vivid install upgraded from utopic has desktop effects not available in clean install

[jlittle]

Hi all

I've used the Invert Window desktop effect almost every day for years; I view KFN with it. It's not given as an option in a clean install of Vivid, but to my very pleasant surprise, it's there and works in the install I upgraded from Utopic (via do-release-upgrade).

Does anyone know what's involved in copying the effect from one install to another? To run at all the upgraded Vivid needs a workaround that has been reported to no longer work with plasma 5.3, so I fear it might die at some time.

[otisklt]

Looks like you need invert.desktop and invert_config.desktop which is found in /usr/share/kde4/services/kwin/

Cannot say if that is all you need, or if it will work right in plasma 5.

[jlittle]

Thank you, I've copied those files, and added invertEnabled=true to the Plugins section of ~.config/kwinrc, but it's still not available.

[claydoh]

Where did you copy them to? It will be a different location in plasma 5.

Plasma 5.4 will have this, I already do in wily, and 5.4 beta-something.

Sent from my LG G4

[jlittle]

Where did you copy them to? It will be a different location in plasma 5.

To the same place where they are functional in the other install with plasma 5.

Plasma 5.4 will have this,

Glad to hear that. QtCurve widget controls are coming too, if I read the buzz correctly.

I already do in wily, and 5.4 beta-something.

Maybe I'll upgrade the clean vivid install to wily. The chance of getting something that doesn't run would be high, though.