18 Dec
2002
18 Dec
'02
4:49 p.m.
there was some talk about window grouping on fvwm mailing list (fvwm.org)
but IIRC it was mostly about tabbed windows, not tiled (which is what I
think you talk about).
then again, maybe some panel could be (ab)used for this, e.g.fvwm panel
can swallow various X apps and you can specify fairly fancy layout of
windows within panel (usually panel is very small, used to run clock or
xload and other apps of that type but you can make it any size you want and
run any apps). not sure how it would work, I never tried to use fvwm panel
in this way...
erik
-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Larsson
To: linux-audio-dev(a)music.columbia.edu
Sent: 12/18/02 10:11 AM
Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Audio s/w ui swallowing
On Monday 09 December 2002 20:10, Steve Harris wrote:
The world and his dog seems to be releasing
macos/windows audio s/w
that
looks like 19" rack units.
Anyone know enough about X to know if its possible to make X apps open
thier main window inside a standard sized cabinet (ala Reason).
I'm assuming it would be ok to require the app to be a certian size
and
have explicit support, but I guess it couldn't put
any restrictions on
toolkit.
Other than looking cool, it would actually be a useful way to keep
window
clutter down. Not that we have any 19" lookalike
apps yet, but I guess
we
will do at some point.
- Steve
Why not add another option to the window manager instead?
(much like "Always on top")
"Add to window group" -> "Audio rack"
Let the window manager keep them with a common width
and split height. Resize and Move all windows together.
- Possible?
/RogerL
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Roger Larsson
Skellefteå
Sweden
19 Dec
19 Dec
4:17 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-dev] Audio s/w ui swallowing
On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 02:43:14 -0600, STEFFL, ERIK (SBCSI) wrote:
then again, maybe some panel could be (ab)used for
this, e.g.fvwm panel
can swallow various X apps and you can specify fairly fancy layout of
windows within panel (usually panel is very small, used to run clock or
xload and other apps of that type but you can make it any size you want and
run any apps). not sure how it would work, I never tried to use fvwm panel
in this way...
Yes, thats the sort of thing I was thinking of when I first suggested it.
I haven't looked at fvwm panel to see how it works though, the more modern
window managers dont seem to have this, I think the gnome panel for eg.
works differently (it looks like it requires all the panel apps to be
GTK).
- Steve
21 Dec
21 Dec
8:06 a.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-dev] Audio s/w ui swallowing
On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 02:43:14 -0600, STEFFL, ERIK (SBCSI) wrote:
then again, maybe some panel could be (ab)used for
this, e.g.fvwm panel
can swallow various X apps and you can specify fairly fancy layout of
windows within panel (usually panel is very small, used to run clock or
xload and other apps of that type but you can make it any size you want and
run any apps). not sure how it would work, I never tried to use fvwm panel
in this way...
It looks like fvwm panel is a window manager hack, rather than a real app.
Makes sense I guess.
It should be possible to do window manager neutral swallowing with Xnext It
might require writing a simple window manger to run inside Xnest and place
the rack units, but as the geometry is so simple it might be possible to
do it externally.
- Steve
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