Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!icdoc!gould.doc!dme From: dme@doc.ic.ac.uk (Dave Edmondson) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: virtual roots Message-ID: Date: 17 Dec 90 10:43:53 GMT References: Sender: news@doc.ic.ac.uk Distribution: comp Organization: Imperial College Mafia Lines: 24 In-reply-to: janssen@parc.xerox.com's message of 13 Dec 90 02:27:12 GMT In article janssen@parc.xerox.com (Bill Janssen) writes: janssen> Among other things, alternate placements was reasonably easy janssen> to do. Similarly, tvtwm could (I believe) be implemented janssen> without a virtual root window, just by moving the windows janssen> when panning the desktop. this is what vtwm does. if you have lots of windows then this _considerably_ slower, but it may be possible to get around that by only moving windows that are currently visible, or will be visible after the move. this does (of course) have other consequences. janssen> I'm not sure what the real values of virtual roots would be, janssen> other than as an interesting thing to experiment with... a good reason in itself. we are sure to find a use for this when we have it. i used to manage without a virtual desktop, but i really struggle without it now. dave. -- Dave Edmondson, Systems Support. Opinions are all my own. Department of Computing, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, 180 Queen's Gate, London SW7 1BZ. phone: 071-589-5111 x5085 fax: 071-581-8024 email: dme@doc.ic.ac.uk, ..!ukc!icdoc!dme, dme@athena.mit.edu ``Be selective, be objective, be an asset to the collective'' -- Jazzy B