On Wed, Nov 6, 2019 at 5:11 AM Marek Marczykowski-Górecki <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 05, 2019 at 11:03:12PM -0600, Andrew David Wong wrote: > > On 2019-11-05 4:39 PM, Frédéric Pierret wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > While working on GuiVM (screenshot attached), we are wondering > > > with Marek what should be the default prefix in place of '[Dom0]' > > > in window titles? Here on the screenshot, you can see (not in > > > fullscreen for dev purposes), into the GuiVM named 'sys-gui', we > > > arbitrarly chosen '[GuiVM]'. Using the vm name itself could be > > > confusing and we would prefer to have a specific denomination for > > > that. > > > > > > Any comments/ideas? > > > > > > Thank you. > > > > > > Frédéric > > > > > > PS: Have a thought on the GuiVM in fullscreen, it's very cool! And > > > the sys-net and testvm consoles are put like that to show you it's > > > not above :). > > > > > > > "[GuiVM]" is okay, but "GUI" is an acronym, so, strictly speaking, it > > should all be capitalized. I presume "GuiVM" is capitalized this way > > to distinguish the "GUI" and "VM" parts. One alternative is to use > > something like "GUI Qube" or "GUI Domain" instead. > > > > Also, if you want to include the actual VM name, you could do so in > > parentheses, e.g.: > > > > - [GuiVM (sys-gui)] > > - [GUI Qube (sys-gui)] > > - [GUI Domain (sys-gui)] > > One of the reasons for the special name here is to emphasize special > role of "trusted window manager" - that those windows belongs to the > entity giving the user information about identity of other VM's windows. > But also, this tag will be present on qrexec confirmation prompts, which > is another reason why it needs to be easy to distinguish from yet > another VM window. > > I'm not sure if actual VM name is that important in this tag. After all, > you have just one of them visible at a given time. But it might be > useful to reduce confusion (why it's called differently in different > places).
I've always used colors to distinguish dom0 windows from other windows. Colors are much easier to notice are wrong when tired, in a hurry, etc. The only window which can make grey window titles/borders on my system is dom0. I don't see why the GuiVM couldn't also be easily identified in this manner. Is there another consideration that makes this different than the case of guivm=dom0 now, other than the case where the GuiVM is not full screen / owning the display? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-devel/CABQWM_CfN8MO6_O%2B4YH%3D228OB8QX2yfdNkzLXj2e5_2sea953g%40mail.gmail.com.
