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12/26/05

Stickynotes alpha

As per bug #150493:


This is "true" transparency using XComposite, not blending with the background or a screenshot.

It's fairly buggy, but that's caused by xcompmgr and Metacity's ignorance of Compositing (I think):

  • When xcompmgr is running and you create a new note, it's not transparent although xprop says _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY is set to a correct value. Restarting xcompmgr makes new notes transparent
  • Text of notes can't be changed
  • Notes can't be resized or moved

The "Delete" and "Sticky" buttons work fine though. Really strange.

Metacity really needs a built-in compositing manager, like XFWM's.

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