Re: Tiling window manager implementation questions

2014-08-04 Thread Jasper St. Pierre
On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 8:36 PM, Michael Forney wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 5:29 PM, Jasper St. Pierre > wrote: >> >> Second, how should the compositor deal with a window manager which wants >>> to change the size and position of a window rapidly in succession (for >>> example, the window i

Fwd: Tiling window manager implementation questions

2014-08-04 Thread Michael Forney
On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 5:29 PM, Jasper St. Pierre wrote: > > Second, how should the compositor deal with a window manager which wants >> to change the size and position of a window rapidly in succession (for >> example, the window is moved from one monitor to another, and then to >> another)? >> >

Re: Tiling window manager implementation questions

2014-08-04 Thread Jasper St. Pierre
On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 8:16 PM, Michael Forney wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to bring up two open questions about the implementation of a > tiling compositor. > > First, how should the initial size negotiation work between the compositor > and a client? In swc/velox, I have been sending configure eve

Tiling window manager implementation questions

2014-08-04 Thread Michael Forney
Hi, I'd like to bring up two open questions about the implementation of a tiling compositor. First, how should the initial size negotiation work between the compositor and a client? In swc/velox, I have been sending configure events to clients as soon as the wl_shell_surface/xdg_shell_surface get