Re: features I like

From: Marty Leisner (leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com)
Date: Wed Aug 07 1996 - 23:26:38 CEST


> > 1) iconify all windows in the workspace
>
> This is extremely easy to add this feature, but I don't see
> why it will be useful.
>

If I can't find a window (and I'm having problem with my icon managers
when I'm using virtual workspaces), I have to close each window individually...
which is painful.

> > 2) arrange icons
>
> Aren't IconRegions enough ?
>

I tried it and I wasn't happy with the behavior...The icons stills
appears over the top part of my screen, is was using:
IconRegion "600x200-200+0" North East 75 25 top left

What win95 does is put the "desktop" (well, not exactly icons, thats
in the start bar) all over the place, and allow you to "snap" it whenever
you want to...

I also want options to tile windows or cascade them.

I found the win3.1 interface dreadful...the win95 has a number of good ideas

Something I've been meaning to do for a long time is be able to
raise a window from the command line (i.e given the PID it would be
able to figure it out...)...does this exist? (I looked for it, couldn't
find it...)...This seems to be really useful (I'm always:
        ps says I'm running a process
        where is it? Can't find it?

iconify windows and look around for it...)

-- 
marty
leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com  
Member of the League for Programming Freedom



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