compton VS compton

Yeah you need to use a separate compositor along with it, like picom/compton.

The last update to compton was on April 30th 2017 (see https://github.com/chjj/compton).

Or we refer to different things. With "compositor" i mean this, like this. I do have noticed that some Wayland developers like to use "compositor" to mean the window system implementation itself (and then retrofitting the term on Xorg) but while in some way it might be valid with Wayland - since that assumes composition always happen - it is not correct for X.

# Compton Configuration, courtesy of Xubuntu Developers # Please note that Compton is not supported by Xubuntu and may not work # correctly for you. This file is provided as a set of sane defaults and is in # no way endorsed by the Xubuntu team. # # About Compton: https://github.com/chjj/compton # Heavily based on: https://bit.ly/1l5OrzL # Sample settings: https://github.com/chjj/compton/blob/master/compton.sample.conf # --- Backend (OpenGL used by default) # Related Links # https://github.com/chjj/compton/wiki/perf-guide # https://github.com/chjj/compton/wiki/vsync-guide backend = "glx"; paint-on-overlay = true; glx-no-stencil = true; glx-no-rebind-pixmap = true; unredir-if-possible = true; vsync = "opengl-swc"; # --- Shadows (Disable with shadow = false;) # The shadow exclude options are helpful if you have shadows enabled. # Due to the way compton draws its shadows, certain applications (Such as # shaped windows, custom popups, non-standard toolkits) will have visual glitches. shadow = true; # Enabled client-side shadows on windows. no-dock-shadow = true; # Avoid drawing shadows on dock/panel windows. no-dnd-shadow = true; # Don't draw shadows on DND windows. clear-shadow = true; # Zero the part of the shadow's mask behind the window (experimental). shadow-radius = 10; # The blur radius for shadows. (default 10) shadow-offset-x = -15; # The left offset for shadows. (default -15) shadow-offset-y = -12; # The top offset for shadows. (default -12) shadow-opacity = 0.4; shadow-exclude = [ "! name~=''", # "Unknown" windows, including xfwm4 alt-tab "n:e:Notification", "n:e:Plank", "n:e:Docky", "g:e:Synapse", "g:e:Kupfer", "g:e:Conky", "n:w:*Firefox*", "n:w:*Chrome*", "n:w:*Chromium*", "n:w:*VirtualBox*", "class_g ?= 'Notify-osd'", "class_g ?= 'Cairo-dock'", "class_g ?= 'Xfce4-notifyd'", "class_g ?= 'Xfce4-power-manager'", "class_g ?= 'Xfwm4'", # For the "new" xfwm4 alt-tab "_GTK_FRAME_EXTENTS@:c" # GTK+ 3 CSD windows https://github.com/chjj/compton/issues/189 ]; # --- Fading (Disable with fading = false;) fading = true; # Fade windows during opacity changes. fade-delta = 5; # The time between steps in a fade in milliseconds. (default 5). fade-in-step = 0.03; # Opacity change between steps while fading in. (default 0.03). fade-out-step = 0.03; # Opacity change between steps while fading out. (default 0.03). # --- Additional Settings detect-client-opacity = true; # --- Window type settings wintypes: { tooltip = { fade = true; shadow = false; opacity = 0.9; focus = true; }; };

Ok then. Are you sure that you aren't hitting this issue: https://github.com/chjj/compton/issues/402 ?

Mimicking Compiz features with openbox settings and picom: invert (active) window colors

This will depend on the compositor you choose to use. For DIY desktop environments based on X11, you can use Compton to set blur on translucent windows.

