Hi, Why are you writing a new WM?
~ C. On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 11:36 AM, pauline martin <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to create a window manager that uses xcb and as few other > dependencies as possible. I do know that I could use toolkits but I want it > to be as independent of other projects as possible. The only dependency I > really want included is the X-server and libraries to interact with it, like > xcb. I do not intend to include any icon-capabilities at the moment, just > barely enough so that panels (like tint2 and fbpanel) can get the names of > the windows. > > I consider it to be in pre-alpha development, I hope to make it is standards > compliant as possible and to include virtual desktops. However, my primary > concern at the moment is getting it to retrieve and hand off the names of > the windows to the panels. I have looked at the examples and tutorials > available on the x.org site. Also, I have read over the deprecated xcbwm > code, I am still confused on how to implement this feature best. I have > also attempted reading through the only window manager's code in C (the > language I am using) that uses xcb (the window manager awesome) but I can > not get it to work. You can find the last working source on sourceforge at: > sourceforge.net/projects/xlitewm/. > > Thank you for all your help. :) > Pauline123 > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected]: X.Org support > Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg > Info: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg > Your subscription address: [email protected] > -- When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir? ~ Keynes Corbin Simpson <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ [email protected]: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: [email protected]
