Paul wrote: > On 03/23/2013 12:24 AM, Carlos R. Mafra wrote: > > On Fri, 22 Mar 2013 at 23:22:48 +0100, Daniel Déchelotte wrote: > >> > >> Drawers are like the dock and the clip in that they store > >> arbitrary appicons. [ snip ] > > > > What's the difference w.r.t to the dockapp called wmdrawer? > > A big turn off of wmdrawer is that it needs to be configured manually > using a text editor.
This really is the biggest complaint I had with wmdrawer (the app) when I tried it. From configuring the background of the drawer (to make it mimic that of a WM tile) to adding an application, it involves editing a config file. The root cause is that WM doesn't provide the necessary hooks to communicate with third party applications. If the drawer functionality is integrated into WM, you get all that for free: consistent theming, consistent icon for the app, possibility to autostart when starting WM, support of docked apps, all by simply dragging the appicon into the drawer, no editing ever. There are a few "shortcut storing" dock apps. In addition to wmdrawer, wmbutton comes to mind, and I've just come across minidock. I believe there is a need for storing more appicons than allowed by the vertical dimension of one's monitor. The Clip fills that gap in a very versatile way. However, I found myself filling it with a large array of omnipresent appicons, in an auto-raising-lowering & auto-expanding-collapsing clip. It ended up being not very convenient and didn't look that good either (important detail ;-) ). Hence the drawers. (Paul, the WPrefs setting is just to enable drawers. Once enabled, right-click on the dock or any docked appicon and select "Add a drawer" to, well, add a drawer. Then drap appicons into it. Drawers auto-expand by default, but that's configurable with the usual menu) -- Daniel -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [email protected].
