Re: add some eye candy effects for current window manager

[Christian Dysthe <cdysthe gmail com>]

On Mon, 2014-07-07 at 14:55 +0800, zhh zhou wrote:
> Hello, I want to write a gnome-shell extension to add some eye candy
> effects while minimizing, maximizing and closing a window for current
> window manager. So I have to disconnect the default signal handler,
> such as minimize signal handler. However, the wm object only has
> disconnect function which needs a signal handler ID as parameter and
> the ID is not saved in windowManager.js. So if I want to disconnect
> it, I have to modify the windowManager.js like this:
>   
>    this._minHandlerID = this._shellwm.connect('minimize',
> Lang.bind(this, this._minimizeWindow));
>
>
> But in gnome 3.12, the whole shell is a binary file. Thus, I need to
> recompile and reinstall the shell before the modifications taking
> effect. This is really complex.
>
>
>
> Can anyone have a idea that does not need to modify windowManager.js ?
> Thanks very much~

I just posted on this list about wanting better animation options for
Gnome-Shell and then you come along wanting to write something. I will
be first in line installing the results of your efforts! I really like
the animations in Cinnamon and even better ElementaryOS. If effects like
that could be reproduced it would be great!

Sorry, I am not a developer so I can't contribute with code.
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