Re: [wmii] Preparations for 3.5

On Sun, Nov 05, 2006 at 06:38:23PM +0000, Andy Gimblett wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 10:35:26AM -0800, Suraj N. Kurapati wrote:
> > Anselm R. Garbe wrote:
> > > I think a 9P interface is too exeggerated for the
> > > purpose of a window manager. To keep the same flexibility but
> > > with a much simplier approach, you could think about defining a
> > > command interface which is read from stdin and special results
> > > written to stdout.
> >
> > The technology used to implement the remote-control interface will
> > change (standard pipe instead of 9P). However, will the same level
> > of remote-control functionality be kept?
> >
> > I don't want to have /less/ ability of manipulating clients, views,
> > etc. than before.
>
> Indeed. And it's not just about control - it's also about reading
> state (not just "special results", whatever they are). For this
> purpose, the current system seems to work rather well.

It was a random thought, don't take it too seriously ;) It's up
to Denis to make any decisions...

Regards,

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