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[Akshat Jain <ssj6akshat1234@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 1:17 AM, Shane Fagan <shanepatrickfagan@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Hey,
>
> Composition isnt on by default for metacity thats why it doesnt work.
> Its not on because it lowers the system requirements for running Ubuntu
> and because compiz offers better composition anyway. I havent tested
> rgba at all I will when a theme is pushed that uses it but id say it
> would work with metacity+composition too but it should work with mutter
> which should replace metacity for 11.04 is gnome-shell is the default.
>
> --fagan
>
> On Sat, 2010-07-03 at 12:38 -0600, Jeremy Nickurak wrote:
> > First off, your English is actually quite good, don't worry about
> > it :)
> >
> >
> > You need to have a compositing manager running for RGBA to really do
> > anything. Metacity has one built-in, as does compiz. Alternatively, if
> > you're looking for something fast that'll do transparency, you can run
> > Metacity (or most other window managers) without a built-in
> > compositing manager turned on, and run an external one like xcompmgr
> > (very basic) or cairo-compmgr (which has a little more glitz). I run
> > openbox with xcompmgr or cairo-compmgr, depending on how strong the
> > machine I'm using is.
> >
> >
> > Transparent titlebars need to be something the window manager turns
> > on... I don't normally use Metacity, so I don't know if it does this
> > normally.
> >
> > On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 10:08, Akshat Jain <ssj6akshat1234@xxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >         I don't know if this is the right place or not.If not forgive
> >         me.
> >
> >         I have been using RGBA GTK from the ppa and noticed that in
> >         order to use it you have to use a compositing window manager
> >         like compiz(which won't work on my system) or turn on the
> >         compositing feature of metacity from gconf,still the titlebars
> >         are not transparent when drawn by metacity or metacity
> >         +xcompmgr but are transparent with compiz or even wine.
> >
> >
> >         So is RGBA not intended to be used with Metacity or I should
> >         raise a bug report requesting patching of metacity?
> >
> >
> >         I know my english is pretty bad.
> >         --
> >         I am 14 year old and make a lot of typos.
> >         I am a non-native english speaker.
> >         I will never answer emails half-asleep again.
> >         I love Ubuntu.
> >
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>
I think you guys got me wrong but a screenshot should clear this up.I was
talking about that titlebars when drawn with metacity are not transparent
but when drawn with wine* are transparent*(I was at school when some guy at
the testing computer used a software with wine and I saw it and said
what?transparent titlebars?)

-- 
I am 14 year old and make a lot of typos.
I am a non-native english speaker.
I will never answer emails half-asleep again.
I love Ubuntu.

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