What library to use? [SOLVED]

I want to write a program that involves some fancy effects (like the kind in a dock such as awn or compiz) and I want to know what library to use - even better what library they use.
Last edited by Lexion (2009-11-25 20:59:43)

Well, cairo-dock has some pretty nice effects, and it uses (surprisingly) the cairo libraries. There are some binary packages of cairo libraries for ruby and python too, if you're planning on using either of those languages, it might be worth having a look at. I'm not sure how easy they are to use (never personally wrote a program using them), but it should fulfill your requirements.
Hope that helps,
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