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FDominicus

A request or suggestion.

I'm still not realyl understanding the pharo Morph stuff. So I just
want to ask. Would it be possible/feasable to group windows. E.g I'd
have a group of Workspaces a group of Browsers etc.

Currently if the windows just pop open it's hard to find a workspace one
may be interested. If there would be a group this should be much easier.

Regards
Friedrich

Stéphane Ducasse

Re: A request or suggestion.

Check the settings because you can say to the window manager that it should stagger or position them in another way.
Else have a look at TWM
Stef

> I'm still not realyl understanding the pharo Morph stuff. So I just
> want to ask. Would it be possible/feasable to group windows. E.g I'd
> have a group of Workspaces a group of Browsers etc.
>
> Currently if the windows just pop open it's hard to find a workspace one
> may be interested. If there would be a group this should be much easier.
>
> Regards
> Friedrich
>

FDominicus

Re: A request or suggestion.

Stéphane Ducasse <[hidden email]> writes:

> Check the settings because you can say to the window manager that it should stagger or position them in another way.
> Else have a look at TWM
> Stef
I tried to change the window positioning but that was not what I wanted
to have I want in the low applicaton bar a group of Workspaces a group
of Browsers etc.

So what option are you referring to?

Regards
Friedrich

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Patrick Barroca

Re: A request or suggestion.

Hello,

TWM stands for Tiling Windows Manager, check screencasts at the author's blog to see it in action:
http://magaloma.blogspot.com/.

I think it could cover you needs pretty well ;)

On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Friedrich Dominicus <[hidden email]> wrote:

Stéphane Ducasse <[hidden email]> writes:

> Check the settings because you can say to the window manager that it should stagger or position them in another way.
> Else have a look at TWM
> Stef

I tried to change the window positioning but that was not what I wanted
to have I want in the low applicaton bar a group of Workspaces a group
of Browsers etc.

So what option are you referring to?

Regards
Friedrich

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Registriernummer: HRB232138; Geschaeftsfuehrer: Friedrich Dominicus

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Gary Chambers-4

Re: A request or suggestion.

I think I know what Friedrich means, groups of items under a single taskbar entry (with popup shortlist).

Unfortunately there is no formal mechanism for identifying individual windows as belonging to a a group.

Any window can have whatever title/label it wants, models are not either present or identical for the same "type" of window etc.

Could introduce a "taskbar type" perhaps, maybe TWm does something similar for grouping.

Regards, Gary

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To: [hidden email]

Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 4:31 PM

Subject: Re: [Pharo-project] A request or suggestion.

Hello,

TWM stands for Tiling Windows Manager, check screencasts at the author's blog to see it in action:
http://magaloma.blogspot.com/.

I think it could cover you needs pretty well ;)

On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Friedrich Dominicus <[hidden email]> wrote:

Stéphane Ducasse <[hidden email]> writes:

> Check the settings because you can say to the window manager that it should stagger or position them in another way.
> Else have a look at TWM
> Stef
I tried to change the window positioning but that was not what I wanted
to have I want in the low applicaton bar a group of Workspaces a group
of Browsers etc.

So what option are you referring to?

Regards
Friedrich

--
Q-Software Solutions GmbH; Sitz: Bruchsal; Registergericht: Mannheim
Registriernummer: HRB232138; Geschaeftsfuehrer: Friedrich Dominicus

--
Patrick Barroca

Patrick Barroca

Re: A request or suggestion.

Yep TWM detect some types of windows, browsers, workspaces, monticello and propose a menu to list them and tile only this type.
By the way, this could be cool to enable arbitrary window group in TWM ;)

On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 6:06 PM, Gary Chambers <[hidden email]> wrote:

I think I know what Friedrich means, groups of items under a single taskbar entry (with popup shortlist).

Unfortunately there is no formal mechanism for identifying individual windows as belonging to a a group.

Any window can have whatever title/label it wants, models are not either present or identical for the same "type" of window etc.

Could introduce a "taskbar type" perhaps, maybe TWm does something similar for grouping.

Regards, Gary

----- Original Message -----

From: [hidden email]

To: [hidden email]

Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 4:31 PM

Subject: Re: [Pharo-project] A request or suggestion.

Hello,

TWM stands for Tiling Windows Manager, check screencasts at the author's blog to see it in action:
http://magaloma.blogspot.com/.

I think it could cover you needs pretty well ;)

On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Friedrich Dominicus <[hidden email]> wrote:

Stéphane Ducasse <[hidden email]> writes:

> Check the settings because you can say to the window manager that it should stagger or position them in another way.
> Else have a look at TWM
> Stef
I tried to change the window positioning but that was not what I wanted
to have I want in the low applicaton bar a group of Workspaces a group
of Browsers etc.

So what option are you referring to?

Regards
Friedrich

--
Q-Software Solutions GmbH; Sitz: Bruchsal; Registergericht: Mannheim
Registriernummer: HRB232138; Geschaeftsfuehrer: Friedrich Dominicus

--
Patrick Barroca

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laurent laffont

Re: A request or suggestion.

In reply to this post by Gary Chambers-4

On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 6:06 PM, Gary Chambers <[hidden email]> wrote:

I think I know what Friedrich means, groups of items under a single taskbar entry (with popup shortlist).

Unfortunately there is no formal mechanism for identifying individual windows as belonging to a a group.

Any window can have whatever title/label it wants, models are not either present or identical for the same "type" of window etc.

Could introduce a "taskbar type" perhaps, maybe TWm does something similar for grouping.

Actually in TWM windows groups are defined in TilingWM, windows protocol, based on SystemWindow model class. For example:

TilingWM>>browsers

^ self windowsOfModels: #(Browser OBSystemBrowser OBCodeBrowser NautilusUI NautilusUI2 MessageListBrowser FinderUI).

TilingWM>>monticellos

^ self windowsOfModels: #(MCTool MCPackageManager).

We can enable "custom" groups, should be quite easy (using a pragma and / or system settings), I don't know if it's useful.

Laurent.

Regards, Gary

----- Original Message -----

From: [hidden email]

To: [hidden email]

Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 4:31 PM

Subject: Re: [Pharo-project] A request or suggestion.

Hello,

TWM stands for Tiling Windows Manager, check screencasts at the author's blog to see it in action:
http://magaloma.blogspot.com/.

I think it could cover you needs pretty well ;)

On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Friedrich Dominicus <[hidden email]> wrote:

Stéphane Ducasse <[hidden email]> writes:

> Check the settings because you can say to the window manager that it should stagger or position them in another way.
> Else have a look at TWM
> Stef
I tried to change the window positioning but that was not what I wanted
to have I want in the low applicaton bar a group of Workspaces a group
of Browsers etc.

So what option are you referring to?

Regards
Friedrich

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Q-Software Solutions GmbH; Sitz: Bruchsal; Registergericht: Mannheim
Registriernummer: HRB232138; Geschaeftsfuehrer: Friedrich Dominicus

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Patrick Barroca