How to set Emerald as default decorator in OpenSuSE 10.2?

[djargad]

Hello

Today I installed Compiz-Fusion in my opensuse 10.2. I run CF on XGL which
i have set as default display manager from /etc/sysconfig file.

The first time i run CF after i modified the sysconfig file i did

compiz --replace ccp&

After that time whenever i login compiz works fine.

However i want to use Emerald as decorator. If i type emerald --replace
it works fine. However i want this to happen by default without me
typing it everytime i login.

Any ideas???

[Deciare]

Open ccsm, then open the configuration page for the Window decoration plugin. In the text field labelled Command, enter:
emerald --replace

That should tell Compiz to start Emerald along with itself.

[djargad]

Well I had tried this before but the decorator wasn't changing.
It is as if the "command" at the Window Decoration plugin doesn't work,
although when i uncheck the Window Decorator the window bars dissapear
and when i check again everything comes back to normal still without emerald

I also tried emerald --replace as command at General Options but still
didn't work

:(

[djargad]

Well i solved the problem though i used a very rough solution

What i did was to make a very simple script:

#!/bin/sh
emerald --replace


I put that in the ~/.kde/Autostart folder, chmod +x, restarted kde
et voila :P

However i don't like this solution, but it works

[Deciare]

Ooh, interesting and original!

Yes, Emerald can be started before Compiz. But compiz-manager (a Compiz startup script made by one of the developers) intentionally inserts a 5 second delay between Compiz starting and Emerald starting, so I wonder if there's some kind of side-effect associated with starting Emerald too early?

[djargad]

Only time will tel :)