On 23.02.2014 19:15, Elv1313 . wrote: [...] > But would it be better to simply be able to access random xprops from lua > rather than having to patch awesome everytime we want a new one? [...]
The problem with accessing random X11 properties is that most random properties have random formats. I can make UTF8_STRING and CARDINAL work properly, I can pretend that STRING is UTF8_STRING, I can turn ATOMs into atom names and I can pretend that WINDOW and PIXMAP really are just integers (client.window and drawin.window already pretend the same). This might help with many properties, but I fear that this will be a downhill slope and eventually people will want access to more and more X11 properties. Also, reading is way less harmful than writing a property. Lua would have to specify a type here, too (or the alternative would again be a big hardcoded list of types in C). And now configs would be able to set all kind of broken things. Finally, this breaks all the (weak) abstractions that we have. The Lua API that awesome provides isn't meant to be a Lua X11 protocol binding... Uli -- “Some people are worth melting for.” - Olaf -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [email protected].
