Re: Some Thoughts/Rewrite of specs

[Marko Macek <Marko Macek gmx net>]

Michael Pucher wrote:
> 
> Kenneth Christíqua wrote once upon time:
> >
> > Yes I think that a rewrite would be very nice, but I also think that
> > we should drop the name 'GNOME compliant' and replace it with something
> > like 'GNU hints compliant', since the specs should not be tied to gnome.
> > For instance the XFCE desktop environment also use the current gnome-specs.
> > We should then cooperate with other teams like that of the KDE,
> > and make some specs for making a wm 'GNU hints level 1 compliant' and
> > 'GNU hints level 2 compliant' and then both the GNOME and the KDE team
> > can use the same hints
> >
> > This will make it way easier for for wm authors to support KDE and GNOME,
> > and further promote cooperation between the two teams
> >
> > 'GNU hints level 1 compliant' will be the standard hints, and level 2 will
> > include stuff like CORBA compliance
> >
> > Kenneth
> >
> 
> hi
> 
> i think wm's also must provide some hints, take this for example:
> 
> if you use the task bar of iceWM or the bar of E at top of your screen,
> you have to place your icons manually, because when you use ´Arrange
> Icons´ from gmc,
> your icons are placed under the bar...
> The panel doesn't also know about this things on your screen and
> overdraw
> them everytime

I guess this is another reason to rewrite GMC desktop icon handling to
use a single window in desktop layer. 

The other advantages are:

- speed boost (no shaped windows necessary).
- desktop is focusable, and can be navigated by keyboard
- clicks trough transparent parts of icons/text could be cleanly
detected!
- simpler code
- proper alpha channel support for PNG icons could be done.
 
This reminds me to fix icewm to always size the desktop correctly.
(Positioning should be ok right now).

Mark
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