# # Backend # ################################# # Backend to use: "xrender" or "glx". # GLX backend is typically much faster but depends on a sane driver. backend = "glx"; #backend = "glx" ################################# # # GLX backend # ################################# glx-no-stencil = true; # GLX backend: Copy unmodified regions from front buffer instead of redrawing them all. # My tests with nvidia-drivers show a 10% decrease in performance when the whole screen is modified, # but a 20% increase when only 1/4 is. # My tests on nouveau show terrible slowdown. glx-copy-from-front = true; # GLX backend: Use MESA_copy_sub_buffer to do partial screen update. # My tests on nouveau shows a 200% performance boost when only 1/4 of the screen is updated. # May break VSync and is not available on some drivers. # Overrides --glx-copy-from-front. # glx-use-copysubbuffermesa = true; # GLX backend: Avoid rebinding pixmap on window damage. # Probably could improve performance on rapid window content changes, but is known to break things on some driv> # Recommended if it works. # glx-no-rebind-pixmap = true; # GLX backend: GLX buffer swap method we assume. # Could be undefined (0), copy (1), exchange (2), 3-6, or buffer-age (-1). # undefined is the slowest and the safest, and the default value. # copy is fastest, but may fail on some drivers, # 2-6 are gradually slower but safer (6 is still faster than 0). # Usually, double buffer means 2, triple buffer means 3. # buffer-age means auto-detect using GLX_EXT_buffer_age, supported by some drivers. # Useless with --glx-use-copysubbuffermesa. # Partially breaks --resize-damage. # Defaults to undefined. glx-swap-method = "'use-damage = true'"; ################################# # # Shadows # ################################# # Enabled client-side shadows on windows. shadow = true; # The blur radius for shadows. (default 12) shadow-radius = 20; # The left offset for shadows. (default -15) shadow-offset-x = -20; # The top offset for shadows. (default -15) shadow-offset-y = -20; # The translucency for shadows. (default .75) shadow-opacity = 0.5; log-level = "warn"; mark-wmwin-focused = true; # Mark all non-WM but override-redirect windows active (e.g. menus). mark-ovredir-focused = true; # Use EWMH _NET_WM_ACTIVE_WINDOW to determine which window is focused instead of using FocusIn/Out events. # Usually more reliable but depends on a EWMH-compliant WM. use-ewmh-active-win = true; # Detect rounded corners and treat them as rectangular when --shadow-ignore-shaped is on. detect-rounded-corners = true; # Detect _NET_WM_OPACITY on client windows, useful for window managers not passing _NET_WM_OPACITY of client wi> # This prevents opacity being ignored for some apps. # For example without this enabled my xfce4-notifyd is 100% opacity no matter what. detect-client-opacity = true; # Specify refresh rate of the screen. # If not specified or 0, compton will try detecting this with X RandR extension. refresh-rate = 0; # Vertical synchronization: match the refresh rate of the monitor # this breaks transparency in virtualbox - put a "#" before next line to fix that # vsync = true; # Enable DBE painting mode, intended to use with VSync to (hopefully) eliminate tearing. # Reported to have no effect, though. dbe = false; # Limit compton to repaint at most once every 1 / refresh_rate second to boost performance. # This should not be used with --vsync drm/opengl/opengl-oml as they essentially does --sw-opti's job already, # unless you wish to specify a lower refresh rate than the actual value. #sw-opti = true; # Unredirect all windows if a full-screen opaque window is detected, to maximize performance for full-screen wi> # Known to cause flickering when redirecting/unredirecting windows. unredir-if-possible = false; # Specify a list of conditions of windows that should always be considered focused. focus-exclude = [ ]; # Use WM_TRANSIENT_FOR to group windows, and consider windows in the same group focused at the same time. detect-transient = true; # Use WM_CLIENT_LEADER to group windows, and consider windows in the same group focused at the same time. # WM_TRANSIENT_FOR has higher priority if --detect-transient is enabled, too. detect-client-leader = true; ################################# # # Window type settings # ################################# wintypes: { tooltip = { fade = true; shadow = true; opacity = 0.9; focus = true;}; dock = { shadow = false; } dnd = { shadow = false; } popup_menu = { opacity = 0.9; } dropdown_menu = { opacity = 0.9; } }; ###################### # # XSync # See: https://github.com/yshui/compton/commit/b18d46bcbdc35a3b5620d817dd46fbc76485c20d # ###################### # Use X Sync fence to sync clients' draw calls. Needed on nvidia-drivers with GLX backend for some users. xrender-sync-fence = true;