Compiz Fusion help needed.

[Steven Vollom]

Paul Rumelhart wrote:
> Steven Vollom wrote:
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>>>> Dear Paul,
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>>>> You got me laughing, I am so happy.  I have eight now.  Are you actually 
>>>> seeing an octagon?  I just seem to be rotating the desktop as a whole.  
>>>> This isn't just fun, it is totally useful.  I am always working with 
>>>> several pages on the desktop.  Now I can separate projects.  What a 
>>>> wonderful tool.  This is just great.
>>>>
>>>> I have never played with Compiz yet.  I have been too busy learning 
>>>> things that are a priority.  It will be fun when I can take the time.  
>>>> Do you use any other features of Compiz that are so useful?
>>>>
>>>> Cudos, Cheers!, Ciao Bello, and Cordially,
>>>>
>>>> Steven
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>>> Steven,
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>>> I have it set so that I can press both the left and right mouse buttons 
>>> when my cursor is over the desktop, and it shows me an eight-sided 
>>> "cube" with one desktop on each side.  Technically, I guess it's 
>>> ten-sided because you have the two end caps.  I think you can also press 
>>> Ctrl and Alt and the left mouse button to do this.  I remember I had to 
>>> set the zoom value to get the desktop "cube" to fall back from the 
>>> screen so I could see it better.  Under Advanced Desktop Effects 
>>> Settings > Rotate Cube > General I have my zoom set at 0.5068.  I 
>>> remember playing with the values until everything spun at the speed I 
>>> wanted it to.   I also have Cube Reflection on (in the Effects area), 
>>> which shows the cube over a reflective floor.  I think it's a 
>>> great-looking effect.
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>>> I also have it setup so that if I hold down the Alt key and use the 
>>> wheel on the mouse, it will make the window the mouse is over more 
>>> transparent.  That way, if my window is blocking another window and I 
>>> need to see what's on it, I can make the window slightly transparent so 
>>> I can continue to work in it but also see what's behind it.  I don't 
>>> remember if I had to change it to do that or if it's default behavior.
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>>> I also recommend using the Window Previews (in Advanced Desktop Effects 
>>> Settings in the Extras area).  If this is enabled you should see a small 
>>> preview window whenever you mouse over a window icon in the start bar.  
>>> This is useful when I have a few of the same window types open, and I'm 
>>> not sure which one is the one I want.  Mousing over them will show me a 
>>> snapshot of what they actually look like at that second.  If you have a 
>>> video open, it will actually show the video as it's progressing in the 
>>> preview window.
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>>> I've also played around with animations, which are nice but don't 
>>> actually help me be more productive.  I also like having Wobbly Windows 
>>> enabled, although it does nothing to really help me either.  It just 
>>> looks nice.
>>>
>>> Paul
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>> Paul,
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>> I just typed in --replace and it started to work again.  Additionally 
>> lots of window dressing has been included.  I am laughing again.  This 
>> is the best experimentation experience I have had so far.
>>
>> Steven
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> I forgot about the --replace option.  Sorry about that.  I'm glad it's 
> working.  The compiz team stills seems to be working through some bugs, 
> but the progress they've made is wonderful.  It sounds like you weren't 
> running emerald before, or you would have seen the extra window dressing 
> earlier.
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> Paul
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Dear Paul,

I lost my window frames again.  I was able to get it back with the:
emerald --replace instruction, but something is probably wrong.  Do you 
think I have a KDE window manager as default which is causing this.  If 
so, how do I disable it?  TIA

Cudos, Cheers!, Ciao Bello, and Cordially,

Steven