xcompmgr(1)

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version 1.1.10 · 3 versions
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💖 xcompmgr — the manual page, but make it make sense 💖

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, and let me tell you about xcompmgr from the General Commands Manual. she's a sample X compositing manager, and yes she is exactly as iconic as that sounds. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

xcompmgr — sample X compositing manager

like. that's the whole name. short, sweet, main character energy. 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

xcompmgr [-d display] [-r radius] [-o opacity] [-l left-offset] [-t top-offset] [-acCfFnsS]

yes that's a lot of little flags in a trenchcoat. don't panic, we're going through every single one below. 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea: xcompmgr is a sample compositing manager for X servers that support the XFIXES, DAMAGE, and COMPOSITE extensions. those three are the vibe check she needs to pass. ✅

and what does she do with all that power? she enables basic eye-candy effects. that's it. that's the job. she's here to make your desktop pretty, and honestly? slay. ✨

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • -d display — tells her which display to manage. this is the "who am I taking care of today" flag. 🖥️
  • -r radius — sets the blur radius for client-side shadows. bigger radius, softer lil shadow halo. 🌫️
  • -o opacity — sets the opacity for client-side shadows. how see-through those shadows are, fr fr. 🫥
  • -l left-offset — the left offset for client-side shadows. where the shadow sits horizontally, left-wise. ⬅️
  • -t top-offset — the top offset for client-side shadows. same deal but vertical, top-wise. ⬆️
  • -I fade-in-step — how much the opacity changes between each step while fading in. 🎀
  • -O fade-out-step — how much the opacity changes between each step while fading out. 💀
  • -D fade-delta — the time, in milliseconds, between steps in a fade. the tempo of the fade, iykyk. ⏱️
  • -a — automatic server-side compositing. this tells the server to use the standard composition rules. the manpage says it's useful for debugging, so like. debugging tool. noted. 🔍
  • -c — client-side compositing with soft shadows and translucency support. the glow-up mode. 💖
  • -f — when -c is specified, this enables a smooth fade effect for transient windows like menus, and for all windows on hide and restore events. menus said "let me exit gracefully." 🍓
  • -n — simple client-side compositing. this is the default mode. if you do nothing, you get this. periodt. 👑
  • -s — server-side compositing with hard-edged shadows. sharp. angular. no blur. 💅
  • -C — when -c is specified, she attempts to avoid painting shadows on panels and docks. she's being polite to your taskbar. 🙈
  • -F — when -f is specified, this also enables the fade effect when windows change their opacity, as with transset(1). 🎚️
  • -S — enables synchronous operation. useful for debugging. 🌈

💀 BUGS 💀

Probably. 😭

bestie that is a direct quote and honestly it's the most honest sentence in any manpage ever written. please report any you find to:

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xcompmgr/

🎀 AUTHORS 🎀

Keith Packard, with contributions from Matthew Allum, Eric Anholt, Dan Doel, Thomas Luebking, Matthew Hawn, Ely Levy, Phil Blundell, and Carl Worth. 🫶 absolute legends, every single one.

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 💖 one last thing — the footer said this is X Version 11, xcompmgr version 1.1.10. mwah. go forth and composite. ✨🦋🌸

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