On Thursday 12 December 2002 20:11, Jan Schaumann wrote:
> Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > * the much talked about blackbox library (named bt)
>
> ie -lbt?
>
yes.
> I think for namespace-sake I'd prefer -lbb. Even if some people object
> to the whole 'bb' thing, it seems to be a common acronym. In libbt,
> what the 't' stand for? 'tools'?
>
'bb' is a 100% no go with Brad. "Blackbox tools" or "Blackbox toolkit"
whichever makes you happy.
> > * keyboard navigable menus
>
> While I personally don't have any use for menus whatsoever (and would be
> quite content without them altogether), it's probably a good thing.
> Will this obsolete bbkeys or just extend it/take over some parts?
>
blackbox simply supports the arrow keys and enter in the menus. bbkeys
handles what it has always done. We will be adding a mechanism for bbkeys to
open the menus as well.
> > Beyond that, we do not really know. As the list develops it will be made
> > public.
>
> A 'cleanup workspace' option would be nice.
> Also, treating maximized windows as non-existent to enable smart
> placement on top of a maximized window would also be a nice option.
> Maybe 0.71.
>
I have considered both of these. Not sure about 0.70 but they are definately
being thought about.
Other items we are considering:
* hierarchical style menus. Let ~/blackbox/styles have subdirectories and
represent this as a menu tree. This way you could have
styles
--> artwiz
--> themes.freshmeat
--> hot celeb nekked images
$ cd ~/.blackbox/styles/hot_celeb_nekked_images
$ ls
don_jonson.jpg julio_eglesias.png patrick_stewart.jpg
* supporting '_' as a space in style names so "Purple_Noid" becomes "Purple
Noid"
* window to window snapping (big must have)
* runtime control of whether toolbar exists or not. If the toolbar is
disabled it is removed from memory not merely unmapped
* better support for Mac OS and root less installs
* multiple slit support
* whatever else people ask for and we decide to implement or accept
So please, mail some ideas here. Popular items can be placed as feature
requests on the Tracker. Worst thing is we say no (-:
Just remember this is blackbox and not a kitchen sink. We are more interested
in usability improvements than nifty hacks.
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