Bug#395569: compiz: cube looks strange when hsize != 4

[Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org>]

Package: compiz
Version: 0.2.0-1
Severity: wishlist

Hi,

When I change the number of faces for the cube plugin (using
/apps/compiz/general/screen0/options/hsize), the result is quite
strange, as shown on the following screenshots with hsize=7 or 8:
  http://loulous.org/BRdata/compiz-hsize7.png
  http://loulous.org/BRdata/compiz-hsize8.png

I don't know why the cube has to remain a cube when hsize != 4.
I guess it's more a technical problem than a design choice.
But, IMHO it would much better to keep rectangles only for the sides of
the cube, and change the faces above and below to be non-square regular
polygons (mathematicians would say the cube would be a cylinder with a
<hsize>-regular polygon as a base).

Thanks for the great work anyway, Xorg 7.1 and compiz work very
well on my Radeon X300.

Brice

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Versions of packages compiz depends on:
ii  compiz-core                   0.2.0-1    OpenGL window and compositing mana
ii  compiz-gnome                  0.2.0-1    OpenGL window and compositing mana
ii  compiz-gtk                    0.2.0-1    OpenGL window and compositing mana
ii  compiz-plugins                0.2.0-1    OpenGL window and compositing mana

compiz recommends no packages.

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