On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 1:29 AM, Kris Maglione <maglion...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 11:09:22PM +0100, Anselm R Garbe wrote: >> >> I think the right thing to do would be to extend Rule and applyrules() >> with support for WM_WINDOW_ROLE. However I doubt that many client make >> actually use of WM_WINDOW_ROLE in a consistent way, which is why I >> believe there is no great benefit in doing so -- or in other words, >> yet another proof how hideous X has become ;) > > Has become? It was so from the start, and I'm really not certain it's > possible for it to have become worse. There are certain depts of depravity > in software that are impossible to surpass without resorting to Java.
I think somehow X managed to surpass its own hideousness without resorting to Java thanks to things like the use of XML by fontconfig, and the auto*hell-ization of the whole X.org distribution. uriel > At any > rate, WM_WINDOW_ROLE isn't meant to be used consistently, it's meant for > session managers to allow clients to restore their individual windows. > Personally, though, I'd just allow matching rules against arbitrary > properties. > > -- > Kris Maglione > > I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or > the president of the university. > --Albert Einstein > > >
