On Tue, 2009-08-11 at 20:31 +0000, Colin Walters wrote: > On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 8:22 PM, Mads Villadsen<m...@krakoa.dk> wrote: > > Attached is a small patch that uses libwnck to make sure the workspace > > layout > > I'm not too familiar with the concept of workspace layout, so I'll let > someone else respond to that. But:
Just to clarify what I am hoping to achieve: When adding workspaces in gnome-shell the number of rows in the workspace list grows to accomodate the new workspaces. However when using <Ctrl><Alt>-arrowkeys to change workspace the layout is always in one single row. So I wanted to make sure changes made in the gnome-shell workspace view got reflected in the internal workspace switcher as well. > > is synced with the window manager. > > We *are* the window manager. Using libwnck inside the mutter process > is not a good idea, we end up talking to ourselves over the X server. I hadn't thought about it that way - but you are of course right. > > Any hints on how to make it cleaner will be greatly appreciated. > > You should call directly into MetaDisplay, MetaScreen functions to > accomplish what you want. However as far as I can tell there isn't really a way to set the layout from either MetaDisplay or MetaScreen - and it even appears to be by design. See http://standards.freedesktop.org/wm-spec/latest/ar01s03.html#id2568337 It is stated that the layout is set by the pager, and not the window manager, and since metacity has until now gone hand in hand with libwnck it makes sense that metacity can't set this property itself. I don't think there is any inherent problem in having the pager be an in-process part of the window manager, but I think it makes sense to reuse libwnck as it probably handles a lot of corner cases. Another option would of course be to somehow catch an event caused by pressing <Ctrl><Alt>-arrowkeys, and then do all the drawing with clutter - it would have the added advantage of looking nicer. Regards. -- Mads Villadsen <m...@krakoa.dk> _______________________________________________ gnome-shell-list mailing list gnome-shell-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list
