On Thu, 21 Apr 2011 10:24:09 +0200 Guillaume Friloux <[email protected]> said:
as per irc. e could export e17 specific properties and info. as such there is no NEED for e17 itself to do this. it's a nicety to other tools. i don't think we need to visit this now, but bring it up again when e17 is in alpha or beta and we are not busy with other things and we can see about implementing something that exposes such info. > I asked the author of xdotool, here is his answer : > > yeah EWMH is pretty crappy at defining desktops > there's two general schools - desktop array (0, 1, 2, 3, ...) > or viewports > where your real "desktop' will be some zillons of pixels, your view on > them is just your screen size. > for example, compiz uses viewports (get_viewport) > but EWMH doesn't include how to hit what view a window is in > so you can't query what viewport a window is in > it's pretty crappy > > > So i dont think xdotool will work in e anytime soon. > > On 21/04/2011 09:51, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > > On Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:55:41 +0300 "Ag. Systems Administrator - Danny" > > <[email protected]> said: > > > >> Hello All, > >> > >> $ xdotool get_desktop_for_window 12582925 > >> Your windowmanager claims not to support _NET_WM_DESKTOP, so the attempt to > >> query a window's desktop location was aborted. > >> > >> Strange, as it looks that this functionality is already implemented in > >> ecore, but not enabled (commented out in e_hints.c, line 68) > >> > >> Something must be done/finished to enable this one? ;) > > e doesnt set the netwm desktop on a window. it actualyl can't support netwm > > desktop stuff because... e has N SETs of desktops (of XxY screens), one per > > screen (randr/xinerama screen zone). netwm was (last i looked) insufficient > > to support e as e has much more info. > > > > > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Benefiting from Server Virtualization: Beyond Initial Workload Consolidation -- Increasing the use of server virtualization is a top priority.Virtualization can reduce costs, simplify management, and improve application availability and disaster protection. Learn more about boosting the value of server virtualization. http://p.sf.net/sfu/vmware-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
