Thoughts About a GUI
Some things I wrote down about my next GUI, I'm running GNOME currently, but what to switch over as much as possible to FVWM, without losing any funcationallity that is currently here, keeping Gnome apps, like Nutilus, and Epiphany, and some others but not the panel, or panel apps. Gnome has alot of nicities that make it use to build your custom desktop via the mouse. So basically this is a prototype of what the FVWM GUI will be.
The reason I'm going to re-write it in FVWM is for a few reasons. Number one is speed, a little bit faster and uses less memory. Two, I have alittle more control over FVWM, and can do stuff like mod the dictionary look up applet to also allow me enter web links, and local hdd searches. If I can get Beagle to work then that will be my local search engine, but if not I'll have to go with Nameza. Three, once the config is written, its eched in stone, funny magical changes won't take place on your desktop.
I've written quite a few FVWM scripts, approximately 8-9 big ones and more small ones and updates to ones I've done before. But this time I want to get everything right so I'll be doing more planning, and thinking about how things should go together, and look. Smooth, soft edged pixmaps, so that it looks more professional. And possiblity try to work with an existing gtk2 theme, so I'll already have material and colors to boot.
Had this discussion about full screen only windows, all maximized and varible size movable windows, thinking that its a good idea to just have only full screen windows, not variable or resizable. Only thing is, even now when I'm writting this, and using the dictionary to look up some words for spell checking, I have the dictionary in the upper right corner so I can see it, just under the journal client in the lower left, I can see the word I looked up, and type at the same time. I don't think I can ignore that usefulness.
Random probably unconnected thoughts, trying to be about GUI's below, I didn't even read them, but already cut and pasted them, and don't feel like taking them out again.
- I'm thinking I might want a continuous
note for the day. I'm not sure on
that one.
- It works okay, the auto indent on gvim
is good for making points :)
- I like the fact that I can write here,
and watch the compile get done with
its stuff.
- I think that -fullscreen- is not the
way to go. Basically I'm thinking
that I should copy the way Gnome does
its Panel's. One on the top with
options and menus, and status, and the
dictionary/link/search form-button.
- We'll have to make a way for fvwm to
have a good Maximize of windows, one
that doesn't take up extra space, but
still has enough to make you feel like
you have control over the window.
- One thing I noticed on the other
machine is that I don't like to use
the web broswer on it anymore, pretty
much because I can't resize the window
if I want. It has no top bar to do
anything. I don't really have it in
memory of how to resize it, so I end
up not resizing it, and then because
sometimes I want to resize it, I stop
using it, and not like to use it when
I have to find something.
There ya go, until next time kids!
The reason I'm going to re-write it in FVWM is for a few reasons. Number one is speed, a little bit faster and uses less memory. Two, I have alittle more control over FVWM, and can do stuff like mod the dictionary look up applet to also allow me enter web links, and local hdd searches. If I can get Beagle to work then that will be my local search engine, but if not I'll have to go with Nameza. Three, once the config is written, its eched in stone, funny magical changes won't take place on your desktop.
I've written quite a few FVWM scripts, approximately 8-9 big ones and more small ones and updates to ones I've done before. But this time I want to get everything right so I'll be doing more planning, and thinking about how things should go together, and look. Smooth, soft edged pixmaps, so that it looks more professional. And possiblity try to work with an existing gtk2 theme, so I'll already have material and colors to boot.
Had this discussion about full screen only windows, all maximized and varible size movable windows, thinking that its a good idea to just have only full screen windows, not variable or resizable. Only thing is, even now when I'm writting this, and using the dictionary to look up some words for spell checking, I have the dictionary in the upper right corner so I can see it, just under the journal client in the lower left, I can see the word I looked up, and type at the same time. I don't think I can ignore that usefulness.
Random probably unconnected thoughts, trying to be about GUI's below, I didn't even read them, but already cut and pasted them, and don't feel like taking them out again.
- I'm thinking I might want a continuous
note for the day. I'm not sure on
that one.
- It works okay, the auto indent on gvim
is good for making points :)
- I like the fact that I can write here,
and watch the compile get done with
its stuff.
- I think that -fullscreen- is not the
way to go. Basically I'm thinking
that I should copy the way Gnome does
its Panel's. One on the top with
options and menus, and status, and the
dictionary/link/search form-button.
- We'll have to make a way for fvwm to
have a good Maximize of windows, one
that doesn't take up extra space, but
still has enough to make you feel like
you have control over the window.
- One thing I noticed on the other
machine is that I don't like to use
the web broswer on it anymore, pretty
much because I can't resize the window
if I want. It has no top bar to do
anything. I don't really have it in
memory of how to resize it, so I end
up not resizing it, and then because
sometimes I want to resize it, I stop
using it, and not like to use it when
I have to find something.
There ya go, until next time kids!
