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window manager with constraints
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 2006-12-20 09:57:14 

  


  

    Hi everyobe,

I have been using KDE since it started.  Recently an interesting comment
came up on lwn.net, with regards to new window managers.
( 
http://lwn.net/Articles/214528/ )

I had something like this on my mind for quite some time, but never had
the time to actually do something about it.  First, a copy of the comment, 
for convenience:
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The way window managers work (user interface side, not code) hasn't
really changed since the start of X windows, many eons ago. Amongst the
plethora of choices, they differ only superficially: there is still a
titlebar as well as the close/minimise/maximise buttons and the ability
to resize windows. 
How about something along the lines of a window manager which
enforces a particular structure and uses the available space
considerably more efficiently? e.g. a "tabbed" window manager, ala
Firefox (this is more than just having a taskbar).

An example: windows would not be allowed to be moved and
resized arbitrarily and the annoying pop-ups (e.g.. file-requesters,
error messages) would not simply (and rudely!) cover other windows. If
one has a browser/editor that takes up the entire screen, and then
launches a terminal (or some other window wants to open up), the size
of browser/edtior would be reduced by half and the terminal "window"
would take the bottom half (or the right half) of the screen. There
would be no titlebars - on a laptop, where screen space is premium,
having multiple title bars amounts to wasting space. Actions for
closing the windows would be done on the tabs.
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Now the question: is there any work in KDE towards something like this?

With regards,

Mark.




  

  
  
   
     
    

  

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     user name

     2006-12-20 17:16:47
  


  

    
On Wednesday 20 December 2006 10:57, Mark Tall wrote:
> Hi everyobe,
>
> I have been using KDE since it started.  Recently an
interesting comment
> came up on lwn.net, with regards to new window
managers.
> ( http://lwn.net/Articl
es/214528/ )
>
> I had something like this on my mind for quite some
time, but never had
> the time to actually do something about it.  First, a
copy of the comment,
> for convenience:
> ___
>
> The way window managers work (user interface side, not
code) hasn't really
> changed since the start of X windows, many eons ago.
Amongst the plethora
> of choices, they differ only superficially: there is
still a titlebar as
> well as the close/minimise/maximise buttons and the
ability to resize
> windows.
>
> How about something along the lines of a window manager
which enforces a
> particular structure and uses the available space
considerably more
> efficiently? e.g. a "tabbed" window manager,
ala Firefox (this is more than
> just having a taskbar).

 These "not yet implemented" features, as pointed
out by replies, have already 
been implemented in window managers like PWM, Ion, WMII,
Fluxbox and others.

> ___
>
> Now the question: is there any work in KDE towards
something like this?

 Not that I'm aware of. There are some wishes at
bugs.kde.org like #42023 and 
#59338 with quite some votes but nobody has yet considered
them important 
enough to actually implement it. You can be the first one
;).

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