On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 03:10:08PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: > Before I attempt to do this, I just wanted to make sure that this is > something worthwhile doing. Currently, FvwmPager is about the only module > that implements balloons to easily tell which window is which. For a long > time now, one of the biggest feature requests has been for FvwmButtons to > support a similar feature. (I have no doubt if we get this right, > FvwmIconMan might follow, since this has an applicable use for balloons also.) > > Before I do this though I just want to check with you to make sure my > approach is correct. I was thinking of using libs/FTips.h to do this in > FvwmButtons since this lib has been present for a while but never used. I > assume it is a refactor of what FvwmPager currently has [1].
Yes, this is all correct. > How should balloons work in FvwmButtons? I was thinking of something akin to > the following: > > *FvwmButtons: BalloonTitleFormat %t > > Where '%w' could be the swallowed window's title. I wouldn't mind. Just allow to specify a balloon string manually or display the button's title or swallow string otherwise. > Although this represents > some problems since not all FvwmButtons have swallowed windows, because > they're there to perform some action. So, I am assuming instead such > balloons would be used on a per-button basis with the user supplying the > string, as in: > > *FvwmButtons: (12x60, Swallow (...) "MyApplication" \ > "Exec exec MyApplication", Balloon "This is MyApplication") > > Within this of course, perhaps one could then use some form of '%t', '%i' > symbols to represent a window's title or icon name without having to do it > manually for swallowed windows. > > I would assume that for sundry options such as: > > BalloonColorset <n> > > That would be a global option to FvwmButtons rather than a per-button > option? Yes, global. > (I say this only because FvwmPager does it this way -- but that > doesn't mean to say it's correct. :P) > > I'm open to suggestions on how to do this -- I can envisage some updates to > FTips.h to accommodate some of this. I've not looked too deeply into it yet, > and wanted to seek approval/recommendations, etc., before I went ahead to try > and do this. We're not using Ftips yet. Feel free to make changes. Ciao Dominik ^_^ ^_^ -- Dominik Vogt, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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