Feature Request

[Ric]

Hi Jasper:

--- Jasper Huijsmans <jasper at moongroup.com> wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 07:54:09 -0700 (PDT)
> Ric <fhj52ads at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Jeff:
> > 
> ...
> > There are already quite a few programs that do these things and much,
> > much more so I do not see why xfdesktop must do them too.   Adding
> > these kinds of widgets would be okay but is a duplication of effort
> > and, as such, defeats the purpose of using existing tools to
> > accomplish tasks.
> > 
> 
> 1) xfdesktop integrates nicely with the xfce settings manager.
 
Yes, I like xfdesktop - wish i could run it rather than the work around but
have been running chbg for the bg for ~3years; am used to it and all the nice
pics.  I never have to fool with the background but always get changes.  The
same background, to me, all the time, is too MS windows-ish...


> 2) it is implemented as a fullscreen window covering the root window, to
> make implementing the menu easier and originally to be able to implement
> icons for minimized windows. This methhod is BTW recommended by
> freedesktop standards and also implemented by GNOME, KDE and ROX.
> 
> 3) given 2, xfdesktop will not work with other background utilities.
> 
> So, basically, it needs a rewrite to support what you want. I'm not
> saying it will never be done, but it is non-trivial. 

That's too bad.  I am very sorry to hear that it is not trivial.  I was hoping
that it would be at least almost as easy as adding a bunch of new widgets.

Thanks for the info/reply.


> 	Jasper



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Have A Great Day!

Ric
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