On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 12:42:58 +1000 David Seikel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 11:15:32 +0900 Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 11:34:47 +1000 David Seikel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > babbled: > > > > > the Close item on the E17 window menu should be at the bottom of > > > the menu, and not at the top. The same argument applies to the > > > Kill button, but since it WILL kill the application, and possibly > > > in an unfriendly manner, it is more dangerous, and should be > > > slightly harder to do. Put Kill at the very bottom, maybe add a > > > "Are you sure?" dialog. > > > > i agree this is probably a good idea - its a trivial re-ordering in > > the menu generation code for the border menu :) the "are you sure" is > > possible - though a bit more code :) > > I'll put the reordering on my TODO, and keep thinking about the > confirm. David Sharps idea has some merit as well. already re-ordered. done. :) > > > exposed root window to click on. I know that there is a key > > > binding for that purpose, but it is not obvious, and not everybody > > > has that key on their keyboards. > > > > you don't have ctrl, alt and an m key? you do know there is MORE than > > 1 binding to do this? :) > > Erm, I do now. Kinda makes my point that it is not obvious though. Oh > well, by the time we release E17, there will be better documentation. but there is also no tutorial or guide to introduce this to you, nor an easy to use bnding editor to make it easy to find :) > > > My solution is to include the desktop menus in the window menu, > > > which is always just a click away. Unless you have no visible > > > borders of course. > > > > ok- putting the main menu in the border menu is non-trivial as then > > we need to keep track of and free all menus AND submenus of this main > > menu. in future we just need to improve maximize to not go over > > modules like the pager, ibar etc. and make smart maximisation the > > default. then ALLthese things are ALWAYS accessible - INCLUDINg the > > "root menu?" > > My monitor has tiny resolution, I want my application windows to take > up all available screen real estate. Well, what I really want is a 15 > inch 1600x1200 or better LCD/OLED monitor that will fold up neatly and > squeeze into my backpack. But that's a hardware problem, this is a > software work around. > > The start module shares the main menu, so it looks like infrastructure > is in place to share it elsewhere. I say with still no idea how > anything inside E17 works. B-) :) -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 裸好多 Tokyo, Japan (東京 日本) ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
