On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 01:01:04AM +0800, Patrick Haller wrote: > On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 11:22:50AM -0500, Steve Ryan wrote: > > > > This is very cool, however I have one question. Correct me if > > I'm wrong, but you're replacing window-manager functionality with > > various small scripts and built-in X tools, right? So wouldn't you > > just be creating a (very minimalist) window manager out of those > > tools? > > yup. WMs usually bind several orthogonals: window manipulation / > decoration, keyboard shortcuts. focus management. > > Separate them. ;) Ack.
To make it work smoothly, 1 such program needs a SubstructureRedirectMask. Technically, IMHO, that 1 program _is_ the window manager. I think the subject of the thread was a bit misleading. Kurt
