Re: gTaskbar: a GNOME panel taskbar
- From: raster redhat com
- To: sml13 cornell edu
- cc: jgarzik pobox com, miguel nuclecu unam mx, fraggle_rock33 hotmail com, gnome-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: gTaskbar: a GNOME panel taskbar
- Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 16:45:55 -0500 (EST)
On 27 Nov, sml13@cornell.edu scribbled:
-> The Gnome pager doesn't do process switching, right? You can flames me to
-> hell, but I think being able to switch by processes is very nice (it is
-> one of the things I like about KDE, Win95, WinNT, and fvwm95). With
-> utmost respect to Raster (the author of the Gnome pager, judging from the
-> source) and you, Jeff, I think that Mike's "process switching" pager
-> should be included in the core distribution, when it is ready.
the gnome pager does process switching.. happily :)
-> Am I the only one who likes this?
->
-> my $0.02
-> shane
->
-> On Fri, 27 Nov 1998, Jeff Garzik wrote:
->
-> > Miguel de Icaza wrote:
-> > >
-> > >
-> > > > Of course for such a thing to work, the window manager must be
-> > > > patched up. I have currently only patched Window Maker so far.
-> > >
-> > > Interesting applet, I like it.
-> > >
-> > > I know the KDE Window Manager has some protocol to tell their panel
-> > > about the existing windows open. It would be nice to have a
-> > > compatible protocol here and add this protocol to the list of Window
-> > > Manager hints that GNOME understands.
-> >
-> > I think this brings up the more general point that a window list is a
-> > much more useful 'task list' than a process list is...
-> >
-> > Jeff
-> >
-> >
-> >
-> >
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