On 8/15/07, Andreas Schik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2007-08-15 11:26:34 +0200 Andreas Schik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > first of all I must say that I am quite impressed of Étoilé 0.2. I did not > > expect it to already work well enough for day-to-day usage. There are a > > couple of glitches I consider as minor, but what really bugs me is dektop > > handling. > > Azalea has the ability to use several desktops. In fact, it defaults to four > > desktops. Unfortunately, I cannot really use them. First of all, I see no > > way > > to start an application on another destop than the first one. I even cannot > > move it between desktops without the help of a tool such as wmctrl. Do I d > > something wrong here or is this a missing feature? > > What is worse (for the moment I could live with wmctrl) is the fact that > > modal windows (dialogs) always appear on desktop one and not on the desktop > > where the application resides that spawned the modal window. Also, the menu > > server does not work with other desktops than the first one. I can see the > > menu bar and the application's top level menu items, but the submenus would > > not open. After experimenting a while I found out that the submenus open > > again on the first desktop, but are invisible! I know that they are there, > > because when I move the mouse in the area where they should be I can see the > > next level of submenus open more or less out of thin air. > At least I have found about this menu problem now. It is definitely not a > menu server problem, but the menu window as such must be moved to the other > desktop as well. This is a bit confusing as the menu is displayed on the > appropriate desktop. It looks like the responder window is somewhere else, > however. So what is missing is the functionality to move the application and > _all_ its associated windows and then the menu should work fine. >
I post a solution on gnustep-dev@ (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnustep-dev/2007-08/msg00006.html). GNUstep can listen to the change of desktop and move accessory windows to the new desktop. It is very straight forward to do in GNUstep instead of in window manager. Yen-Ju > > > > While I am talking about menus, one other question. Is it intentional > > (probably yes) that upon right-click no (context) menu appears? What would > > be > > the design decision behind this behaviour? > > > > Thanks, > > Andreas > > > > -- > SYSGO AG > Office Mainz > Am Pfaffenstein 14 / D-55270 Klein-Winternheim / Germany > Phone: +49-6136-9948-0 / Fax: +49-6136-9948-10 > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / Web: http://www.sysgo.com > > PGP Key is available from the MIT key server (pgp.mit.edu). > > Handelsregister: HRB Mainz 90 HRB 8066 > Vorstand: Michael Tiedemann > Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Dr. Thomas Hoch > USt(VAT)-Id-Nr.: DE 149062328 > _______________________________________________________________________ > > MAE - October 20, 2007 > Gaydon, United Kingdom > http://www.mae-show.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Etoile-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/etoile-discuss > > > _______________________________________________ Etoile-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/etoile-discuss
