Re: Decorations (again)

[Marko Macek <Marko Macek gmx net>]

Paul Warren wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, Paul Warren wrote:
> > On Sat, 6 Nov 1999, Matthias Ettrich wrote:
> 
> > > Not very logical, I admit, but practical. Will cover a lot of cases, but
> > > there's more to it:
> > >
> > > What about the additional groups:
> > >
> > >       - message box
> > >       - critical message box
> > >       - error message box
> > >         ( these hints may also influence the WMs activation behaviour)
> >
> > Now I like this idea, but we're beginning to infringe on the layer hint
> > ie. the type of a message box could well be used to determine the layer of
> > such a window eg. critical message boxes get stacked on top of all
> > windows etc.
> >
> > I think that this is a good thing.  Merging the decoration hint and the
> > layer hint into a single hint describing the *function* of a window,
> > rather than its appearance is IMHO a good idea.
> 
> OK, so how about we add these to the list:
> 
> Dock - indicates a panel window (as per the layer hint)
> Desktop - indicates a desktop window (as per the layer hint)
> 
> Raster has already suggested menu.
> 
> With that lot, we can then reduce the layer hint to just have:
> 
> _NET_WIN_LAYER_NORMAL
> _NET_WIN_LAYER_BELOW
I suggest this is renamed _NET_WIN_LAYER_DESKTOP (for the filemanager)
> _NET_WIN_LAYER_ONTOP

Mark
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