[linux-audio-user] sticky windows [may be OT]

Rick Taylor ricktaylor at speakeasy.net
Tue Sep 30 13:54:00 EDT 2003


On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 18:09:34 +0400
"horsh" <horsh at mail.ru> wrote:

>http://freshmeat.net/projects/fvwmpartition/
http://freshmeat.net/projects/ion/
http://freshmeat.net/projects/larswm/
http://freshmeat.net/projects/pwm/
http://freshmeat.net/projects/scwm/ {with the constraints module {if you can
get it to compile.} In fact... this is your best option. {if you can get it to
compile. {tho' FVWM is fairly similar and makes for a really nice
environment.}}}}

 I've used all of these... they all work fairly well. There are several
available that are made for imbedded devices and pocket computers that 
should do what you want . {I'm thinking "matchbox" tho' it's been a while
since I've looked... I may be wrong. I do know there are several. You can
probably finf them with a Google search.}

>Hi,
>
>dealing with linux GUI audio applications
>I have found that the following 
>feature would be usefull:
>
>I want to stick or glue some windows of
>*different* applications together so that
>they be organized in "solid body"
>i.e. so that I could minimize/restore,
>move them together. 
>
>(you can find an example of similar behavior
> in how xmms organizes its subwindows)
>
>I know that some window managers offer
>"border gravity" and some others offer
>virtual desktops, 
>but sometimes it's just not enough.
>
>As fas as I can tell the linux audio 
>goes the unix way in the sence that there are
>many small interacting programs each doing 
>its own thing. So one needs to have *many*
>small GUI apps open at the same time.
>And the feature Im talking about would
>be realy usefull.
>
>So my question is:
>Which window manager support such "sticky"
>feature?
>
>horsh
>
>



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