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This commit introduced a new, modular backend interface. The interface is not very good, since I don't think I fully understand all the requirements writing a backend have. But this is a good first step. This commit also includes an initial xrender backend written using the new interface, and some opengl backend related helper functions, which are taken from the old opengl backend. However, there is not integration with the core compton yet. compton will still use the old backend code. This commit is here so we can get the automated build test. What is implemented in the new xrender backend: * Windows with transparency * Shadow * Opacity * Wallpaper (getting the root pixmap) * Blur Known problem with the xrender backend: * It is slower Things that still need to be figured out: * What is the better way to add vsync to the new backends Signed-off-by: Yuxuan Shui <yshuiv7@gmail.com>
Compton
This is a development branch, bug to be expected
This is forked from the original Compton because that seems to have become unmaintained.
The current battle plan of this fork is to refactor it to make the code possible to maintain, so potential contributors won't be scared away when they take a look at the code.
We also try to fix bugs.
The original README can be found here
Changelog
See Releases
Build
Dependencies
Assuming you already have all the usual building tools installed (e.g. gcc, meson, ninja, etc.), you still need:
- libx11
- libx11-xcb
- libXext
- xproto
- xcb
- xcb-damage
- xcb-xfixes
- xcb-shape
- xcb-renderutil
- xcb-render
- xcb-randr
- xcb-composite
- xcb-image
- xcb-present
- xcb-xinerama (optional, disable with the
-Dxinerama=falsemeson configure flag) - pixman
- libdbus (optional, disable with the
-Ddbus=falsemeson configure flag) - libconfig (optional, disable with the
-Dconfig_file=falsemeson configure flag) - libxdg-basedir (optional, disable with the
-Dconfig_file=falsemeson configure flag) - libGL (optional, disable with the
-Dopengl=falsemeson configure flag) - libpcre (optional, disable with the
-Dregex=falsemeson configure flag) - libev
To build the documents, you need asciidoc
How to build
$ meson --buildtype=release . build
$ ninja -C build
Built binary can be found in build/src
How to Contribute
Code
You can look at the Projects page, and see if there is anything interests you. Or you can take a look at the Issues.
Non-code
Even if you don't want to contribute code, you can still contribute by compiling and running this branch, and report any issue you can find.
Contributors
See CONTRIBUTORS