I don't have any problem with merging AZBackground and Idle. While I haven't managed it, I think there is a slight chance that a sufficiently bad user-supplied script could do some bad things to Corner. If it were to be merged, I might want to start spawning an external process (stexec) to run the scripts, or being a bit more paranoid in the clean up. Of course, if the root window is being used to check mouse positions, it makes sense to merge Corner and AZBackground too...
That said, I also don't have a problem with having lots of little tools. On every *NIX other than OS X, you get sensible process limits and so won't have problems with running out. We waste a little RAM, but get extra stability, and more effective use of multi- core chips. It's also worth keeping in mind that some of these small tools may grow. I plan on adding mouse gesture support to Corner, and I could see Idle being used to provide other notifications. I'm not sure what the plans are for AZBackground. David On 25 May 2007, at 04:01, Yen-Ju Chen wrote: > Idle, Corner and AZBackground are all simple tools > and do not really involve GUI. > I think they are ideal to merge together to provide functions users > won't see. > It will also reduce the number of application to run for users. > > Any comment ? > > Yen-Ju > > _______________________________________________ > Etoile-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/etoile-discuss _______________________________________________ Etoile-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/etoile-discuss
