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Forlong
June 30th, 2007, 03:25 PM
This is supposed to be something like a FAQ for everyone compiling from git.
I thought it would be nice to have an overview of some kind about all the plugins we have atm and where to find them.


1. plugins-main
animation
expo
jpeg
neg (Negative)
opacify
put
resizeinfo
ring (Ring Switcher)
scaleaddon
snap (Snapping Windows)
text
thumbnail (Window Previews)
vpswitch (Viewport Mouse Switch)
wall (Desktop Wall)
winrules (Window Rules)

2. plugins-extra
addhelper
bench (Benchmark)
crashhandler
cubereflex (Cube Reflection)
extrawm (Extra WM Actions)
fadedesktop (Fade to Desktop)
firepaint (Paint Fire on the screen)
group (Group and Tab Windows)
mblur (Motion Blur)
reflex (Reflection)
showdesktop
splash
trailfocus

3. plugins-unsupported
fakeargb (Color Opacity)
snow
tile

4. plugins-wip (work in progress)
compiz-scheme (http://gitweb.opencompositing.org/?p=fusion/plugins/compiz-scheme;a=summary)

5. non-classified plugins
3d (3D Windows)
gears (Cube Gears)
goto-viewport
mswitch [Mouse gesture viewport switcher]
screencasting
viewport-switcher (replaced by vpswitch?)
wallpaper

6. plugins developed by users
plugin-serenity (by lupine (http://forums.opencompositing.org/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=615))
radial-switcher (by RAOF (http://forums.opencompositing.org/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=569))
scalefilter (by maniac (http://forums.opencompositing.org/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=501))
screensaver (by "pafy" - is that Storm (http://forums.opencompositing.org/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=105)?)
sound (by Griswold (http://forums.opencompositing.org/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=1381))
workarounds (by Griswold (http://forums.opencompositing.org/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=1381))
zoom (by Kristian (http://forums.opencompositing.org/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=392))


Apart from 3d and gears I don't have any plugins installed, that are not in plugins-main, -extra or -unsupported.
So I can't tell you what they're called in CCSM (or what they do) - especially compiz-scheme, which I discovered today for the first time (I added a link to gitweb, because the description would have been too long to post here).
Fyda
July 1st, 2007, 04:16 AM
Thanks! When I clicked on this thread, I expected it to be a question, so I was getting ready to put together the list. But you did it already! :shock:

Just one little detail... list #2 should be plugins-extra. ;) EDIT: It's been fixed now.
maluze
July 1st, 2007, 04:19 AM
Is there gonna be a plugin for widgets such as the Screenlets?
plun
July 2nd, 2007, 02:44 PM
6. plugins developed by users
screensaver (by "pafy" - is that Storm[/url:53160]?)

So I can't tell you what they're called in CCSM (or what they do) - especially compiz-scheme, which I discovered today for the first time (I added a link to gitweb, because the description would have been too long to post here).

Well, this one is strange.... with Fransrogar/Telemakos latest makefusion script a sceensaver is installed but its "only" flying windows and it works.

I have asked Storm about the "real" screensaver with a rotating cube and also xwinwrap movies.
[url="http://forums.opencompositing.org/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=513"]viewtopic.php?f=15&t=513 (http://forums.opencompositing.org/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=105:53160)

Development thread, MikeDee have Storms latest version within a git (last message)
http://forum.compiz.org/viewtopic.php?t ... creensaver (http://forum.compiz.org/viewtopic.php?t=538&highlight=screensaver)

Beryl thread
http://forum.beryl-project.org/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=266

So.... how to transform a schema file to a xml file..... :roll:

A must have plugin.... IMHO :D
SmSpillaz
July 2nd, 2007, 02:51 PM
Is there gonna be a plugin for widgets such as the Screenlets?

Yes there is one, but it is not in the official Compiz Fusion Repository. You can get it from here :

git clone git://people.freedesktop.org/users/~mike/widget
SmSpillaz
July 2nd, 2007, 02:56 PM
Also, I have done a feature focus for the main page and plan on doing indepth info on what each plugin does.
maluze
July 2nd, 2007, 04:04 PM
Is there gonna be a plugin for widgets such as the Screenlets?

Yes there is one, but it is not in the official Compiz Fusion Repository. You can get it from here :

git clone git://people.freedesktop.org/users/~mike/widget

thanks, but Im kind of a newbie...how would i put that line in "software sources" in Ubuntu? I tried to and it said: "The method driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/git could not be found." Is it possible that it coould be included in the unsupported plugins, at least?
schoeggu
July 2nd, 2007, 04:34 PM
it would be nice to also have a doku for all the plugins (about what it does, how to use it, what configurations are possible). but my English is probably too bad to do this.
Excentrik
July 2nd, 2007, 05:59 PM
Is there gonna be a plugin for widgets such as the Screenlets?

Yes there is one, but it is not in the official Compiz Fusion Repository. You can get it from here :

git clone git://people.freedesktop.org/users/~mike/widget

Actually, I think you are referring to the repository in:

git://people.freedesktop.org/~mike/widget

right?

The problem with this plugin is that the development has stopped, AFAIK

Is there gonna be a plugin for widgets such as the Screenlets?

Yes there is one, but it is not in the official Compiz Fusion Repository. You can get it from here :

git clone git://people.freedesktop.org/users/~mike/widget

thanks, but Im kind of a newbie...how would i put that line in "software sources" in Ubuntu? I tried to and it said: "The method driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/git could not be found." Is it possible that it coould be included in the unsupported plugins, at least?

This is a git repository, it not one that you manage like the normal ubuntu repositories.
To create a copy of the source code, just do:

[code:69409]
git-clone git://people.freedesktop.org/~mike/widget
[/code:69409]
in a console. You'll have to compile the plugin (by typing "make" in the directory) and then copy the plugin file to where the other compiz plugins are.
I think this would be the way, although I can't compile it with the latest compiz: I have some errors about N_ function not found.
Any ideas about this?
maluze
July 2nd, 2007, 07:48 PM
Ok, I followed your instructions...but it tells me to install "compiz" from apt-get, when im already running compiz fusion! I have no clue whats going on anymore...lol

"No package 'compiz' found"

"widget.c:32:20: error: compiz.h: No such file or directory"
Forlong
July 2nd, 2007, 09:33 PM
"No package 'compiz' found"

"widget.c:32:20: error: compiz.h: No such file or directory"
You need to install compiz-dev
But please ask for any further support in a different thread.