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Announce Cairo Composite Manager 0.2.2

From:  gandalfn <gandalfn-AT-club-internet.fr>
To:  gnome-announce-list <gnome-announce-list-AT-gnome.org>
Subject:  Announce Cairo Composite Manager 0.2.2
Date:  Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:50:56 +0200
Message-ID:  <1222858256.22294.1.camel@rohan>


I? glad to announce cairo-compmgr 0.2.2

Cairo Composite Manager is a versatile and extensible composite manager
which use cairo for rendering. Rendering can be done in 2D or 3D, using
Xrender and Glitz backends. Plugins can be used to add some cool effects
to your desktop.To find out more about it, just point your browser to:
http://cairo-compmgr.tuxfamily.org

It? bugs fix release which improve glitz TFP backend.

To switch from xrender rendering to glitz TFP rendering do :

gconftool --set --type
string /apps/cairo-compmgr/screen_0/general/backend glitz
gconftool --set --type
bool /apps/cairo-compmgr/screen_0/general/native_pixmap_bind true
gconftool --set --type
bool /apps/cairo-compmgr/screen_0/general/indirect true

and restart ccm.

To switch back on xrender rendering do :

gconftool --set --type
string /apps/cairo-compmgr/screen_0/general/backend xrender

and restart ccm.

Changes since 0.2.1 release :

- API cleanup.
- Fix TFP mode.
- Magnifier performance improvement.

You can grab latest source code here :

http://download.tuxfamily.org/ccm/cairo-compmgr/cairo-com...

You can found here the instructions to build ccm from source.

Binary packages for ubuntu hardy are also available to find out more
about them, just point your browser to:
http://cairo-compmgr.tuxfamily.org/download/binary-packages/

have fun

gandalfn


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