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Revision as of 12:19, 25 March 2010

Get compiz running via compiz --replace.
- Add this to GNOME's startup applications to make it your default window manager
Enable Alt+Tab window switching via the "Application Switcher" plugin
- I don't like the zooming effect; scale it to 0x
Enable Super+Tab folded window switching via the "Shift Switcher" plugin
- Has some conflicts with "Application Switcher" by default; I disable all but "Next Window", "Previous Window" and "Initiate"
- Be sure the "Text" rendering plugin is enabled to get window titles
Enable desktop backgrounds with the "Wallpaper" plugin
Enable Ctrl+Alt+arrow virtual desktop switching via the "Rotate Cube" plugin
"Trailfocus" handles general transparency
- Set "Window to Start Fading" to 1
- Change opacity levels of unfocused and focused windows to 60 and 95, respectively

"General Options" -> "Key Bindings":
- Toggle vertical maximize: Ctrl+Up
- Toggle horizontal maximize: Ctrl+Right
- Disable everything else save "Close Window" (Alt+F4), "Window Menu" (Alt+space)
"Commands"
- /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator: Alt+F1
- /usr/bin/x-www-browser: Alt+F3

Video thumbnailing requires totem-video-thumbnailer, part of the totem package
- You'll also likely need raise the limit on thumbnailable media files; I thumbnail any local file < 1G

Users of taskbars (the "Window Selector" applet) will want to look into Compiz's "Window Preview" plugin
Transparency can be had regardless of the GTK theme if using compiz's "Opacity, Brightness and Saturation" plugin
- Add an opacity rule (I use a value of 50): "(class=Gnome-panel) & !(type=PopupMenu | Dialog)"

Ensure hinting and subpixel ordering is optimized via a trip to the Lagom LCD Test page
Don't set wallpaper here if Compiz is handling it

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 * The "Window Titles" plugin is useful in conjunction with [[OpenSSH|SSH]] forwarding
 * Go ahead and use "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicubic_interpolation Bicubic Filtering]" if you've got the horsepower
+===Keybindings===
+* "General Options" -&gt; "Key Bindings":
+** Toggle vertical maximize: Ctrl+Up
+** Toggle horizontal maximize: Ctrl+Right
+** Disable everything else save "Close Window" (Alt+F4), "Window Menu" (Alt+space)
+* "Commands"
+** <tt>/usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator</tt>: Alt+F1
+** <tt>/usr/bin/x-www-browser</tt>: Alt+F3
 ==Nautilus==
 * Video thumbnailing requires <tt>totem-video-thumbnailer</tt>, part of the <tt>totem</tt> package
 ** You'll also likely need raise the limit on thumbnailable media files; I thumbnail any local file < 1G
 ==GNOME Panel==
+* Users of taskbars (the "Window Selector" applet) will want to look into Compiz's "Window Preview" plugin
 * Transparency can be had regardless of the GTK theme if using compiz's "Opacity, Brightness and Saturation" plugin
 ** Add an opacity rule (I use a value of 50): "<tt>(class=Gnome-panel) & !(type=PopupMenu | Dialog)</tt>"
 ==GNOME Control Center==
 * Ensure hinting and subpixel ordering is optimized via a trip to the [http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/ Lagom LCD Test] page
+* Don't set wallpaper here if Compiz is handling it
 ==See Also==
 * [[Xorg hell|Xorg]] page