Re: [dwm] What is the use of Compiz on DWM?

From: Bill Puschmann <puschy_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 14:31:42 -0400

A while back (pre-dwm) someone mentioned a great side effect with WMII and
composite... instead of just "highlighting" the borders of the active
window, they also had a drop shadow.

I tried it once, too. Pretty. But not all that beneficial for the overhead
(then again, this was a while ago).

On 9/4/07, Alexander Polakov <polachok_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> * Amit <amit.uttam_AT_gmail.com> [070904 21:27]:
> > hey guys,
> >
> > I've been hearing a lot about Compiz-Fusion lately. I've been
> > following it quite a bit and I do realize that is just eye candy and
> > quite unstable at the moment. But out of curiosity do any of you DWM
> > users actually use this on your system? If so what features do use?
> > And are there any advantages to it?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Amit
>
> Hey! Compiz is a window(+composite) manager, you cannot use it with
> another window
> manager (dwm). I tried it for a couple of hours and couldn't find any
> useful features.
> --
> Alexander Polakov | http://polachok.livejournal.com
> Russian DWM users | http://community.livejournal.com/ru_dwm/
>
>

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Received on Tue Sep 04 2007 - 20:31:44 UTC

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