Re: Please read and discuss: Always use docks?

2019-05-24 Thread lewis
Trying to use the leo dock branch and enjoy the new features :) However dock branch is not cooperating. *$ git checkout dockerror: pathspec 'dock' did not match any file(s) known to git* I only get the pathspec message for the dock branch. I can easily switch to other branches. Output of git

Re: Please read and discuss: Always use docks?

2019-05-24 Thread Edward K. Ream
On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 1:12 PM Chris George wrote: > What I am after, more than anything, is to unlink a dock widget from > the main dock. You can drag any dock widget away from the main window except the central widget. Imo, there is no need to drag the central widget away from the main

Re: Please read and discuss: Always use docks?

2019-05-24 Thread Chris George
What I am after, more than anything, is to unlink a dock widget from the main dock. ie. currently there is only one entry in my OS window manager so I can't "Keep Above", "Move", "Minimize" etc. Barring that, can the functionality be replicated *within* the main dock? I realize there would still

Re: Please read and discuss: Always use docks?

2019-05-24 Thread Terry Brown
On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 12:45 PM Edward K. Ream wrote: > On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 11:18 AM Terry Brown > wrote: > > > - A central widget allows the user to drag dock widgets to any area at >> any time. Without a central widget you can only drag a widget to an area >> that already contains a

Re: Please read and discuss: Always use docks?

2019-05-24 Thread Edward K. Ream
On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 11:18 AM Terry Brown wrote: I think a having a docking interface and the NestedSplitter (Easter-egg > splitter right click) interface is kind of redundant, they both do similar > things with similar goals and having them co-exist long term probably > doesn't make sense. >

Re: Please read and discuss: Always use docks?

2019-05-24 Thread Terry Brown
I think a having a docking interface and the NestedSplitter (Easter-egg splitter right click) interface is kind of redundant, they both do similar things with similar goals and having them co-exist long term probably doesn't make sense. Vocab: Leo's log-pane is so called for historical reasons,

Please read and discuss: Always use docks?

2019-05-24 Thread Edward K. Ream
Yesterday Leo's new docking interface saw first light. It's in the "dock" branch. You can take a look by setting --dock in the command line. I am eating my own dog food without serious problems. There are two bugs that must be fixed. This post discusses whether Leo's legacy gui (look and