[compiz] Check behaviour of Compiz Fusion KDE 0.6.2-3.1

[Bellegarde Cedric]

Le Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:43:12 +0100,
Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring at web.de> a écrit :

> Check behaviour of Compiz Fusion KDE 0.6.2-3.1
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying out the release "Compiz Fusion KDE 0.6.2-3.1" on my
> openSUSE system. I would like to share some more experiences about
> its usability.
> 
> 1. Context menu by title bar
> 1.1 The context/actions menu that appears after a right click on the
> window title is displayed in English despite German is my primary
> language in the regional settings.
> I assume that translations will be improved in the near future.

Suse issue...

> 1.2 The menu "To Desktop" shows only two entries. The KDE desktop
> switcher applet offers me eight buttons for workplaces.

You have 2 desktop and 4 viewports, it's normal...

> 1.3 I can move a window to the desktop 2. This has got the unexpected
> effect that it vanishes from the title list by the KDE control bar.
> Is the task bar setting "Show windows from all desktops" not
> respected?

Kde bug... (viewport support)

> 1.4 A similar effect can happen if I switch to the second desktop.
> The titles from the first desktop are not shown.
> The pager seems also to "forget" the first one.

Kde bug... (viewport support)

> 3. Application switching
> It can happen that a garbled "preview" is displayed after several
> switches with the key "Alt+Tab".

No problem here so it may be a bug in your driver
 
> 4. After a reboot
> 4.1 The item "Compiz Fusion Icon" is not automatically executed after
> a login because I did not put it into the autostart. But the eight
> workplace buttons are still displayed by the KDE desktop switcher
> applet.

Because you select compiz in kdm?

> 4.2 If I click on "2", the KDE control bar is not visible any more on
> the second desktop (even no panel-hiding button). I expect that it
> should stay accesible on all my desktops on the top.

Kde bug... (viewport support)

> 4.3 If I return to the first desktop by scrolling with the mouse
> wheel, the button number is resetted to the value that was specified
> by the setting "Number of desktops".

Kde bug... (viewport support)

> Regards,
> Markus

To use viewport with kde, use this:

http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php/taskbar-compiz?content=49484
http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php/kicker-compiz?content=46021

Cédric.