Re: [RP] new fdump structure may affect scripts

[Kevin Geiss]

ok.

why does it have the word 'frame' in there? aren't the parens enough to
separate frames? or are there other entities that may be produced with
a similar syntax, besides just frames?

On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 03:17:01PM +1100, Trent Buck wrote:
> Quoth Kevin Geiss on or about 2004-11-23:
> > so for a concrete example, say I had this silly, contrived ratpoison 
> > frame set up:
> > 
> > 0 0 0 1152 788 10485774 30,1 0 788 1152 76 14680069 14,
> > 
> > under the new scheme it would be like this?
> > 
> > (frame :number 0 :x 0 :y 0 :width 1152 :height 788 :window 10485774 
> > :last-access 30)
> > (frame :number 1 :x 0 :y 788 :width 1152 :height 76 :window 14680069 
> > :last-access 14)
> 
> IIUC, yes.  Note that the order isn't (should not be) guaranteed -- you
> must get the value by finding the keyword argument.  Scripts should also
> be able to recover if some or all of the frames DON'T have a particular
> keyword argument (e.g. might not have a :window).
> 
> Incidentally, IMO `make-frame' would be more descriptive than `frame'.
> 
> -trent