Re: desktop as a separate window (fwd)

[Paul Warren <pdw ferret lmh ox ac uk>]

On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, George Farris wrote:
> > Sounds easy extendable yes
> > 
> > >  - avoid shaped windows, which are some kind of efficiency hit
> > >  - no need to grab the server to do rubberbanding
> > 
> > >  - easier to embed Bonobo objects in the desktop
> > It might be nice to be able to do this, if someone gets some crazy but
> > good ideas at some point ;-)
> > 
> > >  - quite a bit easier to program
> > 
> > Thats tought to beat. Wouldn't the code also be much more cleaner?
> 
> What about legacy X apps?  I have a feeling there might be problems 
> where we least expect it if one puts a giant window over the root.  

Shouldn't be a problem - it is no different from having eg. a maximised
xterm sitting behind all your other windows.

Paul