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* Separate workspace list for every physical output.
* Key to move pointer to another physical screen.
* Grab specific keys
Current code grabs modifier keys and any other keypress. We need to
specifically grab the keycodes we need. xbindkeys and possibly other
programs don't work.
Partially done. Now grabs all our keys unshifted as well as shifted.
* Feedback window
We need to tell the user the new geometry somehow. Is this what I
want?
The feedback window can also show what workspace we just changed to.
Can we cooperate with a stand-alone program? Write our status to a
root hint or named pipe than can be picked up by another program?
* Virtual screens/workspaces
Partially done. Still needed:
- A window might be on one, *several* or all virtual screens.
We already have a way of fixing a window on all screens (Mod2-f),
but we need a way of saying "stick on this workspace". Perhaps
something like Mod2-a <n>, where <n> is 1--9 for virtual screens.
Better ways? Note that this seems to be mildly incompatible with
the EWMH _NET_WM_DESKTOP hint we're currently using: We will only
be able to save one of the desktops used.
* Hide windows
Instead of iconifying, hide them à la 9wm. Even if we use a key to
hide them, this probably means we have to have a menu to get them
back. Perhaps use an external program somehow? Needs to talk to mcwm
anyway. Unix socket?
* Menu
We might need a menu for hidden windows (see above). Since I'm
probably implementing menu windows anyway, perhaps I should add a
menu with basic window functions, like 9wm and twm. This way, one
might use the window manager without keyboard, if necessary. Not
much work if I have to do the menu anyway... But also chords?
* Chords
Maybe have mouse button chords to do move and resize? Configurable
if on or off?
Idea from Christian Neukirchen.
* Snap to border and screen edge, which favours the edge.
* Gaps on borders for docks, status windows et cetera.
Keep space reserved for Conky, dzen2 et cetera.
Also respect EWMH hints _NET_WM_TYPE_DOCK and _NET_WM_TYPE_DESKTOP.
* Flag to disable that mcwm won't allow windows to move off the
screen?
* Use xcb-event's event handlers?
* Configurable keys.
* Configuration file.
* Start configurable programs when clicking on root window.
* Handle Urgency hint
Some windows might need attention and marks this with an urgency
hint (for instance, urxvt can generate such a hint when receiving
the BEL character). Do we want to handle it? How do we tell the
user? Can this be done with some stand-alone program instead?
* Support sensible portions of ICCCM and EWMH
EWMH hints that tells applications about active workspace and
focused window...
And a few others.
* Code cleaning
- Obivous cleanup: The event switch is way too big.
- The states are known everywhere. A tight state machine would be
nicer.
- Dispatch table for key bindings instead of keysym->enum->case?
- Use bitfields instead of extra lists for virtual screens?
* Resize behaviour
Better resize behaviour. We want not to accidentally change the
vertical size when changing horizontal size and vice versa.
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