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Hi (sorry for my bad english !)

first idea for kde

i have a big computer with 2 video card and third screens.

I can\'t use XGl because it\'s dead.
I can\'t use twinwiev beacause I have got Third screen
I can\'t use only separate screen because I can use only one screen
I can\'t use xrand because it not see (and activate) my other scrren and it doesnt work with 2 video card
....

so, I use my third screen on separate scrren with xinerama.
I know, it\'s old. it will die too but it avalaible so I use it :P

But, on this beautiful machine, I can\'t use desktop effetcs because xinerama isn\'t compatible with compositing...

the idea =>

create small effects (transparency, etc...) for computer who have got compositing "off".

The problem is that compositing is what allows you to have effects like transparency ... so no composite - no transparency.

You could get "fake" transparency, but it a bad hack and they\'re actually trying to avoid doing things like that because it causes more problems than it is worth.

I\'m marking this as "wontfix". It cannot be done without compositing unless fake transparency is used (showing the desktop behind the supposedly transparent object), and developers have repeatedly stated they will not do that.

I don't think jajaX was referring to just transparency, jajaX just gave transparency as an example. There are other "small effects" that don't require composting. In Win XP, when you minimize or maximize a window, it animates just the titlebar.

exactly