Re: [wmii] resizal of windows over fs/keyboard

I know Uriel will declare my proposal retarded as well, but why
not mapping the complete data structure as is into a
fs-representation? With a reworked libixp this might work pretty
well and this way anyone can manipulate any struct field which
one wants to manipulate. You'd need to write a manipulation
handler for each struct only which is used on fs-access.

I agree that this design sucks to some extend, but it is
simplier and more straight-forward than 'trying to find a sane
fs design' - the proposal of JG was fine, however I doubt it
will be implemented...

Just my 2 cts.

On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 06:47:24AM +0100, Denis Grelich wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 23:49:33 +0100
> Uriel <uriel99_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I already told you this is retarded. There is no need to have per-view
> > client files, the fs design we came up with JG was much simpler,
> > cleaner, and worked just fine.
>
> Having all the client structures in one directory does not help anyone,
> as you seldom want to go through all of them to find the one that you
> want. I had situations though where I needed to list all clients tagged
> with a specific tag. Simpler or not, sorting by tag/view is more useful.
>
> Plus the implementation of geometry commands becomes obvious.
>
> > One *need* to be able to read the geom information, and that is what
> > the index files are for. but a geom file per client is retarded and
> > unnecessary.
>
> You need a geom command per frame anyway, whether to adjust both
> width and height or only height leaving width to the column.
>
> > Managed clients should *never* take geom commands, the only reason to
> > export that information in index files is for possible pager
> > applications.
>
> The last thing what I would use this information for is a pager. There
> are already EWMH hints that are used specifically for pagers, so
> supporting them instead of index files with weird syntaxes or geom
> files cluttering the fs I'd rather support them.
>
> That way, both the wmii-pager work with other wm's, and pagers from
> other wm's work with wmii. No need to reinvent the wheel.
>
> As for other applications: you really seldom need to know the geometry
> of a window, as this is the job of the wm and no-one should care except
> it. If you really, really want to know though, you can as easily parse
> the output of xwininfo.
>
> So in the end, exporting this information is very likely useless.
>
> Greetings
> Denis
>

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