Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 20:50:18 -0600 From: Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net> To: Sean Welch <Sean_Welch@alum.wofford.org> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Metacity with Expocity Message-ID: <opry74t4jt8ckrg5@smtp.central.cox.net> In-Reply-To: <12736983.1069812514644.JavaMail.root@louie.psp.pas.earthlink.net> References: <12736983.1069812514644.JavaMail.root@louie.psp.pas.earthlink.net>
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On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 20:08:34 -0600 (GMT-06:00), Sean Welch <welchsm@earthlink.net> wrote: > Thanks! It does work as advertised -- and now I can see > what the people on slashdot meant by "S-L-O-W" Umm, strange.. It doesn't slow down in my case, it's hard to notice on AthlonXP 2000+ w/ 512mb ram. Also, near everything in my machine have been compiled with the debug and it seems normal to me. :-) Cheers, Mezz > I'd like to see this cleaned up and the speed increased. > This is a *cool* effect. > > For others who would like to try this, it slows down all > window manager functions to an unbearable crawl -- that > means moving windows, switching virtual desktops, and > creation of new windows. The feature also shifts windows > slightly from their original positions after the expose like > effect (I'd like to try this on Panther to see what it looks > liek full speed). > > Sean > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net> > Sent: Nov 25, 2003 6:21 PM > To: Sean Welch <Sean_Welch@alum.wofford.org> > Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Metacity with Expocity > > On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 10:18:30 -0600 (GMT-06:00), Sean Welch > <welchsm@earthlink.net> wrote: > >> I just saw this article: >> >> http://slashdot.org/articles/03/11/25/0330208.shtml?tid=131&tid=179&tid=185&tid=189&tid=190 >> >> an took a look at the patch here: >> >> http://www.pycage.de/download/expocity-11-24-03.diff >> >> Figuring to give it a try, I got it to compile and install but the >> keystroke that is supposed to >> activate it (Alt-Tab) doesn't do anything now. Perhaps someone else >> might have a better >> idea what to do with it and how to track the problem down??? It did >> compile cleanly... > <snip> > > Because, it never has been patch clean if you read the messages of patch. > Looks like the diff was created against the CVS or development version of > Metacity. Or maybe older version of Metacity, I dunno. > > That got me curious, I don't understand what's advantage of it. So, I > cleaned the patch and make it easier for other users. You should be able > to use this attach and put it in the x11-wm/metacity/files/ and do the > 'make -DFORCE_PKG_REGISTER install', then restart Metacity. I just played > with it and it works, but I don't really like it thought. Maybe, I will > like it if they make it more smaller and can stay in the background when > I > am doing with vim, browser or whatever. :-) > > BTW: Be sure to your Metacity version is 2.6.3 if you want to use an > attach of patch-expocity. > > Cheers, > Mezz -- bsdforums.org 's moderator, mezz.
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