Andrew >>> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Lxde-list mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lxde-list
