wmtweaks and xfwm settings plugins

Don Christensen djc at cisco.com
Fri Feb 10 20:16:27 CET 2006


Jani Monoses wrote:
>> Because the wmtweaks plugin covers advanced features that are not meant
>> for regular users. A bit like the tweakui utility for Windows.
> 
> The difference in advancedness is not that much between various features 
> presented in the two plugins. IMHO it would be better not to confuse the 
> user who starts up the settings dialog and has two wm related plugins to 
> chose from. The existing tweaks would be better as a new tab in the wm 
> plugin with some options moved over to other tabs (there's already a 
> Focus tab setting put the two tweaks there, same with the workspace one)
> Raise when any button is clicked from tweaks might be near raise on 
> click in the wm plugin.
> Even better would be tabs named windows and workspaces just like focus 
> is and put the contents of wmtweaks in these three categories.
> 
> This way people won't forget in which of the two wm plugins their option 
> is and there would be less plugins to load ;)
> 
> Jani

Or, if Olivier finds combining the two even a remote possibility,
then have an "Advanced Features" toggle that adds the new options
to the current plugin.  This way, the GUI is kept clean and simple
with the exception of one new button, but the advanced features
are in a sensible location.

But Olivier's decision to keep them separate is okay also, if
the wmtweaks plugin is not installed by default.  Advanced users
will have to install it, but then they will know what they are
doing and won't be confused.

-Don

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Don Christensen       Senior Software Development Engineer
djc at cisco.com         Cisco Systems, Santa Cruz, CA
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