xfce4-windowck-plugin

[Marco Milone]

Thanks Alessio, so I will try again the "complete experience"! :)
Is maximus the best solution? It is hungry on resources? You know,
toggle windows decoration could be useful on low-end machines like
netbook...
Thanks again.

Regards,

Marco

2013/6/10 alepic <alepic at geckoblu.net>:
> Hi Marco,
> yes you need a way to remove windows decoration from maximized windows like
> Maximus do.
> So you should use Maximus or a patch for xfwm4 described here on a different
> thread.
>
> Regarding window controls I'm used to use keyboard shortcuts like Alt-F4 so
> I normally don't use them also on normal windows. That is the reason I don't
> implemented them yet but I could work to integrate them.
>
> Regarding Maximus I'm using it at the moment without problems with just to
> small attentions.
>
> First I use it only to remove decorations for maximized windows not to force
> maximization.
> So I configure it:
> gconftool-2 --type boolean --set /apps/maximus/no_maximize true
>
> Second a small patch for remove decoration from windows which already start
> maximized.
> I copy the patch here if someone is interested.
>
> bye
> Alessio
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Index: maximus-0.4.14/src/maximus-app.c
> ===================================================================
> --- maximus-0.4.14.orig/src/maximus-app.c    2013-05-03 16:02:28.628724000
> +0200
> +++ maximus-0.4.14/src/maximus-app.c    2013-05-03 16:07:26.916314095 +0200
> @@ -307,8 +307,9 @@
>
>    /* Make sure the window supports maximising */
>    actions = wnck_window_get_actions (window);
> -  if (actions & WNCK_WINDOW_ACTION_RESIZE
> -      && actions & WNCK_WINDOW_ACTION_MAXIMIZE_HORIZONTALLY
> +  //if (actions & WNCK_WINDOW_ACTION_RESIZE
> +  //    && actions & WNCK_WINDOW_ACTION_MAXIMIZE_HORIZONTALLY
> +  if (actions & WNCK_WINDOW_ACTION_MAXIMIZE_HORIZONTALLY
>        && actions & WNCK_WINDOW_ACTION_MAXIMIZE_VERTICALLY
>        && actions & WNCK_WINDOW_ACTION_MAXIMIZE)
>      ; /* Is good to maximise */
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Marco Milone <marco.sting at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Actually I tried it out, but I am a little confused. Do we still need
>> Maximus?
>> If so, windows controls are mandatory for a good user experience
>> imho...And how maximus works with xfwm? Last time I checked it was a
>> mess...
>>
>> Thanks for your work!
>>
>> 2013/6/10 alepic <alepic at geckoblu.net>:
>> > No feedback ... mmmmm ...
>> >
>> > Could I publish it under
>> > http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/xfce4-windowck-plugin  ?
>> >
>> > What shall I do ?
>> >
>> > Cheers
>> > Alessio
>> >
>> >
>> > On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 2:27 PM, alepic <alepic at geckoblu.net> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hello,
>> >> I'm releasing my first version of xfce4-windowck-plugin.
>> >>
>> >> xfce4-windowck-plugin is a (partial) porting of GNOME Window Applets to
>> >> XFCE.
>> >>
>> >> It's main features are:
>> >>
>> >> - Show the title of the maximized window on the panel.
>> >> - Clicking on it focus the maximized windows.
>> >>
>> >> at the moment it doesn't show window icon nor windows control.
>> >> This because I ported only the features I use but if someone else plans
>> >> to
>> >> use it let me know which feature you are missing and I'll do my best to
>> >> implement them (but be patient I'm very slow ;-) ).
>> >>
>> >> You can get the sources here:
>> >> https://github.com/geckoblu/xfce4-windowck-plugin.git
>> >>
>> >> or Ubuntu users can install it using my public repository:
>> >>
>> >> https://launchpad.net/~geckoblu/+archive/public
>> >>
>> >> Regards
>> >> Alessio
>> >
>> >
>> >
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