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

On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 09:04:36AM +0100, Denis Grelich wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 08:46:26 +0100
> "Anselm R. Garbe" <arg_AT_suckless.org> wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> One can overdo everything ;)
> I don't see where it would be easier to write shell scripts or having
> yet another layer to do window management, than just modifying the
> source if you are so unhappy with what the wm does.
>
> > 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...
>
> Could someone please point me to what "the proposal of JG" actually
> was? I was looking for it, but had a hard time finding anything
> concrete.

I think this thread contains several starting points:

http://suckless.org/pipermail/wmii/2006-June/002168.html

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