On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 16:25:32 +0100 "Hans Voss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello, > However, I got wondering, is there anyway that fvwm might, someday, be > able to use/create/"do" such graphical "stunt work" as well? > (I don't want much, I know.... ;-). There's been in the past some discussion about this on the forums at fvwm.lair.be, you can always use xcompmgr + transset-df, though its stability is not superb. There's also metisse, though I haven't tried it seriously. http://insitu.lri.fr/metisse/ > Or is this something that just cannot be done (without replicating all > the work Compiz and predecessors have done)? And why we would even > want that is yet another discussion all together. (I think, basically, > just to poke other people (Vista users, Mac users) in the eye). I don't know much about the compiz architecture, but since the compositor seems to be a separate piece, and it can use different decorators, I don't think it would be hard, nor impossible, to use it in conjunction with a 3rd party wm like fvwm. The main problem is probably the lack of interest. I for one, don't care much about niceness, though I admit the advantages of having an opengl desktop in terms of cpu usage, even if you don't use effects at all. The other day I saw this: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-4711997.html?sid=9674eee6a90c2f50a2373a6f3a392a5a It seems like someone is working on compiz for e17. I haven't tried, though, since my interest in both compiz and e17 is next to nil. But a similar project for fvwm should be equally doable. Another thing is the amount of work that it would require. I have no clue about that. -- Jesús Guerrero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
