Re: The need for an official GNUstep desktop

[Rogelio Serrano]

On 8/28/06, Chris Vetter <chris.vetter@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.

i am looking at twm code right now and it looks manageable. although
im not a big fan of wimp and x anymore i will still need to work with
multiple windows in the meantime.

plugins would be the right way to go, yeah. but i think i will leave
that to someone else.

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things i hate about my linux pc:

1. it takes more than a second to boot up
2. keeps asking about filenames and directories
3. does not remember what i was working on yesterday
4. does not remember all the changes i have ever made
5.cannot figure out necessary settings by itself