Re: metacity compositor in rawhide

[Ray Strode <rstrode redhat com>]

Hi,
> >> For turning on compositing, perhaps that should be in the "desktop 
> >> effects" dialog that Fedora has now?
> > Why would we ever want the user to be in an environment where
> > compositing isn't available?  I mean, why do we want an off button?
> > If COMPOSITE is found, I think metacity should leverage it (at least
> > do automatic compositing at a minimum).
> > 
> > Even for remote X it probably makes sense to have
> > compositing on I think (less redraws).

> Basically I think the config option means "test out beta window
> manager and X server" - at the point that we think the stuff really
> works and is not just a beta, the config option is silly.
I guess that's kind of what "Desktop Effects" is for compiz.

> There might still be options for whether to have drop shadows, 
> transparency, etc., I don't know, but we wouldn't have an option for 
> whether to use the COMPOSITE extension.

I'd kind of envision Desktop Effects on -> compiz, Desktop Effects off
-> metacity with automatic compositing (or a minimum, non-customizable
set of compositing operations that the user wouldn't consider
"effects")

I don't think it ever makes sense to have two compositing managers
available in the UI each with overlapping / different toggleable
effects.

Or were you suggesting make Desktop Effects on -> metacity with iain's
cm, and Desktop Effects off -> metacity with no cm (and compiz just
taken out of the picture) ?

 --Ray