Re: Decorations (again)

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

On Sat, 6 Nov 1999 raster@rasterman.com wrote:
> On  6 Nov, Matthias Ettrich scribbled:

> ->  Raster, last time we talked about that you mentioned you have other window
> ->  groups in mind. Any suggestions?
> 
> Definitely:
> Filemanager view window (you might not want certain decorations on a
> filemanager view window)

Why not?  What is special about a filemanager view window?

> Pager window (kwm and E both use separate windows for the pager(s) so a
> different border woudl be useful)

Can they not be classified as tool windows?

> Iconbox (E uses a separate iconbox to hold iconfied window s- fvwm2 has
> the similar module - the Icon Manager window)

What would this mean for the wm?

> Menus (for "pinned menus" ala Tk, Gtk's pinnable menus etc.)

I think that that is definitely a useful type.

Paul