[Cuis-dev] WindowManager package

[Luciano Notarfrancesco]

Yes… we might not agree on what the best features should be, but maybe some
small change in the base image could make it more easy to implement these
things in packages. I don’t have any concrete proposal tho, just putting
this idea out.

On Mon, Feb 10, 2025 at 19:35 Mark Volkmann <r.mark.volkmann at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Yes, it would be great to collaborate on creating a package that combines
> the best features of these efforts. We could also discuss whether any of
> them seem suitable to include in the base image. Perhaps that is largely
> based on the size of the changes, preferring smaller changes.
>
> On Mon, Feb 10, 2025 at 4:21 AM Luciano Notarfrancesco <luchiano at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> It seems several of us have already implemented different versions of the
>> “window manager” thing to replace some of the default behavior of windows,
>> do tiling, create or change global keyboard shortcuts, implement virtual
>> pages or screens, etc. I made my own tiling window manager just as I like
>> it, and I disable the taskbar and use something else instead (a small
>> widget to show in which page you are, and which pages have opened windows).
>>
>> I think, perhaps, at some point we could have some object grouping
>> together these things, with a default in the base image (like Themes), and
>> packages could implement different ways of managing windows. I have a
>> WindowManagerMorph class
>>
>> https://github.com/len/Cuis-Smalltalk-DWM/blob/9b0f0b95aca31f8a8b3c8dee95fabedfcfc9c55d/Morphic-DWM.pck.st#L586 that
>> receives messages when windows are opened or closed (and could do window
>> positioning ), and receives keystroke events (possibly handling them before
>> any other morph, in order to implement global shortcuts). I think these
>> three messages are the main “hooks” I needed to add, perhaps other people
>> need others. Opinions?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Luciano
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 10, 2025 at 02:41 Mark Volkmann via Cuis-dev <
>> cuis-dev at lists.cuis.st> wrote:
>>
>>> Checkout my WindowManager package at
>>> https://github.com/mvolkmann/Cuis-Smalltalk-WindowManager. This
>>> addresses two issues. The first is where windows are opened. The second is
>>> the ability to save and restore window locations and sizes. The README
>>> explains all of this and there is a link to a video at the bottom of the
>>> README that demonstrates all the features.
>>>
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>>
>
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> R. Mark Volkmann
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