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

That was with xcompmgr; it looked cool when dwm labeled inactive
windows too. xcompmgr seems to have fallen by the wayside since then.

On 9/4/07, Bill Puschmann <puschy_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> 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).
>
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> 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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