Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!husc6!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!tektronix!sequent!mntgfx!gssc!jdm
From: jdm@gssc.UUCP (John D. Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Here we go again...
Message-ID: <491@gssc.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 24-Jun-87 18:45:27 EDT
Article-I.D.: gssc.491
Posted: Wed Jun 24 18:45:27 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 27-Jun-87 00:44:59 EDT
References: <8706221825.AA00776@vulcan.dec.com>
Reply-To: jdm@gssc.UUCP (John D. Miller)
Distribution: world
Organization: Graphic Software Systems, Beaverton Or
Lines: 17

personally, i kind of like the approach that the "layers" window manager
uses, with "arbitrary" pop-up menus that are activated by button hits, rather
than position.  click button #N anywhere and a system menu comes up at that
location; button #N+1 may behave differently, depending on where the mouse 
currently resides (i.e. an application window).

this scheme would be even better if the global button grabs could be 
selectively released on some or all clients, such that while running the 
foobar paint program, i could release or remap button #N (mentioned above) to 
the paint program that needed it, but elsewhere would behave the same.  of 
course, the foobar paint program would only grab button #N when it needed it...


-- 
-- jdm                                             "Caution, sleep turbulence."
in real life:  John D. Miller, Graphic Software Systems (GSS),    Beaverton, OR
...!{tektronix!verdix}!sequent!gssc!jdm                          (503) 641-2200