On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 10:28:08PM +0900, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:08:39 -0700 Quentin Olson > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > > > I have an idea for a way to launch applications, maybe it can be > > done in some future release... > > > > Describe a rectangle on the desktop, (mouse drag with alt key or > > something like that), then right click in the box to select an > > app, the app is launched, sized to the rectangle. > > > > PS: I've been messing with enlightenment off and on since DR13, > > DR17 is incredible. > > so its place first, launch later, rather than launch, then place? > not sure what this buys - it simply re-orders things... and also > makes it harder to track the launch and process and resultign window > with the region (trust me - its hard to do right - and even then its > an iffy art - just look at the remember stuff)
I think I might understand where he's coming from. I've often wished there was a way to get enlightenment to place application windows on the virtual desktop that was visible when they were launched. Some applications take so long to start that you launch them on one virtual desktop, then go away and do something else on another virtual desktop whilst they're loading, only to have the application window suddenly pop up on the "wrong" desktop. Whilst this isn't enlightenment's fault (there's no excuse for Acrobat Reader's incredibly slow startup time - and yes, sometimes I can't just use one of the alternatives), and it can already be made less annoying by tweaking the focus, raise and remember settings, it would still be nice to have an option to display application windows on the virtual desktop that was visible when they were launched. (I've thought of doing some bash scripting hackery to do this, but never got round to it yet.) Drawing a rectangle before launching would be another way to solve the problem. Whether it's possible to implement any of these ideas in a sane way is, of course, a whole 'nother issue :-) Toby -- email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.dr-qubit.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
