Re: The need for an official GNUstep desktop

[Chris Vetter]

On 2006-08-28 03:03:28 +0200 Rogelio M. Serrano Jr. 
<rogelio@smsglobal.net> wrote:
> A new window manager needs to be written but then again its just a 
> very
> big job.

Is it really?
All a  _window_ manager has to do is _manage_ windows. That is, 
(create and) open them, move them around and (some way or other) 
minimize them. Ok, maybe also implement 'shading' (minimizing windows 
to just their titlebar). That's all.

Everything else, like a top-level Menubar, a Dock, a Workspace (the 
desktop background) can and should be handled by either different 
applications or maybe plugins (to the window manager), the latter 
preferably running as separate threads.

> Im more inclined to simplify the desktop and build something
> that can evolve while still being useful in the immediate term.

Plugins, then.

--
Chris