On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 01:16:51PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:
> On 29-May-2002 Es Bee Ex wrote:
> > On Wed, 29 May 2002 17:52:34 +0200
> > Martin Egholm Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> > >What is the alternative today - I assume the patch will not
> >> > >work any more?
> >> > Have you tried tearing off the icons menu, and then using it?
> >> TEARING OFF?!!! WOW!
> >
> > Does Shading not provide a solution. The manual recommends this to be
> > used in place of iconification. It works for me when I just want
> > something out of the way quickly. If I want it off the screen entirely
> > (and not in any workspace), then I use Iconify.. but for me that is
> > mostly for things like bbkeys. I don't need to use the icon menu much.
> >
>
> one of the reasons to iconify is to clear up screen space. Icons are ignored
> by the wm (regardless of wm).
>
> Which made me think, if a shaded window is meant to be an icon, why not treat
> it more like one. With a simple one line change I can make newly placed
> windows ignore any shaded windows open. I know this would let me use shaded
> windows more.
Yes! I like it! I've been just the slightest bit annoyed by how screen
real estate gets used by the new-window placement system, and I think
this would help. Good idea.
Take care,
John L. Clark
