> > I also was put off by the rather harsh "thanks, but NO thanks". Are you > going to update the anonymous CVS-tree regularly? That would give other > interested parties at least the possibility to view the progress and > submit patches (yes, sometimes somebody else _does_ find something that > you or xOr may have overlooked). >
I have been updating cvs about once a week. It is current of my own devel tree. Right now it has initial support for what is called 'strut' by the net spec. It allows applications like pagers to ask for part of the screen. So instead of your screen being 1024x768 at (0,0) if the toolbar is on the top of your screen the available screen area will be (0, 16) and 1024x752. Same with the slit. Right now only the toolbar and slit are supported but eventualy any app can make this request. This means bbpager will no longer be covered by a maximized window. Unless of course you set the "allow full maximization" flag. This code simplifies many other functions in blackbox like the placeWindow code. it also shows a failing in our handling of the window border which is why I have not made a big deal about the code yet. Here soon I will have the code from my laptop to upload which fixes the issue with updating the focus model causing every object in blackbox to recieve a reconfigure() request. My apologies if I sounded harsh to anyone. I hope the mail I just sent will help alleviate any concerns in the community.
