On Tue, Jan 19, 1999 at 08:59:15AM +0000, neil.bird_at_rrds.co.uk wrote:
> Dominik Vogt wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 18, 1999 at 03:02:47PM +0000, Michael F Gordon wrote:
> > >
> > > Get rid of HighlightColor and specify HilightColorForeground
> > > and HilightColorBackground in Style commands.
> >
> > Why should it? The hilighting colour is definitely a global
> > setting. Why should it be a window style?
>
> I'd disagree with that, personally. If one's specified wholly distinct
> decors for various windows, it makes a great deal of sense [to me] to have
> the window highlight itself within the bounds of its own decor. It's one
> of the first things I noticed when setting up fvwm2 for the first time ...
So, has anyone ever complained about that? I think there are far
more important enhancements in usability to make than this. For
me it falls into the same category as specifying your own shadow
and hilighting colours (i.e. superfluous bloat).
> > > IconFont should be extended to a full IconStyle, with the
> > > default IconStyle inheriting the values that make sense for
> > > icons from the default Style unless they've been set explicitly.
> >
> > Again I don't understand what what the benefit would be. Looking
> > through the manpage I see no settings at all that would make
> > sense passing from a window style to an icon style. There are
> > only two things configurable to icons (apart from the font):
> > If it goes into the icon box and if it has a title.
>
> Yes, I don't see enough icon-specific settings to warrant a new command.
> IIRC, one can include icon settings in decors [I may be wrong!], and one
> can certainly apply them on a window/app. class basis. Maybe if the future
> if more icon-control settings are added, it'd make sense.
I still can't see what these icon specific settings could be.
> > I don't think we should start wasting space just for the sake
> > of parsing consistency. In my eyes neither the fonts nor the
> > hilight colors are global settings.
^^^^^^
Style
> ? You just said that you thought the highlight colour /is/ a global
> setting.
Yup, a typo.
Bye
Dominik
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Received on Tue Jan 19 1999 - 04:23:08 GMT