Re: 1.6.6: Pager dogs window mgr down badly
Randall Hopper (aa8vb@vislab.epa.gov)
Wed, 6 Jan 1999 09:06:13 -0500
Andrew Sullivan:
|On Tue, 5 Jan 1999, Randall Hopper wrote:
|
|> However, I notice that I can't set a new root picture using the entries in
|> the "Pictures" menu unless Pager is running. The root just doesn't change.
|> This seems like a bug.
|
|Nope. That's a feature. Pager sets the background; ergo, if Pager
|doesn't run, the background can't get set.
Well, if you use multiple views/desktops, it's not a problem. But think
about it from the standpoint of a user who doesn't use views/desktops (and
maybe doesn't even know that they exist). From their standpoint, the
question is:
Why doesn't my Pictures menu just "work"? Pager? Why should I run
this Pager, which is used to switch views/desktops when I don't switch
views/desktops? The Pictures menu ought to work out-of-the-box,
Pager or no Pager.
Now mind you, I understand the technical reason for having the Pager at
least initiate the root set when multiple views and/or desktops are used,
but it doesn't seem like it should have to be "in the loop" when 1 view, 1
desktop is used for the Pictures menu to work (or multiple views/desktops
and the user just wants the same Afterstep predefined picture on all
desktops).
So maybe the Pictures entries should do something like:
if Pager running
have Pager switch the desktop root to image X
else
just set the root to image X
--
Randall Hopper
aa8vb@vislab.epa.gov
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