Compiz forgets plugins when disabled and reenabled

[Oli]

Binary package hint: compiz

Effects: (my) Hardy-latest

To replicate:
 - Start with compiz loaded with some settings (wobbly windows, animations, etc).
 - Open up Appearance Preferences from the desktop and click the Visual Effects tab.
 - Change the radio to "None", then back to "Extra".
 - You should now have compiz loaded, just with no chosen plugins.

I have to disable Compiz for some fullscreen applications and games so this is thoroughly annoying for me.

I started noticing this behaviour when the Extra tab and customise button disappeared though I'm not sure this caused the meltdown.

[Travis Watkins (amaranth)]

This is by design so if you mess things up you can get back to a stable setup. If you want the custom option back install the simple-ccsm package.

[Oli (oli)]

Thanks for the tip there Travis. That does indeed solve my problem, but a few questions:

1. Don't you think that implicitly wiping settings like that is a little confusing for people that don't know about it? Wouldn't a "reset config" button make a lot more sense?
2. Shouldn't "normal" and "extra" have some plugins enabled by default?
3. Why hide custom in its own package? It seems like it was much simpler when you just had custom there all the time and the link to ccsm next to it.

Oh (and this might be known) the Appearance Preferences/Visual Effects panel never remembers that you have a custom layout - always showing Extra selected by default.