On Sun, 22 Nov 2015, Christopher Turkel wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 1:30 PM, Brent Busby <br...@keycorner.org> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 22 Nov 2015, alx wrote:
>>
>>> that might be because dtwm doesn't yet support freedesktop's extensions
>>> to the ICCC, which add WM hints for full screen window states, neither
>>> does MWM I suppose. And some apps tend to assume that their extended
>>> hints get handled.
>>
>> I'm loath to suggest changes to good old CDE/Motif, since I would
>> imagine a lot of people still like it because they're not impressed with
>> the direction modern desktops are heading...
>>
>> But...that could create real usability problems in the current age.
>> Should DTWM be extended to support FreeDesktop>ICCC behavior? Things
>> like running fullscreen (and maybe RandR multiple monitor setups, if
>> that's needed also) are pretty basic these days.
>
>
> I've been the CDE purist since day one but It's getting old switching to
> another WM just to play a game full screen so I'm in favor of this.
>
I have absolutely no objection to supporting these kinds of things in
CDE... What is required is someone with the time and desire to do the
work, and submit patches...
--
Jon Trulson
"If we can hit that bull's-eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall
like a house of cards... Checkmate."
-- Zapp Brannigan
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