On Sat, 13 Jun 1998, brian moore wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 14, 1998 at 12:14:09AM -0500, Nathan Froyd wrote:
> > Neil Zanella wrote:
> > > Has anyone taken up the task of developing a follow-mode like feature for
> > > the window manager?
> >
> > I think somebody posted this a few days ago. Does anybody else
> > understand this concept or why it would be useful? And anyway, I think
> > it has to be at the application level, not the window manager level.
>
> Yeah, if I understand it, imagine opening something like Netscape that
> takes half your screen top to bottom:
>
>
> +------------------+
> | +-----+ |
> | | | |
> | | | |
> | | | |
> | | | |
> | +-----+ |
> +------------------+
>
> The request is to allow making Netscape think that it is twice as tall
> as it is, and then take the 'bottom' half and move it to the right:
>
>
> +------------------+
> | +-----+ +-----+ |
> | |Top | |Bottom |
> | | | | | |
> | | | | | |
> | | | | | |
> | +-----+ +-----+ |
> +------------------+
>
> I don't think you can do that without running Netscape in a virtual
> frame buffer and then ripping apart things for the real server.
> It's not really a Window manager thing to solve. (And, gads, it would
> get confusing real fast: think of scrollbars and how scrolling up would
> move from the right window suddendly to the left...)
>
Sure every feature has it's drawbacks. I don't think it would be that confusing
altogether if one knows what they're doing. Myself, I don't use _all_ of the
options that come with fvwm. I just use the ones that would be handy to me.
Just like I don't use the "stay on top" option with all objects I could
restrict using this option with text editors only or so.
Neil
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Received on Sun Jun 14 1998 - 12:25:34 BST