Re: desktop effects tab in appearance capplet

[Thomas Wood <thos gnome org>]

On Sat, 2008-03-29 at 21:37 +0100, Patrick Niklaus wrote:
> >
> >  I think this is totally untrue and counter productive. Compiz is not the
> >  only window manager with "desktop effects" and we should not force users
> >  into switching window managers for this option.
> >
> >  And please remember, metacity and compiz are not the only window
> >  managers in the world. Right now, the GNOME project does not decree a
> >  particular window manager to be running (although some can be said to be
> >  more "GNOME-compliant" than others).
> >
> 
> Ok, then what about just adding a gconf key to specific a separate
> "composite window manager" which would only start when the "desktop
> effects" option is enabled? Otherwise it would just start the default
> window manager (like for example metacity). That should give you the
> flexibility to just use __anything__ as your composite manager. Of
> course, this is the lowest level of integration that you will get, but
> that's the prize of flexibility.
> 
> If you want more integration it would probably be the best to let the
> "composite window manager" specific a module that is loaded and
> display in the "desktop effects" tab. Of course this would need to be
> supported on the "composite window manager" side, which won't always
> be the case.

I really don't understand why enabling "desktop effects" requires you to
change your window manager.

> 
> >
> >  If a window manager wants proper GNOME integration, it should really
> >  look at implementing a gnome-window-manager plugin. Perhaps we should
> >  add an "enable effects" option to this which the checkbox would control?
> >  See libwindow-settings in gnome-control-center for more info.
> >
> 
> The problem I see here is, that just because you want to enable a
> "composite window manager" it would need to have support for gnome.
> For that simple use case a gconf key pointing at the "composite window
> manager" would also do the trick. (See above)

Again, I don't see why enabling a compositing manager necessitates
changing your window manager.

Regards,

Thomas