[maemo-developers] setting up a developing environment for maemo 6 - harmattan, information on duicomposer

[From: Mirtexxan]

Hi people!
I'm italian student working on master's thesis. The subject is "window
managing comparison and optimization on mobile devices" or something
like that, still work in progress.
I'm specially interested in analyze maemo 6 - harmattan duicomposer
project, but i'm clueless... I have downloaded the source from
gitorius and started analyzing it, but i can't compile it to see it
running.

Would someone be so kind to explain me how to start working on this
subject? I'd need istruction/a tutorial on how set up a development
environment, running on a generic linux distribution, or on an
emulated environment.
I downloaded the source for libui and duitheme too and succeded in
compiling the former, but not the latter.

Unfortunately there is a lack of documentation, and my extensive
googling brought me nowhere.

I'd like also to know more about duicomposer... on what is supposed to
be running? It's a generic window manager potentially able to run on
X11? It's only a compositing manager that need a window manager? Or
maybe it's something totally different? Any information would be very
helpful.

Thank you a lot.

Regards,
Mirto