Re: Desktop idea

[sopwith redhat com (Elliot Lee)]

On 17 Jul 1999 12:45:31 -0400, Sarel J. Botha <sjb@dundee.lia.net> wrote:
>On Sat, Jul 17, 1999 at 09:54:56PM +0800, James Henstridge wrote:
>> 
>> As for these desktop areas, how do these differ from windows without
>> borders, at the bottom of the stacking order, which are session managed so
>> that their state is saved between sessions?
>> 
>
>The program running inside the window has it's normal toolbars, statusbars
>etc. while a note on the desktop is just a white rectangle . Session
>management also hasn't gone far enough to be able to remember what file was
>open inside the window.

That's a problem of the application not doing sufficient SM support, not a
problem of session management itself. Patches to fix the apps are welcome!

-- Elliot