Re: [christiqua@yahoo.dk: Look at KDE]

[Mike Palczewski <mpalczew w-link net>]

> 
> I can only second this -- they not only respect their panel/taskbar when
> it comes to maximizing ("so do we"), but kwm resizes maximized windows,
> when the panel geometry changes, e.g. I "configure" the panel to be on the
> left instead of on the top, the "new" panel takes place and all maximized
> windows adapt to the new screen geometry (no, they still don't seem to
> support simple dragging around of the panel -- kudos, George :-)
> 
> What's also nice in KDE is that the desktop icons stay in some "secure"
> distance off the panel(s), here (gmc-4.5.24) my top most icon get's lost
> below my top panel, maybe there is some way for the WM to let applications
> (in this case gmc) now "stay off this and that area on the root window"
> (ideally this would work dynamically, e.g. I move my panel and the icons
> get moved automatically -- yeah, make this configurable)?


icewm already does all if not most of this stuff.  its not a gnome thing
its more of a wm thing.












> 
> > 
> > We need to work some more on window manager hints,
> > and don't let the windowmanager independence be a
> > disadvantage. 
> > 
> > Now we're at the windowmamager things, I really think
> > that there should be an option in enlightenment
> > to turn of the theme menues and use GTK menues instead.
> 

I think he means to integrate enlightenment with gtk. so that the menus
that pop up look like the rest of the menus.  


> Raster: I think he means some way of enlightenment letting the application
> that manages the left- and right-clicks (in our case gmc) know what menus
> to display and what actions to do when an item is selected. It sounds like
> he want's a common look&feel for root-window-menus (but I don't know if
> this is feasible, though).
> 
> Nils
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