On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 08:39:57AM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote:
> Dominik Vogt wrote:
> > On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 11:01:57PM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote:
> > > Mikhael Goikhman wrote:
> > > >On 30 Nov 2002 15:52:05 +0100, Tor Stormwall wrote:
> > > does outline move have to grab X? it seems like most evil thing (in
> > > context given context:-), turning nice multitasking system into a one
> > > task dos piece of crap, even if it's for few moments only (mostly).
> >
> > The reason is mainly backward compatibility. We could also draw
> > the wire frame into separate windows and fill it with a pattern
> > that gives a good contrast. But we could not have the current
> > "Xor" effect.
>
> :-) considering how ugly the xor effect looks it funny that it's (part
> of) a reason why the nasty grab X is used by fvwm
Well, it is considerably faster too and does not cause any redraws
on below windows. A non grabbing implementation of wire frame
move is about as slow as opaque moving.
> > Personally I wonder
> > why people want manual placement at all. I think it is a big
> > nuisance.
>
> yes it is but why wouldn't it use opaque window when given window
> qualifies for opaque move?
It's the choice of the user. And of course wire frame operations
are still common for resizing.
Bye
Dominik ^_^ ^_^
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Received on Mon Dec 02 2002 - 10:58:21 GMT