Re: Turning compositing on and off at runtime

[Evandro Fernandes Giovanini <efgiovanini gmail com>]

Em Qui, 2006-02-16 às 08:40 -0700, Elijah Newren escreveu:
> On 2/15/06, Rob Adams <readams readams net> wrote:
> > It's not really a new feature; it just activates the currently dormant
> > metacity compositing.  Maybe it could be committed without the schema?
> 
> Compositing isn't a new feature, but that's kind of beside the point;
> adding the ability to turn something on and off dynamically is itself
> a new feature.  It may be one worth getting approval for, and since it
> is relatively self-contained and has few side-effects or changes in UI
> or anything that might otherwise be scary (with the exception of the
> string freeze break which you suggest a workaround for), it might not
> be too hard to get through the approval process this late.    The
> question is whether it's worth the trouble or whether we should just
> wait...

Isn't this feature important for a11y? (the ability to run a different
composite manager is important)

As a translator I wouldn't mind the two extra strings, though I only
speak for myself and not the i18n team. :)

Cheers,
Evandro