compiz - Mar 2007 - [PATCH] Fade vs. Animation conflict resolution

Hi,

Here is a simple patch that adds an option to the Fade plugin to
enable/disable fading on minimize/open/close window events. This
option is on by default but can be disabled to avoid conflicts with
the Animation plugin. Fading on other stuff (fade during nonresponding
app. desaturation, during switcher, and visual bell) shouldn't be
affected (which is the main point of this patch).

Regards,
Erkin
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Hello,

according to the fade description in compiz.schemas, this plugin is supposed to
fade windows _only_ when being
mapped/unmapped, isn't it? Actually, its "other effects" are quite
annoying for me in combination with bs or widget
plugins, fade is making them act much slowly than they were designed to. (On the
other hand, I find very useful the
fading when a window becomes irresponsive, which is holding me from switching
from fade to animation.) Unfortunately, in
the current fade architecture, solving this seems nearly impossible, or does
anybody have any ideas?

Vasek
> Hi,
> 
> Here is a simple patch that adds an option to the Fade plugin to
> enable/disable fading on minimize/open/close window events. This
> option is on by default but can be disabled to avoid conflicts with
> the Animation plugin. Fading on other stuff (fade during nonresponding
> app. desaturation, during switcher, and visual bell) shouldn't be
> affected (which is the main point of this patch).
> 
> Regards,
> Erkin

On Sat, 2007-03-31 at 01:10 -0500, Erkin Bahceci wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Here is a simple patch that adds an option to the Fade plugin to
> enable/disable fading on minimize/open/close window events. This
> option is on by default but can be disabled to avoid conflicts with
> the Animation plugin. Fading on other stuff (fade during nonresponding
> app. desaturation, during switcher, and visual bell) shouldn't be
> affected (which is the main point of this patch).
OK, I'll apply this patch.

We should deprecate the fade plugin at some point. It's more appropriate
to have the plugin that performs an effect modify these attributes. The
desaturation fade effect for unresponsive windows should be moved into a
new plugin.

- David