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sixofeight

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Registered: 2013-07-02

Posts: 234

Tips for the xcompmgr

Hi all

Well, I find that the default Desktop effects in Slitaz 4 doesn't look that nice,

so I played around with the options.

In case someone is interested in, here it is:

1.If one choose "Activate Shadows", there are 2 flaws:

a)open Sakura and move the window = shadows all over the Desktop

b)you also have shadows at the Panels.

How to get rid of this:

for a) it's easy, activate shadows + composite

for b) right-click the Panel (do it with both Panels) > Panel settings > Advanced >

and tick the "Make window managers treat the panel as dock" checkbox.

now open /home/tux/.config/openbox/menu.xml with leafpad and change

<item label="Activate shadows">

<action name="Execute"><command>xcompmgr -c -r 10</command></action>

to

<item label="Activate shadows">

<action name="Execute"><command>xcompmgr -cC -r 10</command></action>

save it > log out/in...much better.

If one choose Activate shadows/fade, I also found the fading-time is too long (slow)

so I changed

<item label="Activate shadows/fade">

    <action name="Execute"><command>xcompmgr -c -f -r 10</command></action>

to

<item label="Activate shadows/fade">

    <action name="Execute"><command>xcompmgr -cC -f -D5 -r 10</command></action>

save it > log in/out and test.

you can adjust the D value = fading time to your liking

have fun...

Edit:

to make "fading" looking better, disable "Animate iconfy and restore" in ObConf > Appearance.