[compiz] Dbus Interface

[Martin Glueck]

Thanks for the tip. I have tried using the new names and it worked.
I ws just not sure if I can "activate" a "key" or "button" option.

Thanks for your tip of the python script, I will have a look at that

On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Danny Baumann <dannybaumann at web.de> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> > I was looking into the source code in more detail and debuged the DBUs
> > interface a bit and it seems to me that only a few commands of the
> > compiz plugin are still "exported" as "actions" in version 0.7.6 of
> > compiz.
> >
> > If I grep the source tree of compiz I find only 7 occurrences if
> > "action"
> > ./src/option.c:    return "action";
> > ./src/metadata.c:    { "action", CompOptionTypeAction },
> > ./plugins/svg.c:    { "set", "action", 0, svgSet, NULL }
> > ./plugins/scale.c:    { "relayout_slots", "action", 0,
> > scaleRelayoutSlots, 0 }
> > ./plugins/annotate.c:    { "draw", "action", 0, annoDraw, 0 },
> > ./plugins/water.c:    { "point", "action", 0, waterPoint, 0 },
> > ./plugins/water.c:    { "line", "action", 0, waterLine, 0 }
> >
> > If I do the same in version 0.6.2, I found a bit more (125)...
> >
> > Does that mean that the number of action one can trigger via the DBUS
> > Action or has the way certain action are triggered changed a bit?
>
> The old action type had key, button, edge bindings as well as "internal"
> actions (not to be triggered by the user) included. This was split to
> "key", "button", "edge" and "action" options, which all can be triggered
> by dbus. The way they are triggered hasn't changed, only the naming.
>
> > Or, if anybody knows to how to rotate the cube via dbus with 0.7.6,
> > that would also very helpful.
>
> Free rotation is not possible over dbus AFAIK, but changing one viewport
> only should be possible by triggering the rotate_left_key /
> rotate_right_key options in rotate.
>
> BTW, there's a Python helper script for activating Compiz actions over
> dbus: http://forum.compiz-fusion.org/showthread.php?t=7359
>
> Regards,
>
> Danny
>
>
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