HyperForum — Is there a compositing window manager available on Hyperbola?

Re: Is there a compositing window manager available on Hyperbola?

null@example.com (throgh) — Sun, 29 Jan 2023 01:31:54 +0000

Unknown from my side: Possible for sure, but our X-server is especially not oriented onto wayland-integration. You would have to look into the older 0.3-tag for extra:

https://git.hyperbola.info:50100/~team/ … 200d56692e
https://git.hyperbola.info:50100/~team/ … 200d56692e

Re: Is there a compositing window manager available on Hyperbola?

null@example.com (aloniv) — Sun, 29 Jan 2023 00:19:44 +0000

I understand that it isn't supported but can it be run? In order to compile wayfire I also compiled wayland, so wayland and wayfire can be installed without requiring software removed from Hyperbola (such as systemd and dbus).

Re: Is there a compositing window manager available on Hyperbola?

null@example.com (throgh) — Sat, 28 Jan 2023 21:34:03 +0000

Wayfire is only for wayland and Hyperbola does not provide that support.

Re: Is there a compositing window manager available on Hyperbola?

null@example.com (aloniv) — Sat, 28 Jan 2023 20:20:28 +0000

picom can be run directly within Openbox via the terminal. Wayfire doesn't work that way though

Re: Is there a compositing window manager available on Hyperbola?

null@example.com (anthk) — Sat, 28 Jan 2023 19:45:28 +0000

You can run picom along openbox with fbpanel and zzzfm+udevil (for instance) under ~/.xsession:

udevil &
zzzfm &
fbpanel &
exec openbox-session

Use lxappareance to set the GTK2/3 theme. Obconf, for a matching OpenBOX theme.
I have a tweaked theme for Zukitre, both for OpenBOX and GTK3.
EDIT: wayfire it's for wayland. So, I don't know the wayland status for Hyperbola.

Re: Is there a compositing window manager available on Hyperbola?

null@example.com (aloniv) — Sat, 28 Jan 2023 15:14:53 +0000

Thanks. I did manage to compile and install Wayfire (similar to Compiz) on Hyperbola (I can share the PKGBUILDs I downloaded and modified from Arch and AUR but they probably aren't clean enough for Hyperbola). Is it possible to run it? If so, how?

Re: Is there a compositing window manager available on Hyperbola?

null@example.com (throgh) — Sat, 28 Jan 2023 09:26:31 +0000

Not for now as we only have compositing-managers for sure. There is also no further port under OpenBSD existing, so in this case I'm sorry but we cannot support this package in detail. compiz would need metacity and this is not in the ports also. You can for sure tryout to build own packages and share them here in the forums.

Is there a compositing window manager available on Hyperbola?

null@example.com (aloniv) — Sat, 28 Jan 2023 08:52:15 +0000

Something like Compiz that supports effects like airplane (the window folds and then flies away when minimizing it), magic lamp and desktop cube?
Admittedly, I'm usually fed up with these effects after a few weeks/months but I do like using them occasionally. I assume such a window manager might not align with Hyperbola's minimalistic goals but some of the effects like magnifying text should be useful regardless.