Re: icewm hints, etc...

[Marko Macek <Marko Macek snet fri uni-lj si>]

Ben 'The Con Man' Kahn wrote:
> 
> > Except for CDE most other wms use this style of doing multiple
> > workspaces (fvwm, WindowMaker, kde, ... and icewm).
> >
> > Do we really need this? Also, how to implement the user interface
> > cleanly?
> >
> > Maybe WIN_WORKSPACE could be a list of <32 CARD32s and sending a
> > client message would be interpreted as setting the workspace to only one
> > of
> > the available ones. There could be additional messages for
> > adding/removing
> > workspaces specified.
> 
>         Actually, fvwm and all its variants support BOTH virtual desktops
> and multiple desktops.  Few people use the multiple desktops.  (I
> certainly don't.)  But they are there, and are well integrated.  I've
> never tried to see how it works with the sticky bit nor dragging
> applications to a new desktop.

WIN_WORKSPACE is not related to virtual desktops. It only handles
multiple
desktops (workspaces). The difference between CDE and others is that CDE
allows one window to be on more than one workspace at the same time (but
not necessarily on all of them -- this is done by sticky option).

Virtual desktops are (mostly) orthogonal to multiple desktops. (At least
they should be). I don't (wouldn't) use them (never did except initialy
while reconfuiguring fvwm). I haven't implemented them in icewm (yet). I
am not yet sure if any additional hints are needed to support them. I
have to look at fvwm.

Anyone?

Mark
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