xfwm4 feature request / patch

[Erik Harrison]

On 2/13/06, Damon Harper <dl+xfce4-dev at usrbin.ca> wrote:
> hello xfce devs!
>
> i started using xfce about half a year ago, but missed too much about
> my former window manager (windowmaker) to migrate to xfwm4.  but the
> mix of windowmaker and the other xfce components is an uneasy one, so
> i'm trying to make the switch now.
>
> in the interests of making all window managers the same, i decided to
> try duplicating some of the functionality i missed.  i started small.
> i love windowmaker's `edge resist' feature, where the edges of the
> screen and/or other windows resist movement beyond them for a certain
> number of pixels, but don't `pull' a nearby window towards them on
> approach.  xfwm4 has the `snap' behaviour, but i don't like the way it
> works as an attractor.  subtle difference but one that bothered me no
> end.
>
> so attached are two copies of a patch (one against xfwm4 4.2.3.2 and
> one against SVN) that adds another toggle option to the advanced tab
> in xfwm4_plugin, to turn `snap' into `resist' instead.
>

I think the rumble from the room is to try to start freezing for 4.4.
That said, in the longer term, I'd like to see snap just dropped for
resist. I mentioned that some time ago, and Olivier (reasonably) asked
for a patch, which I never got around too.

> i'm not sure what the xfce project's policy is on feature creep, but
> i'm hoping someone might like this enough to merge it into the main
> sources.  i see that a lot of options are now going in a `wmtweaks'
> config panel in SVN, but since this one is so closely related to the
> snap feature, i suspect it should remain with the other snap settings.
> maybe all of the `advanced' tab in xfwm4_plugin is going to move to
> wmtweaks_plugin eventually?
>
> -damon
>
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