Re: Work in Progress: draft 1.9a

[Paul Warren <pdw ferret lmh ox ac uk>]

On Mon, 5 Jul 1999, Tim Janik wrote:
> On Sun, 4 Jul 1999, Dominik Vogt wrote:

> > > _NET_WORKAREA CARDINAL[][4]/32
> > > 
> > > Readonly property set by WM upon calculating the work area for each
> > > desktop.
> > > Contains the left,right,top,bottom coordinates for each desktop.
> > > Work area is used for maximizing windows and by the desktop to place
> > > desktop icons appropriatelly.
> > 
> > What is a 'work area' in comparison to the viewport?
> 
> in short, a "work area" is the currently visible portion of a desktop
> that is larger than the physical screen size. excerpt from the fvwm2
> man page:
> 
> THE VIRTUAL DESKTOP
>        Fvwm2  provides  multiple  virtual  desktops for users who
>        wish to use them.  The screen is a viewport onto a desktop
>        which  may  be  larger  than the screen.  Several distinct
>        desktops can be accessed (concept: one  desktop  for  each
>        project,  or  one  desktop for each application, when view
>        applications are distinct).  Since  each  desktop  can  be
>        larger than the physical screen, divided into m by n pages
>        which are each the size of the  physical  screen,  windows
>        which  are  larger  than  the  screen  or  large groups of
>        related windows can easily be viewed.
> 
> i.e. the "work area" refered to above is a desktop "page" in fvwm terminology.

I may have missed the point, but I thought WORK_AREA is meant to refer
to the current page minus space occupied by panels, docks etc.  The
purpose is to ensure that maximised applications do not cover panels, and
so that desktop icons don't get put under panels.  Icewm has an
implementation of this for maximising windows.

yours,

Paul