Compiz plugins

[Eric Tanguy]

Le 06/12/2009 10:45, Suvayu Ali a écrit :
> On Sunday 06 December 2009 01:39 AM, Eric Tanguy wrote:
>> Le 06/12/2009 09:50, suvayu ali a écrit :
>>> 2009/12/6 Eric Tanguy<eric.tanguy at univ-nantes.fr>:
>>>> Le 05/12/2009 20:12, suvayu ali a écrit :
>>>>> 2009/12/5 Eric Tanguy<eric.tanguy at univ-nantes.fr>:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Is there somewhere a howto or something like that about compiz
>>>>>> plugins. I
>>>>>> don't know which plugins are in fedora, which one could be add and
>>>>>> how to
>>>>>> use it (key combinations). I try to test the water one and i can't
>>>>>> achieve
>>>>>> to find the keys to use or the keys does not work ...
>>>>>>
>>>>> http://wiki.compiz.org/CompizPlugins
>>>>> http://wiki.compiz.org/CompizFusionPlugins
>>>>>
>>>> So according to http://wiki.compiz.org/Plugins/Water to activate it i
>>>> need
>>>> to hold down<Control><Super> and move the mouse. I assume<Super> is 
>>>> the
>>>> window key. it does not work so either the plugin does not work or i
>>>> have a
>>>> problem with my keyboard.
>>>>
>>> First you would need to install ccsm (compiz-manager) then turn on the
>>> plugins and make sure they are bounded to the keys you want. The keys
>>> mentioned in the compiz wiki are the default key bindings given that
>>> the corresponding plugin is turned on.
>>>
>>> I hope this is clearer. Have fun.
>> I installed it and enabled water effects but it does not work. How to
>> know what key is <super> ?
>> Eric
>>
>
> Although its usually the "Windows"  key, you can check by running xev 
> from the terminal. This will give you a keycode for the key, but I 
> don't know how you can make sure that is the correct keycode.
>
> The other way you can check would be to try changing any of the 
> default key bindings in ccsm, that should let you see whether compiz 
> recognizes your super key correctly.
>
> GL
In fact, ccsm is not active by default you have to change the compiz-gtk 
script to enable ccsm (see 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=532229) after this water 
plugin works fine ...
Thanks for the help
Eric