Projects/KWin/Build Options

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    KWin Build Options

    This document lists and explains the build options available in KWin source code.

    KWIN_BUILD_DECORATIONS

    Default: ON

    Builds the decorations in sub-directory clients.

    KWIN_BUILD_OXYGEN

    Default: ON

    Builds the Oxygen window decoration. This build option is only meant to make it easier to build only KWin without anything else from kde-workspace.

    Since 4.10, Removed in 5.0

    KWIN_BUILD_KCMS

    Default: ON

    Builds the decorations in sub-directory kcmkwin

    KWIN_MOBILE_EFFECTS

    Default: OFF

    Restricts the building of effects to those useful on mobile (touch) environments.

    Removed in 5.0

    KWIN_BUILD_TABBOX

    Default: ON

    Builds tabbox (Alt+Tab) support in sub-directory tabbox

    KWIN_BUILD_TILING

    Default: ON

    Builds window-tiling support in sub-directory tiling and tilinglayouts.

    Removed in 4.10, tiling no longer available

    KWIN_BUILD_SCREENEDGES

    Default: ON

    Builds support for screen edge activation

    Removed in 5.2

    KWIN_BUILD_SCRIPTING

    Default: ON

    Builds support for KWin's scripting framework in sub-directory scripting

    Removed in 5.0, scripting is mandatory

    KWIN_BUILD_XRENDER_COMPOSITING

    Default: ON

    Builds XRender based compositing support

    KWIN_BUILD_OPENGL_1_COMPOSITING

    Default: ON (OFF for GLES only builds)

    Builds OpenGL 1 based compositing support

    Since 4.10, Removed in 5.0

    KWIN_BUILD_ACTIVITIES

    Default: ON

    Builds support for KDE's Activity concept.

    KWIN_PLASMA_ACTIVE

    Default: Enabled for KDE_PLATFORM_PROFILE not Desktop

    Enables build options listed above for Plasma Active.

    KWIN_BUILD_COVERAGE

    Default: OFF

    Builds KWin with gcov coverage support.

    Since 5.0