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authorMattias Andrée <maandree@operamail.com>2015-07-14 03:19:16 +0200
committerMattias Andrée <maandree@operamail.com>2015-07-14 03:19:16 +0200
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@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ Rather than one, possibly modular, process --- a monolithic
process --- @code{mds} is comprised of many small servers,
each exchangable and responsible for one thing.
-@cindex Goals of @command{mds}
+@cpindex Goals of @command{mds}
@command{mds}'s goal is neither security, performance nor
a perfect graphical experience. @command{mds} is all
about flexibility and freedom 0@footnote{The freedom to run
@@ -1841,6 +1841,7 @@ information.
@pgindex @command{mds-kbdbind}
@pgindex @command{xbindkeys}
@pgindex @command{dmenu}
+@cpindex Hotkeys
@cpindex Keyboard bindings
@cpindex Bindings, keyboard
@cpindex Layout, keyboard, switching
@@ -10238,10 +10239,11 @@ as one binary.
@cpindex Wayland
@cpindex Weston
@cpindex Surface Flinger
+@cpindex Andriod/Linux, Surface Flinger
@cpindex Quartz Compositor
-@cpindex Desktop Window Manager
@cpindex Mac OS X, Quartz Compositor
@cpindex OS X, Quartz Compositor
+@cpindex Desktop Window Manager
@cpindex Windows, Desktop Window Manager
Implementations: X11@footnote{X11 is a protocol, I beleave
all X11 servers are monolithic, atleast the major ones are},
@@ -10753,6 +10755,9 @@ MIT license, and hopefully we can steal some stuff.
@node Desktop Environments
@section Desktop Environments
+@cpindex Goals of @command{mds}
+@cpindex Desktop environments
+@cpindex Environment, desktop
A design goal of @command{mds} is to bring unity
to the graphical environment. Something desktop
environments traditionally have been impairing.
@@ -10800,12 +10805,12 @@ A bunch of random graphical tools
This is absolute madness, a waste of time
and creates fragmentation.
-There is no problem of a desktop environment
+There is no problem for a desktop environment
development team to implement all this for
their desktop environment for @command{mds}.
However doing so is discourage for the mentioned
reasons as well as because doing so means that
-the use needs to know what not too launch,
+the user needs to know what not to launch,
that is, what the desktop environment will start.
@menu
@@ -10820,6 +10825,12 @@ that is, what the desktop environment will start.
@node Window Management
@subsection Window Management
+@cpindex Window management
+@cpindex Widdow layout managers
+@cpindex Hotkeys
+@cpindex Keyboard bindings
+@cpindex Bindings, keyboard
+@pgindex @command{mds-keybind}
For @command{mds}, a desktop environment should
not have its own window layout manager. A better
solution is to have a few well written window
@@ -10832,25 +10843,28 @@ messaging system for such commands, and
@command{mds-keybind} or similar server should
be configured with all hotkeys.
+@cpindex Window decorators
+@cpindex Decorators, windows
There are a few classes of window decorator.
A desktop environment still do not need its
own. They can however create themes for existing
decorators. What we need here is a small set
of window decorators that are very customisable.
+@cpindex Workspaces
+@cpindex Pagers
Workspaces in X is poorly done. Window managers
implement it, and pagers are window manager
dependent@footnote{Well, there is Extended Window
-Manager Hints (EWMH), but for it is very
-restrictly.}. Yet there are very few properties
-they can have:
+Manager Hints (EWMH), but it is very restricted.}.
+Yet there are very few properties they can have:
@itemize @bullet{}
@item
Do workspaces span outputs, screens or the display?
@item
Are workspaces dependent on outputs, screens or displays?
@item
-Are workspaces have a geometrical position?
+Do workspaces have a geometrical position?
@item
Are new workspaces created when needed?
@end itemize
@@ -10859,6 +10873,9 @@ these can be configured. And the desktop environments
can create their own pagers if they see fit, but
all pagers work everywhere.
+@cpindex Compositors
+@cpindex Fancy effects
+@cpindex Effects, fancy
Traditionally desktop environments wrote their own
compositor for flash or otherwise fancy effects, or
write a quirks to a common one so the common on could
@@ -10873,6 +10890,10 @@ want to have, such be no problem.
@node Application Management
@subsection Application Management
+@cpindex Application management
+@cpindex Taskbars
+@cpindex Extended Window Manager Hints
+@cpindex EWMH (Extended Window Manager Hints)
Many X desktop environments provide taskbars, where
all windows are listed. However because of Extended
Window Manager Hints (EWMH), and the ability to
@@ -10889,10 +10910,13 @@ be about to restrict listed windows to viewed
workspaces.
@end itemize
+@cpindex Status icon tray
+@cpindex System tray
+@cpindex Tray, status icons
Traditionally, status icon trays have been
implemented with window embed method. And apart
from there being two competing standard, this
-is be pretty sane. But ther have been some
+is pretty sane. But ther have been some
restrictions @command{mds} does not suffer:
@itemize @bullet{}
@item
@@ -10908,6 +10932,10 @@ application menus. This functionally is already
de facto standardised, and there is no reason to
change anything.
+@cpindex Startup of applications, automatic
+@cpindex Automatic startup of application
+@cpindex Application, startup, automatic
+@pgindex @file{mdsinitrc}
Some desktop environments provide a method to for
automatically starting applications during the
startup of a desktop environment. This is
@@ -10919,6 +10947,12 @@ edit @file{~/.mdsinitrc}.
@node Input Management
@subsection Input Management
+@cpindex Input management
+@cpindex Window management
+@cpindex Hotkeys
+@cpindex Keyboard bindings
+@cpindex Bindings, keyboard
+@pgindex @command{mds-keybind}
Many desktop environments and window managers
for X implement global keyboard bindings.
This is not how you should do this. The servers
@@ -10927,6 +10961,18 @@ should recognise commands passed via
Configurations of the keyboard bindings should
be done in a server like @command{mds-keybind}.
+@pgindex @command{mds-ratbind}
+@cpindex Rat bindings
+@cpindex Mouse bindings
+@cpindex Pointer bindings
+@cpindex Hotcorners
+@pgindex @command{mds-ratbarrier}
+@cpindex Cursor barriers
+@cpindex Rat pointer barriers
+@cpindex Mouse pointer barriers
+@cpindex Pointer barriers
+@cpindex Screen edges, barriers
+@cpindex Barriers, rat
Similarily some desktop environments implement
rat bindings@footnote{Notably hot corners.} and
rat barriers. This too should be done via servers
@@ -10938,6 +10984,11 @@ like like @command{mds-ratbind} and like
@node The Desktop
@subsection The Desktop
+@cpindex Desktop
+@cpindex File manager
+@cpindex Background
+@cpindex Root window
+@cpindex Window, root
Desktop environments provide their own desktop
because they want it to fit the rest of the
environment. For example, it can use components
@@ -10949,6 +11000,8 @@ also implemented on top of the root windows.
background and let the root window be used for
implementing the background.
+@cpindex Desktop widgets
+@cpindex Widgets, desktop
Additionally, some desktop environments provide
desktop widgets. These can either be drawn on
the root window, the desktop window or as