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= Compiling =
In order to build KWin against KDE Frameworks 5, one needs to have a working frameworks setup. For this follow the steps outlined in [[Frameworks/Building]]. This should also build kwin.

To get KWin working properly on Frameworks there are many tasks to be solved. These tasks can be found in the [https://trello.com/b/hY9TcRcK/kwin-frameworks KWin/Frameworks Trello board]. If you want to work on a task please contact Martin Gräßlin (mgraesslin on IRC, email mgraesslin at kde dot org) to be added to the board and assign a task to yourself.

Please see [[KWin/Hacking]] for further information about the structure of KWin.

= Running =
== Starting ==
Follow the runtime instructions in [[Frameworks/Building]] - especially ensure that you started D-Bus. Otherwise KWin 5 and a running KWin 4 might conflict on the DBus. Apart from that there is nothing special to consider. KWin 5 can be started just like KWin 4 with _x11 at end . If a window manager is already running, use:
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
kwin_x11 --replace &
</syntaxhighlight>

= Configuring =
Configuration is fully supported, though desktop effects kcm is not available. Please use new kwincompositing module instead.