[Bug 19376] Suspend kwin's compositing when starting a 3D application

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19376





--- Comment #12 from Michal Svoboda <pht at spatium.org>  2009-07-20 11:10:28 ---
(In reply to comment #9)
> > I certainly wouldn't want any program, including wine, to *automatically* mess with my desktop settings, which includes, but is not limited to, compositing.
> This has nothing to do with "messing" around with desktop settings. KWin offers
> the dbus methods exactly for that: temporarily suspend compositing for
> applications which work better without compositing. When the application ends
> it will just resume compositing so everything is fine. Just as a note: kwin
> will post a notification that compositing has been suspended by an external app
> and the user has the possibility to resume compositing by
>  * using the shortcut alt+shift+f12
>  * use the button "resume compositing" in effects kcm
>  * use the toggle compositing plasmoid (in the state in svn playground, not the
> one on kde-look)
>  * restarting the session (no setting is stored)

I can already see myself fighting with an app that does not want to give up on
disabling compositing. Please make this option so that it is configurable
whether wine honors such a request or not.

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