On 14:05 02 Nov 2002, Mikhael Goikhman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > Also, I think the arguments of the EwmhBaseStrut command should | > use "percent of screen size" as the default unit, not "pixels", | > since virtually all other commands work like this. The new | > syntax would the be | > | > EwmhBaseStrut 0p 576p 0p 432p | | To be honest, I would break compatibility (maybe in 3.0?) and use points | for numbers without suffix and percents for numbers with '%' suffix. I.e.: | | 48 - 48 points (currently percents) | 48p - 48 points | 48% - 48 percents (currently not really supported, but it works) | | I think, it is good to add support for '%' in our geometry too.
While renaming thing, could we say "pixels" when we mean "pixels"? "points" is a printing measure, about 1/72nd of an inch. Since it _is_ a unit of measure, and used in font size specs (yea, even in X11 font specs), could we avoid the word "points". Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson, DoD#743 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.zip.com.au/~cs/ I'll keep repeating this as long as I have to: Insult is the tactic of a man without an argument. - Andrew Stephen Damick, alt.config Repetition is the tactic of a mandy patinkin fan with wood chips between his ears. - Peter Berger, alt.config -- 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]
