setting Edge Trigger Delay is ineffective on Desktop Wall Edge Flipping

[Bayle Shanks]

Binary package hint: compiz

One would think that setting Edge Trigger Delay in compizconfig-settings-manager would cause Desktop Wall's Edge Flipping features to wait awhile when one moved to the corner of the screen before flipping, but it does not appear to, even with Edge Trigger Delay at maximum.

These posts imply that the desired behavior used to work and suggest changing instances of <nodelay>true</nodelay> to <nodelay>false</nodelay> in /usr/share/compiz/wall.xml :

http://forum.compiz.org/viewtopic.php?t=12558
http://forum.compiz.org/viewtopic.php?f=116&t=8040&sid=f07782a80db513d111d645efa99ea558

but that doesn't help.

thanks

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: compiz 1:0.9.4-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-5.32-generic 2.6.38-rc6
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-5-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
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DRM.card0.DP.1:
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Date: Tue Mar 1 02:08:22 2011
DistUpgraded: Yes, recently upgraded Log time: 2011-02-27 15:44:26.119310
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[Bayle Shanks (bshanks)]

Edge Trigger Delay is in the General Options section of compizconfig

[Bayle Shanks (bshanks)]

hmm... just now Edge Trigger Delay started working for me.. I'm not sure what changed (I did install some updates this morning).

[Johann Glaser (johann-glaser)]

The bug is still there in Debian package version 0.9.13.0+16.10.20160818.2-5.1, see https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=890190.

Additionally, please change the default value of that nodelay option to false. It is somewhat insane to offer a delay option, also offer a delay setting in CCSM, but secretly disabling it.

[Micha (m-st-w)]

Why is this still noit fixed?!??

Why does it take so long to fix such a stuff in Linux...its so frustrating!
Does noone here test software before a release? Dumb question, I know as its obviously...however, to be a bit productive:

@johann-glaser This has nothing to do with the "wall"-plugin...the wall-plugin is inactive here on Mint Mate, so it cant have any effect to edit the wall.xml as read somewhere before. "rotate" is a different plugin.

There are 2 options in my opinion:

Some of the coders here have to add an "edge_flip_delay" to the plugin "(cube)rotate", or
option 2 - some of the coders here have to make "edge_flip" in "rotate" to work with "edge_delay" in general-settings.

Please please please fix this, guys!!!!!!! Soon please.

This problem exists since 2011

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.