March 21, 2009 – 12:00 am
Metacity knows when a program is loaded, but hasn’t yet started, by using the startup notification specification. In GNOME bug 114384, the suggestion is raised that when Metacity opens a new program (say, from a keybinding) it should also tell itself that the program is loading in the same way.
This seems entirely reasonable.
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March 20, 2009 – 12:00 am
It’s suggested in GNOME bug 82567 that Metacity could allow a left-click on the titlebar to launch a menu which allowed the user to navigate to the parent, grandparent, or further ancestor of the window. This would only make sense where the window could represent a container which itself was contained in some other [...]
March 19, 2009 – 12:00 am
In GNOME bug 85523, the idea is raised of having an operation to tile all windows horizontally or vertically. (This may be similar to a feature found in some versions of Windows.)
The original idea was to put the option on the window menu, which Havoc vetoed because the window menu is already rather full, [...]
March 18, 2009 – 12:00 am
GNOME bug 107012 brings up the perennial question of SVG support in themes, otherwise known as Vectacity. We’ve already covered this in a few places, but I think it may be worth mentioning here the two main reasons SVG-based themes is a good thing (there may be any number of other reasons they’re a [...]
March 17, 2009 – 12:00 am
Did you know that the xrandr extension uses a 16-bit quantity to store the millimetre width of the screen? That gives a maximum screen width under X of about 65½ metres. Granted, this is about three times wider than a good-sized cinema screen, but it’s certainly a limit to try for. Imagine, [...]
March 16, 2009 – 12:00 am
GNOME bug 102548 suggests that warning dialogues should have a special frame style, and it’s suggested that this could look like safety tape wrapped around the edge.
This is not unlike the special frame style suggested here for root windows. However, while there’s already a way for the window manager to tell whether a window [...]
March 15, 2009 – 12:00 am
In GNOME bug 140362, someone requests the ability to maximise one side of a window to the edge of the screen by double-clicking the frame. Thomas provides a patch, there is some discussion, and the reporter realises that Metacity already does most of what is wanted through the ability to resize in one direction [...]
March 14, 2009 – 12:00 am
Two rather similar squibs today.
GNOME bug 96348 calls for an animation to be shown when restoring (unminimising) a window, as we already do when minimising. I can’t see any problem with this idea.
GNOME bug 97288, however, would like all new windows to have the opportunity to come from somewhere. If you open [...]
March 13, 2009 – 12:00 am
In GNOME bug 94111, Havoc points out that some of the macros we use for checking certain features of windows are incorrect. Fields with names like has_foo_func denote whether the window gives us permission to foo it. Macros with names like ALLOWS_foo take these into consideration and also whether the operation is possible right [...]
March 12, 2009 – 12:00 am
When GNOME bug 86590 was born, it was a request to make workspaces switch instantaneously when you panned around them using the workspace switcher with ctrl+alt+arrow.
Then that was fixed, and someone else complained that it was too slow, and inconsistent with the alt+tab popup, which doesn’t switch until you let go of alt. They [...]
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