Re: Window History Placement

[Benjamin Kahn <xkahn ximian com>]

Hi Matthias,

On Fri, 2003-01-10 at 09:03, Matthias Clasen wrote:
> Another clever thing with the number part of the id is this "reshuffling",
> which seems to implement something like the n best positions for a window with
> name/class/role, although the spec is not clear enough here. What happens if
> I start two instances of an app (so that the wm remembers two positions
> n/c/r/1 and n/c/r/2. If I now close 1 and move 2, will the wm still remember two
> n/c/r positions, or is
> the old n/c/r/2 position forgotten when 2 is moved ?

	Window histories are never forgotten(*) unless they are replaced by a
new matching window in that spot.  (Which doesn't really count as being
forgotten since, in that case, a window will have been placed with the
old window's characteristics and will only be saved if the user modifies
the window in some way.)  

	Thus, in the case above, there will be two window states being stored
-- the new placement of 2 (now 1) and the old placement of 2.  (Which
will be used if a second window is opened.)  In tests where users were
told to pay attention to window placement and given a little background
on what was happening, this seemed to surprise them at first, but feel
comfortable quickly.  But it might be better to forget the old window
history when a window is promoted in the numbering scheme.