Am Dienstag, den 25.03.2008, 14:23 +0100 schrieb Danny Baumann: > Hi, > > > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 12:42:06PM +0100, Christian Neumair wrote: > > > Compiz sets the _COMPIZ_WALLPAPER_SUPPORTED hint for requesting to draw > > > the desktop background. There is a patch against Nautilus [1] available > > > that uses this hint to draw the folder background with alpha=0. > > > > >From your email, I can't tell what this hint actually does (or even > > what window it is set on -- the root? -- or who sets it), > > It's set by a Compiz (or better Compiz Fusion) plugin (which aims to > draw per-viewport wallpapers), and is set on the root window. This > property semantically just says "I am able to draw the wallpaper, > there's no need to have the desktop window draw the wallpaper". > > > and I can't > > tell why compiz wants to do anything different with backgrounds than > > other WMs (i.e., just use the window with type DESKTOP as the > > background). Could you perhaps elaborate some? > > As said, per-viewport wallpapers or even video wallpapers or similar. > The goal is to have the desktop window draw itself transparent (and keep > only the icons opaque) so other stuff can be drawn underneath it without > losing the actual desktop functionality.
Ping. best regards, Christian Neumair -- Christian Neumair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ wm-spec-list mailing list wm-spec-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/wm-spec-list