why would we need opengl backend for metacity? we have compiz for that, while people who doesnt have a hardware to enable compiz, still can have nice shadows, and basic things. this is a good "workaround" for them.
On Sat, 2008-09-27 at 13:57 +0200, Andrea Cimitan wrote: > > > 2008/9/27 Danny Piccirillo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Are crazy compiz-like effects being worked on or will they > be? > > Please do not top-post. > > Anyway, the current compositing inside metacity is using Xrender, > which is compatible with almost any hardware and supports software > rendering (so it permits shadows on any hardware), though is not > comparable with openGL for rich effects. With the Xrender > implementation compiz-like effects will NOT be implemented. > Even though Iain (the guy who added compositing inside metacity), did > a very good modular job, meaning that in the future someone could > write a new backend using openGL and not Xrender, allowing compiz-like > effects. > For example, some guys at ohand, already wrote an experimental backend > using clutter, metacity-clutter. > > Cheers > > > > > On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Cory K. > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Danny Piccirillo wrote: > > Sorry if this is slightly off topic but I read a > while ago that > > Metacity was adding composite features like > transparency, etc. When > > will this be available? Does this mean that at some > point we may be > > able to get all the features of compiz with metacity > and be able to > > ditch compiz fusion? This would open up a lot more > possibilities for > > themes, wouldn't it? > > Please do not top-post. > > Its actually available in Hardy but doesn't have crazy > Compiz effects. > > In gconf: '/apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager' > Click the box. > > -Cory K. > > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > > > > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > > > > > -- > Andrea Cimitan - http://www.cimitan.com > -- ubuntu-art mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
