On Tue, 2004-01-20 at 07:16, Ciprian Popovici wrote: > On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 21:17:45 -0500 James deBoer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there a reason that the menu and the toolbar are coded into Blackbox > > while other important features such as bbkeys and bbrun are not? > > I think this is a very valid point IMHO. Personally, I seldom use the toolbar > since I can use a dockapp to tell the time, and I have a relaxed environment > with many desktops so between that and the bbpager I don't really need the > toolbar to tell me the workspace or the current window. > > On the other hand, I use the menu but I know people who would rather use a > slit based solution, such as drawers or buttons. > > Third, should someone wish to implement an alternative toolbar, or a taskbar, > or another menu, it would be better, I think, to have them create separate > applications rather than submitting patches against Blackbox, which would be > noticed by only a handful of people, used by even fewer, and eventually die > out due to the Blackbox code advancing and not enough updating done on the > patches. > > I for one would love to have bbtoolbar and bbmenu as separate applications. Of > course, I wouldn't know what this means code-wise but I suspect it is easier > to do since the shared library came to be. > > -- > Ciprian Popovici
Just wanted to add my support for this type of approach. Making bb more modular would be great. As for how much to split out, I can see toolbar and slit for sure. The menu I can see both arguments for this. Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] List archives: http://asgardsrealm.net/lurker/splash/index.html Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
