On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 15:14:02 -0300 "Brizuela Ezequiel Hector" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> Can U Add a option in a list of active windows to set pos @ (0,0). > Almost, the problem is solved with bad apps, and we can let they go > off-screen, but whith a way to catch up the ear of app and say: "Come on > boy, keep it on-screen" :D thats what the lost windows menu does... when a widnow is lost selecting it from this list will bring it back to the center of the screen. > Greetings > > QliX=D! [aka Ezequiel Brizuela] > > -----Mensaje original----- > De: Carsten Haitzler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Enviado el: Lunes, 22 de Agosto de 2005 02:57 > Para: Ehud Shabtai > CC: enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > Asunto: Re: [E-devel] E17 crashes when moving for xinerama to a single > screen > > On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 19:07:31 +0300 Ehud Shabtai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > babbled: > > > You're right this problem shows only for some applications such as > > firefox, qgis, eclair. > > There are actually two annoying problems. The first is that since they > > > remember their geometry, when I try to open them on one screen, they > > may open on another. The second problem is the one with being lost > > (when not using dual screens). > > yeah - but this woudl be what i call "badly written apps" they shoudl > accoutnf or screen res/size changes while they may nto be runing and > adjust if they insist on remembering their own stuff, if not, they > should leave the wm to it whihc likely knwos a lot better than the app > ever will. i know app writes dont want to dothis as there are wm's that > are dumb and dont do things well. e17 isnt that gerat yet either. i'd > like it to auto-rememebr stuff like this for you as much as possible. > right now its a manual rememebr process to set it up. > it's mroe of a test to see what i need to do to the remember stuff to > make ti work best. > > > Can't E just relocate the lost window instead of putting it in the > > lost window list? > > there are valid reasons an app could want a window off screen. i am sure > later we can add options like "NEVER allow a window to be off screen by > app request" > etc. but for now we're obeying an apps requests -0 no matter how stupid > they are. it's a good way to hilight stupid apps that need fixing too. > either they need to stop remembering their own geometry and leave it to > the wm entirely, or get a lot smarter at doing it themsleves instead of > doing it badly. > > > Thanks, > > > > Ehud. > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 裸好多 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan (東京 日本) ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
