On 14 Nov 2002 19:36:59 -0500, Peter McAlpine wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 05:50:56AM +0000, Mikhael Goikhman wrote: > --snip-- > > vp_width (viewport size in pixels; is page_width a better name?) > > vp_height > > total_pages_x (DesktopSize; is desktop_size_x a better name?) > > total_pages_y > --snip-- > > Any comments before I do this. > > yes, > > aren't there lots of possible desktops... because I can set my > viewport to look at anywhere I want within my desktop (ex- > overlooking two pages). > > I don't think that it's very consistent with the other information > being sent with M_NEW_PAGE. I could recieve: > vp_width/height == probably screen resolution > vp_x/y COULD == (123,321)... in which case: > total_pages_x/y == nothing useful what-so-ever.
total_pages_x/y may be not useful for FvwmWindowLister, but useful for FvwmPager. > If you ask me: > M_NEW_PAGE should contain ONLY vp_x/y > M_CONFIG_INFO should contain vp_width/height, and either > max_possible_x/y OR DesktopSize (which I think it already does). Currently when DesktopSize command is issued _or_ a page is switched a single M_NEW_PAGE is sent carrying all changes. I don't want to change this, because it seems to be convenient for all modules, not just a pager. Of course, a more static info (that is mostly not changed) may be moved to M_CONFIG_INFO, but M_NEW_PAGE is sent rarely, so it is not very important. This may be done later when all packets are redesigned, I don't like, for example, that M_CONFIG_INFO unites module configuration lines and global constants instead of having 2 different packets. I don't like M_NEW_DESK. As I said, if you will use the PageInfo tracker, you will not need to know whether it internally listens to M_NEW_PAGE, M_NEW_DESK or M_CONFIG_INFO. > It seems a little like fvwm sits on the fence regarding whether > consider pages as something that can overlap or not. I would say that > a "viewport" could have any possible top-left x/y... and that "pages" > are viewports that do not overlap each other. I use this terminology, viewport is something more general than a page. Regards, Mikhael. -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL:http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm-workers" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
