[dev] Unix philosophy window manager

On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 01:01:04AM +0800, Patrick Haller wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 11:22:50AM -0500, Steve Ryan wrote:
> >
> > This is very cool, however I have one question. Correct me if
> > I'm wrong, but you're replacing window-manager functionality with
> > various small scripts and built-in X tools, right? So wouldn't you
> > just be creating a (very minimalist) window manager out of those
> > tools?
>
> yup. WMs usually bind several orthogonals: window manipulation /
> decoration, keyboard shortcuts. focus management.
>
> Separate them. ;)
Ack.

To make it work smoothly, 1 such program needs a SubstructureRedirectMask.
Technically, IMHO, that 1 program _is_ the window manager.

I think the subject of the thread was a bit misleading.

Kurt
Received on Mon Feb 28 2011 - 09:30:26 CET