From kwin  Fri Jul 28 19:53:15 2006
From: Taupter <taupter () gmail ! com>
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 19:53:15 +0000
To: kwin
Subject: Re: Compiz support for KWin!
Message-Id: <200607281653.15953.taupter () gmail ! com>
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Em Sexta 28 Julho 2006 15:23, piotrek escreveu:
> That's my best idea EVER! :-)
>
> Would it be possible to add compiz effects plugins support to that new
> version of KWin? This way we would all be able to "share our creativity"
> :-) KDE will be able to load fancy-looking old and new plugins from Compiz
> community and Gnome users will be able to use plugins made by KDE users
> with their decorator too if they like it!
>
> What do you think guys?

Maybe it's not the best option. compiz uses lots of C code and it may not be 
easily integrated with kwin. Making a proper plugin architecture with our own 
API may be better integrated with the overall KDE.
Interfacing compiz code with KDE is not exactly a trivial task AFAICS and 
would add more trouble than benefits. Some applications can behave erraticly 
(see Kopete and adept-notifier as examples), and I'm not sure how thing like 
Plasma would work with a lot of tweaking from our side of the fence :).
About code duplication, it's a moot point, cause we don't need to follow the 
compiz way just for the sake of it. KDE as a whole brings lots of really good 
applications who beat up "rival's". Multiple projects help to improve the 
overall desktop ecosystem. :)


Cláudio


P.S.: Lubos, I'm back. :)
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