the compiz session

compiz is a window manager using the hardware acceleration capabilities of your machine. it is used with other window managers as overlay most of the time. here you use stand-alone version. window decorations is provided by emerald.

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startup

compiz is launched by the ~/bin/start/compiz_start.sh script.
to change startup applications, simply edit this file: vim bin/start/compiz_start.sh or from the compiz menu:section config:compiz:edit startup script

components

compiz session has very few components

• conky: display system and user informations on right side of your screen. configurable from ~/.conky/.conkyrc_compiz & .conkyrc_compiz.lua or from the compiz-menu: section config:compiz:conky
• compiz menu: available from top-left corner of your screen, includes livarp applications, compiz & emerald configuration menus, and the systay (configured from ~/.config/fbpanel/compiz or from the menu itself).
• livarp menu: available from right-click on desktop or with Alt+Space. configured with compiz-deskmenu-editor.

configuration

to configure conky, you have to edit conkyrc: vim .conky/.conkyrc_compiz & vim .conky/.conkyrc_compiz.lua or from the compiz menu:section config:compiz:conky.

to configure fbpanel, edit its configuration file vim .config/fbpanel/compiz or from the fbpanel menu itself: section config:fbpanel:edit menu.
if you want to add plugins, please visit the dedicated page.

livarp menu is handled by compiz-deskmenu, it includes a graphical editor. please visit the dedicated page.

compiz is configured with ccsm aka compiz config setting manager

available from the menu compiz:config section:compiz:compiz, ccsm manager has several tabs controlling all a part of compiz. you can manage the effects of transparency, shading, keyboard shortcuts, etc ... this is a very complete tool that edits the file ~/.config/compiz/compizconfig/ Default.ini. changes are taken into account immédiatly, no need to restart compiz.

emerald is configured by emerald-theme-manager

available from the menu compiz:config section:compiz:emerald, emerald-theme-manager allows you to choose your window decorations and behavior of buttons. you can edit, import or export themes easily with this tool.

keybinds/mousebinds

keybinds/mousebinds are configured in ccsm (see up). here are the default shorcuts for livarp_0.3.9 compiz session:

menus:

• compiz menu: on top-left-corner of your screen
• livarp menu: right-click on the desktop or Alt+Space
• dmenu: Alt+p

control:

quit compiz: Ctrl+Shift+Alt+q, or from the compiz menu:exit or the livarp menu:exit

windows:

• close client: Super+q
• previous/next client: Alt+Tab
• toggle maximize client: Alt+m
• resize client: Alt+right-click

navigation:

• previous/next desktop: Ctrl+Left/Right
• expose function to display all desktops: top-right corner of the screen
• initiate cube rotation: Ctrl+Alt+left-click

launchers:

• default terminal: Ctrl+Enter
• launch ranger: Alt+r
• launch rox-filer: Alt+Shift+r
• launch luakit: Alt+w
• launch firefox: Alt+Shift+w
• launch vim: Alt+e
• launch geany: Alt+Shift+e
• music player: Alt+z
• volume control: Alt+v