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Compton
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**This is a development branch, bug to be expected**
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This is forked from the original Compton because that seems to have become unmaintained.
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The current battle plan of this fork is to refactor it to make the code _possible_ to maintain, so potential contributors won't be scared away when they take a look at the code.
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We also try to fix bugs.
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The original README can be found [here](README_orig.md)
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## Call for testers
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### `--experimental-backends`
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This flag enables the refactored/partially rewritten backends.
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Currently new backends features better vsync with the xrender backend, improved input lag with the glx backend (for non-NVIDIA users). The performance should be on par with the old backends.
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New backend features will only be implemented on the new backends from now on, and the old backends will eventually be phased out after the new backends stabilizes.
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To test the new backends, add the `--experimental-backends` flag to the command line you used to run compton. This flag is not available from the configuration file.
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To report issues with the new backends, please state explicitly you are using the new backends in your report.
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## Change Log
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See [Releases](https://github.com/yshui/compton/releases)
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## Build
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### Dependencies
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Assuming you already have all the usual building tools installed (e.g. gcc, meson, ninja, etc.), you still need:
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* libx11
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* libx11-xcb
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* libXext
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* xproto
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* xcb
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* xcb-damage
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* xcb-xfixes
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* xcb-shape
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* xcb-renderutil
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* xcb-render
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* xcb-randr
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* xcb-composite
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* xcb-image
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* xcb-present
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* xcb-xinerama
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* pixman
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* libdbus (optional, disable with the `-Ddbus=false` meson configure flag)
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* libconfig (optional, disable with the `-Dconfig_file=false` meson configure flag)
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* libxdg-basedir (optional, disable with the `-Dconfig_file=false` meson configure flag)
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* libGL (optional, disable with the `-Dopengl=false` meson configure flag)
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* libpcre (optional, disable with the `-Dregex=false` meson configure flag)
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* libev
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* uthash
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To build the documents, you need `asciidoc`
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### To build
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```bash
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$ git submodule update --init --recursive
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$ meson --buildtype=release . build
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$ ninja -C build
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```
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Built binary can be found in `build/src`
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If you have libraries and/or headers installed at non-default location (e.g. under `/usr/local/`), you might need to tell meson about them, since meson doesn't look for dependencies there by default.
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You can do that by setting the `CPPFLAGS` and `LDFLAGS` environment variables when running `meson`. Like this:
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```bash
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$ LDFLAGS="-L/path/to/libraries" CPPFLAGS="-I/path/to/headers" meson --buildtype=release . build
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```
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As an example, on FreeBSD, you might have to run meson with:
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```bash
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$ LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/include" CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/include" meson --buildtype=release . build
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$ ninja -C build
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```
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### To install
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``` bash
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$ ninja -C build install
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```
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Default install prefix is `/usr/local`, you can change it with `meson configure -Dprefix=<path> build`
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## How to Contribute
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### Code
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You can look at the [Projects](https://github.com/yshui/compton/projects) page, and see if there is anything interests you. Or you can take a look at the [Issues](https://github.com/yshui/compton/issues).
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### Non-code
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Even if you don't want to contribute code, you can still contribute by compiling and running this branch, and report any issue you can find.
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Contributions to the documents and wiki will also be appreciated.
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## Contributors
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See [CONTRIBUTORS](CONTRIBUTORS)
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