Re: Motif Hints [was: Re: Fwd: Draft 1]

[Matthias Clasen <clasen pong mathematik uni-freiburg de>]

> 
> I'd like to comment on the first three first: we have to be careful that people
> don't mix transient dialogs / non-transient dialogs with the idea of transient
> windows. Per definition, all dialogs are somehow transient windows, thus
> meaning they can be closed with the application continuing and they only make
> sense in combination with an application main window.
> 
> So I'd rather suggest we speak of modal and non-modal dialogs.  Both types of
> dialogs shall have the transient_for hint defined.
> 

OK 

> *naked windows: All the stuff that currently is mostly override_redirect:
> taskbars, panels, pagers etc. Making them naked windows instead makes it
> possible to access (and use them) with they keyboard, since the window
> manager's focus handling will then apply to them as well.
> 
> * tool windows: Microsoft calls it: "A window intented to be used as a floating
> toolbar [....] it has a titlebar that is shorter than a normal titlebar and the
> title is drawn using a smaller font. [...]"
> 
> *tiny ( a stupid name, I admit): similar to naked, but the WM provides a small
> visual frame around it so that the window can be easily resized / move /
> accessed.

Sorry to insist, but you described them again in terms of the decoration 
you want to assign to them, ie visual, not logical.



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