On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 08:47:26 +0100 Christian Pedaschus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
(Bbabbled:
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(B> Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote:
(B>
(B> >On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 21:29:06 +0100 Thijs Thiessens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
(B> >babbled:
(B> >
(B> >
(B> >
(B> >>Hello!
(B> >>
(B> >>I've been experimenting with some code.. I want to build a kind of
(B> >>framework that allows me to be working more naturally with a computer.
(B> >>
(B> >>Look at http://thies061.speed.planet.nl/libura/e/mockup/libura_Ecalc.png
(B> >>
(B> >>Any comments? Or suggestions? Or you think it's as stupid as hell. ;)
(B> >>
(B> >>
(B> >
(B> >no - it's not such a bad idea - mind you, it's not going to be very popular
(B> >amongst the existing developer/user base :) they like having 5 or 10 windows
(B> >up... and switching.
(B> >
(B> >which i have to say works
(B> >very well for limited purpose devices :) for a pc it may be a little limiting
(B> >though :)
(B> >
(B> >
(B> >
(B> Hi there,
(B>
(B> that's exact my optinion.
(B> for limited devices (and perhaps for ppl with limited capabilies) it
(B> could be
(B> useful, but for a (my) workstation, it's more limiting than helpful.
(B
(Byup :)
(B
(B> Because 5-10 Windows are the least i have open, mostly it are more and
(B> it would
(B> drive me nuts, to just see one window at a time.
(B> but hey, if it's a pluggable module, why not...
(B
(Bthat was the idea - but for now its on the back-burner as i am trying to make
(Be17 just a usable desktop wm :)
(B
(B> but to keep the ideas flowing:
(B>
(B> how about some mouse-gesture-feature?
(B> i'm working with a 3200x1200 resolution and sometimes it nerves to push
(B> the mouse from one to end the other end. a quick mouse-gesture could help
(B> there (normally i use the keyboard for such things, but sometimes i'm
(B> too lazy to
(B> change from mouse to keyboard and there it could be helpful.)
(B
(Bthats hard or almost impossible to do as its basically impossible to track mouse
(Bmovement in x without either 1. running through every window from top of the
(Btree to bottom monitoring al window ans subwindow creates and selecting for
(Bmotion events on everything this is in theory possible - but insane and not
(Bworth the effort), or otherwise grabbing and interfering with mouse events going
(Bto client windows.
(B
(B> i'm thinking, for example, about the middle mouse button on the desktop
(B> to see the
(B> window-list. what if both screens are full? then u first have to shade
(B> or iconize
(B> one window, use the window list, then reget your window.
(B
(Bthat is a temporary hack until we have proper window/task listing/management and
(Biconified window handling etc. its temporary. :)
(B
(B> with mouse-gestures, one could simply hold the right button to enable MG
(B> and then
(B> draw a short line, which would open the window-menu at mouse-position.
(B
(Bagain - see above. x thrown big block in our path to doing this easily.
(B
(B> the main reason i talk about such a feature, is that it has the
(B> potential to create
(B> some cool graphical effects. i'm thinking about flames which follow the
(B> mouse
(B> while right key is pressed (so u can 'firepaint' directly on the screen,
(B> to see your
(B> gesture)
(B>
(B> it's just a thought i have since a long time (i wouldn't need this
(B> feature often, but
(B> sometimes it would really help)
(B>
(B> greets, Christian Pedaschus
(B>
(B> ps. if this was already discussed, excuse me, i'm quite new to the list.
(B
(Bthe problem is some things are either just not possible within x's design (a wm
(Bcant do everything - it is limited in what events it can get and trap and
(Bredirect and what it can do), OR it is in theory possible with a LOT of nasty
(Bcode that just isnt going to be efficient, or sane to maintain. :)
(B
(B
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