Re: [RP] what about... (features)

[John Meacham]

On Mon, Apr 21, 2003 at 10:27:33PM -0400, Philippe Gendreau wrote:
> I feel that all windows don't have to be in the cycling list at all time
> and that it's a shame that I have to break a good framing scheme when I
> want to get a fullsize window.
yeah, I have wanted this feature too. There are apps which like to keep
a window on the screen but I rarely need to interact with. gaim and
xmms come to mind. Workspaces would solve this, but seem like overkill.
I propose the ability to drop windows from the list, and a variation of
select which will select a window from the 'banished' windows being the
only way to bring them back from purgatory. (or wherever they are)


> I also think that some mouse focus would be welcome for those programs
> who respond to mouse events like mozialla or most non-text apps. I still
> have to use the mouse in some of those and it's counter-intuitive that
> most buttons work while textfields don't. It should autofocus the frame
> on mouseclick so I could even go back to another fram directly whith the
> mouse when leaving those app.
just make it configurable, I sometimes like to mouse around in one frame
( like a web browser) while still keeping keyboard input focus on
another screen, like a vi session. however, this may not be always
possible with buggy/odd applications.


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