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

I guess you could have use for it if you wanted to make a "movie" gui for
some hollywood blockbuster. I tried it about a month ago but it was way too
unstable. DWM, in contrast, hasn't crashed once since I started using it.
;-)

-Jim

On 9/4/07, Kurt H Maier <karmaflux_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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).
> >
> >
> >
> > 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/
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Pancho needs your prayers, it's true. But save a few for Lefty, too.
> > -- T. Van Zandt
>
>
> --
> # Kurt H Maier
>
>
Received on Tue Sep 04 2007 - 21:29:18 UTC