How know if desktop effects (composition) is enabled?

[Aaron J. Seigo]

On Tuesday 02 September 2008, Gustavo Pichorim Boiko wrote:
> Em 01/09/2008, às 08:40, Lubos Lunak escreveu:
> > On Monday 01 of September 2008, Teemu Rytilahti wrote:
> >> Percy Camilo Triveño Aucahuasi kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika
> >> Monday,
> >> 1.
> >>
> >>> My question is: Wich are the best way to know if the composition is
> >>> enabled?
> >
> > KWindowSystem::compositingActive()
> >
> >>> I mean, how my application knows if the desktop effects are
> >>> enabled?
> >
> > Does it need to care?
>
> Maybe for deciding whether to use or not an ARGB visual?

you probably want to always have an argb visual so you can paint translucently 
when compositing is turned on.

what we primarily use KWindowSystem::compositingActive() is to pick whether 
we'll be rendering a square block for the background or something with nice 
fancy edges ...

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