Re: actual proposal

[Tom Vogt <tom lemuria org>]

Federico Mena Quintero <federico@nuclecu.unam.mx> wrote:
> Yes, the X documentation does not say you have to run a window
> manager.  "Mechanism, not policy" is their mantra.  GNOME is a lot
> about policy.  We can assume that people will be running a window
> manager because 1) if you do not need a window manager, it means you
> are using X in a very particular and unusual way, and 2) we are aiming
> at the desktop.

you are correct and my comments on exceptions aren't applicable to a gnome
environment.


> >  my unfamiliarity with the gnome libs shows. my examples weren't too far off?
> >  cool thing.
> 
> Please take a look at what we have for the GUI in gnome-libs.  We have
> a lot of nifty stuff in there.

I know. :)
I just lack the time to get into depth there. I'd like to, though.



> >  ehm - nobody did comment on the general structure so far. does this ordering
> >  into purpose/summary, reason, implementation and help for coders sound ok to
> >  you?
> 
> I guess that is fine to present proposals here, but I would not like
> to enforce it.  I definitely do not want to get that rigid in the UI
> Guidelines document; I want to have a document that will not be
> tedious or boring to read.

true. my idea was that a coherent structure would make reading easier and
finding relevant information quicker.

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