On Wednesday 13 June 2007 01:53:17 Dana Jansens wrote: > My proposal is to add another level of array to the _NET_WORKAREA hint. > > _NET_WORKAREA, x, y, width, height CARDINAL[][][4]/32 > > So that it is an array of desktops, with x,y,width,height, which can > appear any number of times. I'm not sure what's a good way of wording > that. > > So, for the example with 2 similar desktops, it could be: > [0, 0, 7, 5, 0, 0, 7, 5, 7, 2, 4, 4, 7, 2, 4, 4] > > Meaning first desktop-first monitor is 0, 0, 7x5 > second desktop-first monitor is 0, 0, 7x5 > first desktop-second monitor is 7, 2, 4x4 > second desktop-second monitor is 7, 2, 4x4 > > This has the property of being backwards compatible with previous > versions of the specification. An application can read only the first > n (number of desktops) dimensions and ignore the remainder, and it > will not end up putting icons in nowhereland.
Sounds like a good idea to me, you've got my vote :) -- Bradley T. Hughes - bhughes at trolltech.com Trolltech ASA - Sandakervn. 116, P.O. Box 4332 Nydalen, 0402 Oslo, Norway _______________________________________________ wm-spec-list mailing list wm-spec-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/wm-spec-list
