13 Apr
2004
13 Apr
'04
7:38 p.m.
On Tue, Apr 13, 2004 at 06:14:37PM +0200, Thorsten Wilms wrote:
On Tue, Apr 13, 2004 at 05:01:39PM +0200, Tim Orford
wrote:
Any X application can override the WM if the programmer wants it to.
That would make it (in my opinion) pretty easy to code something
where an application could manage it's own windows.
i agree that this is fairly essential functionality.
but i think there is an argument that windows should be managed by
the window manager:-)
Sure. But splitting up _one_ window into scalable areas is
a somewhat different story.
While combining Blenders possibilities with traditional WM
features would be ideal, I don't see that happen.
Who would like to switch WM to use some special apps? But a framework providing the described functionlaity
inside
windows on top of any WM could be a great thing (the WM managing
windows and desktops/workspaces, the framework managing areas
inside windows).
Oh, and WMs usualy don't manage loading/saving setups (Screens
in Blender). And you can't change which app is displayed
in a window ...