On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 10:21:14PM +0000, Mikhael Goikhman wrote: > On 06 Mar 2002 19:12:29 +0100, Dominik Vogt wrote: > > > > Before we can release 2.4.6 we have to think of a different name > > for the "This" command. It collides with the "This" context > > rectangle in the menu position hints. How about "ThisWindow"? > > First, I think the syntax of Menu is very bad. A better one would be: > > Menu menu-name (position-hints) double-click-action > > Now, we already have 2 collisions with it: "Mouse" and "Menu"! > I would not rename anything, i.e. leave "This" as is, and change the > "Menu" syntax in 2.5.x. > > Second, "ThisWindow" is ok, but "This" fits better into existing names. > Probably there is a better name, like "WorkingWindow". But I can't find > anything that is better than "This". > > I have no problem if we rename all (or none) conditionals: > > Next -> NextWindow > Prev -> PrevWindow > Current -> FocussedWindow > Direction -> WindowAtDirection > All -> AllWindows > Any -> AnyWindow > None -> NoWindow > Pick -> PickWindow > This -> CurrentWindow, ActiveWindow, WorkingWindow, OperandWindow? > > As for what to do (if at all) about "This" now, I would ask someone > independent. Tim?
I don't care what we do in 2.5.x, but introducing something in 2.4.x that might have to be changed soon is a very bad idea. You're right about the naming. I'm not very happy with "This" anyway since it's too un-intuitive. Bye Dominik ^_^ ^_^ -- Dominik Vogt, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] LifeBits Aktiengesellschaft, Albrechtstr. 9, D-72072 Tuebingen fon: ++49 (0) 7071/7965-0, fax: ++49 (0) 7071/7965-20 -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL:http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm-workers" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
