"Hello Compiz"

[dexter.deepak]

hi , i am new to this forum , and am only here bcause i have been a die-hard fan of compiz...and i want to be one of the developers of this awesome project:cool:
so i need some help from you all...just to make a beginning.
i read the sticky pages ,about the OpenGL tutorials...but i dont know what it is and what is its connection with compiz.
plus, i have just started building Qt applications...doesnt compiz make use of Qt ? i only turned to Qt as i read that it make cross-platform applications..but if it doesnt support compiz development..i can still leave it away !!
hoping for a good response !! thanks.

[some-guy]

To develop plugins for compiz, you just need knowledge of c and openGL, compiz doesn't use any toolkits, so QT is completely unrelated.

Just C/OpenGL for the most of it

[dexter.deepak]

thanks a lot for the reply sir !! i never expected a reply...
i have a good base for C , but i havent tried graphics designing in C, i thought C wasnt made for it:monkey:....but you changed the outlook totally!!

one more favour..
can you recommend me some book taking into consideration my present knowledge base :
C (no graphics programming)
C++
java
i am still trying hands over qt
have no knowledge about OpenGL

[some-guy]

Sorry, but I don't even know any languages (unless bash is considered one), I just know which ones are used

[dexter.deepak]

then how are you into the compiz development ??
i mean all that comes into mind when i hear "software like compiz", is "coding", and for that you need a language..
so how do you manage to be a developer ? is bash also sufficient ??

[adamk]

What makes you think that some-guy is a developer? :-)

[some-guy]

lol
These are the main devs:
Developers

Erkin “cornelius” Bahceci
Roland “Test-tools” Bar
Danny “maniac” Baumann
Robert “racarr” Carr (inactive)
Roi “roico” Cohen (inactive)
Dennis “onestone” Kasprzyk
Kristian “KristianLy” Lyngstøl
Patrick “marex” Niklaus
Andrew “Griswold” Riedi (afaik inactive)
Guillaume “iXce” Seguin

stolen from http://www.compiz-fusion.org/team/ :p

[dexter.deepak]

:D
well i am sorry for that misunderstanding ..i should have rather looked under your profile name for "translator".
this happened bcoz only you took the initiative to reply my question...why dont the developers respond ?

by the way...i would like to know about your job too ....i am sorry , i dont know much, new to the open source funda.:monkey:

[adamk]

The developers do often respond to questions on here, but they are most often busy developing :-)

Adam

[some-guy]

:D
well i am sorry for that misunderstanding ..i should have rather looked under your profile name for "translator".
this happened bcoz only you took the initiative to reply my question...why dont the developers respond ?

by the way...i would like to know about your job too ....i am sorry , i dont know much, new to the open source funda.:monkey:
I translate (though I only did ~10 strings (too lazy to do more :p))

Most of the devs work on compiz/-fusion in their free time, only a few are employed by conical and novell

[dexter.deepak]

actually i want to know "what is translating (in terms of compiz)...and can i get involved too ??

[some-guy]

http://forum.compiz-fusion.org/showthread.php?t=5724