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How to make a window always on top?

I have created a frameless Qt/QML window, and I really would like to know any programmatic means of setting its "Always On Top" system menu flag. Clicking ALT+SPACE I can bring up the system menu for the frameless window, and by clicking the "Always…
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How to make Java Swing application show mouse cursor effects of Compiz Mouse Plugin (Ubuntu)

The Compiz Showmouse plugin has some nice effects for people with low vision. Unfortunately, those effects don't work in Java applications out of the box. How can I get my Java Swing application to show the mouse effects like other apps do? I'm only…
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Is it possible to call a Compiz-Fusion plugin (ADD Helper) from an application?

I'm in the process of planning an application that would make use of the "ADD Helper" plugin of Compiz-Fusion running on Linux. Since I'm just in the planning stages, I basically want to know if it is feasible to use the plugin in a call from an…
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Can't a Wayland compositor do the window decorations like on X?

So I realize this is an issue that seems to be somewhat contested. I've heard people are upset that Wayland will have client-side window decoration, and I happen to agree. It doesn't sound like a good idea at all. But isn't one of the benefits of…
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How to move window offscreen with wmctrl

I am trying to programmatically move a window so that it is partially on screen. For instance, clicking the VLC title bar and dragging it so that only half the window is visible works just fine. When I output the results of wmctrl -lG this works…
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Ubuntu: Open Netbeans in specific workspace (using window matching)

Using the CompizConfig Settings Manager on Ubuntu 13.10 I would like to assign Netbeans 7.4 to workspace 4 (viewport X=2, Y=2) and have it maximized. This approach works just fine for Chromium and Thunderbird. The problem is that using the…
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What Mechanism does compiz use when copying from a xclient's frontbuffer to the backbuffer of root window?

What Mechanism does compiz use when copying from a xclient's frontbuffer to the backbuffer of root window? I can't seem to find this procedure in the compiz source. Is there a function that it calls whenever the xclient's window' frontbuffer is…
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How to move application window to current workspace?

My application has "Bring to current desktop" option in indicator menu. Now, moving windows across workspaces is nice and easy if you are not using Compiz. My question is how could I bring application window to current desktop. Application is…
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How to get window frame radius in Unity/Compiz?

Is there a way to get window frame radius in Unity (Compiz window manager)? Should I do such by parsing active window theme? If so, what files should I parse? Any other ways are accepted too. Plus, if you know a solution for any other WM, write it…
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How to add shortcut key by bash script

We are working on a kiosk mode in Linux Ubuntu. We would like to define a shortcut by command line (bash script). Is this possible? We would like to setup our kiosk mode automatically by a bash script. So creating a new shortcut via Compiz isn't…
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Compiz and OpenGL window

I've written an OpenGL application in Linux through GLX. It uses double buffering with glXSwapBuffers and Sync to VBlank set via NVIDIA X Server Settings. I'm using Compiz and have smooth moving of windows and no tearing (Sync to VBlank enabled in…
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multiable widgets layer in compiz

how I can get multiable compiz widget layers each assigned to different key (f9 for terminals, f10 for news and emails....) i'm using linux mint 11, which is basicly just like ubuntu
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VSCode icon is missing in app switcher on Ubuntu

After I installed VSCode using the the "Snap Store" on Ubuntu Mate 20.04 (Using compiz). When I do the app switching with ALT+TAB the icon of the VSCode icon is missing. The original path for the icon is at…
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Grainy display around dialog boxes in ubuntu

I am running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on a Dell Inspiron 15. It was working fine and there was no issue with the display or the laptop. But today morning when I turned on the laptop from sleep mode, it started to show a white grainy background around the…
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assigning shortcut key to launch python

I'm an ubuntu user. As you know, python promt is a very useful tool. And I want to replace my calculator app with it. What I want is a new terminal with python shell running on it to show up when I press a key combination. I can assign scripts to…
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