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2002-12-08  Havoc Pennington  <hp@pobox.com>

	* README: updates

	* src/window.c (MAX_RESIZES_PER_SECOND): change to 20 instead of
	30, just as an experiment.
	(MOVE_THRESHOLD): change 15 to 20
	(RESIZE_THRESHOLD): change 15 to 20

	* src/util.c (ensure_logfile): kill this function when verbose
	mode is disabled.
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2002-12-08 Havoc Pennington <hp@pobox.com>
* README: updates
* src/window.c (MAX_RESIZES_PER_SECOND): change to 20 instead of
30, just as an experiment.
(MOVE_THRESHOLD): change 15 to 20
(RESIZE_THRESHOLD): change 15 to 20
* src/util.c (ensure_logfile): kill this function when verbose
mode is disabled.
2002-12-08 Havoc Pennington <hp@pobox.com>
* src/window.c (meta_window_fill_vertical)

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@ -13,13 +13,19 @@ You need GTK+ 2.0, ideally the latest in the 2.0.x series. For
multihead/Xinerama support to work, you need GTK+ 2.1.x or 2.2. For
startup notification to work you need libstartup-notification at
http://www.freedesktop.org/software/startup-notification/ or on the
GNOME ftp site. You also need GConf 1.2 (though it would be easy to
remove that dependency in a custom hacked metacity, if you wanted).
GNOME ftp site. You also need GConf 1.2 (unless building a funky
extra-small embedded metacity with --disable-gconf).
REPORTING BUGS AND SUBMITTING PATCHES
===
Report new bugs on http://bugzilla.gnome.org.
Report new bugs on http://bugzilla.gnome.org. Please check for
duplicates, *especially* if you are reporting a feature request.
Please do *not* add "me too!" or "yes I really want this!" comments to
feature requests in bugzilla. Please read
http://pobox.com/~hp/features.html prior to adding any kind of flame
about missing features or misfeatures.
Feel free to send patches too; Metacity is relatively small and
simple, so if you find a bug or want to add a feature it should be
@ -27,6 +33,39 @@ pretty easy. Send me mail, or put the patch in bugzilla.
See the HACKING file for some notes on hacking Metacity.
SHRINKING METACITY
===
Not that metacity is huge (<400K binary last I checked), but about
half of that is in the preferences handling, in static strings that
aren't essential, and in the theme engine.
You can strip about 70K from the metacity binary by compiling with
options such as:
--disable-gconf
--disable-sm
--disable-verbose
--disable-startup-notification
However the result is no good for desktop use, all prefs have to be
hardcoded in the binary, for example. If you wanted to make a really
small metacity, here's some additional stuff you might consider
implementing:
- add --disable-themes, which would replace theme.c and theme-parser.c
with a hardcoded implementation of the interface in theme.h,
should save about 80K. This should be fairly easy.
- add --disable-gtk, which would implement the interface in ui.h
without using GTK. This one is easier than you think because the
main part of the window manager doesn't use GTK directly, but is
still fairly hard to do. You would probably have to give up some
of the features, such as window menus, as menus are pretty complex
to implement well. So time may be better spent adding a GTK
configure script feature to build GTK with only a small core set of
functionality.
METACITY FEATURES
===
@ -36,8 +75,22 @@ METACITY FEATURES
- Uses GTK+ 2.0 for drawing window frames. This means colors, fonts,
etc. come from GTK+ theme.
- Does not expose the concept of "window manager" to the user. Some
of the features in the GNOME control panel and other parts of the
desktop happen to be implemented in metacity, such as changing your
window border theme, or changing your window navigation shorcuts,
but the user doesn't need to know this.
- Includes only the window manager; does not try to be a desktop
environment. The pager, configuration, etc. are all separate and
modular. The "libwnck" library (which I also wrote) is available
for writing metacity extensions, pagers, and so on. (But libwnck
isn't metacity specific, or GNOME-dependent; it requires only GTK,
and should work with KWin, fvwm2, and other EWMH-compliant WMs.)
- Has a simple theme system and a couple of extra themes come with it.
Change themes via gconf-editor or gconftool:
Change themes via gconf-editor or gconftool or GNOME themes control
panel:
gconftool-2 --type=string --set /apps/metacity/general/theme Crux
gconftool-2 --type=string --set /apps/metacity/general/theme Gorilla
gconftool-2 --type=string --set /apps/metacity/general/theme Atlanta
@ -56,7 +109,7 @@ METACITY FEATURES
gconftool-2 --type=string --set /apps/metacity/general/focus_mode sloppy
gconftool-2 --type=string --set /apps/metacity/general/focus_mode click
- Global keybinding defaults:
- Global keybinding defaults include:
Alt-Tab forward cycle window focus
Alt-Shift-Tab backward cycle focus
@ -71,7 +124,10 @@ METACITY FEATURES
unst gconftool-2 --type=string --set /apps/metacity/global_keybindings/switch_to_workspace_1 '<Alt>F1'
See metacity.schemas for available bindings.
Also try the GNOME keyboard shortcuts control panel, or
gconf-editor.
See metacity.schemas for all available bindings.
- Window keybindings:
@ -88,8 +144,9 @@ METACITY FEATURES
Choose Resize from menu, and nothing happens yet, but
eventually I might implement something.
Keybindings for things like maximize window, etc. can be bound,
but don't exist by default. See metacity.schemas.
Keybindings for things like maximize window, vertical maximize,
etc. can be bound, but may not all exist by default. See
metacity.schemas.
- Window mouse bindings:
@ -104,6 +161,9 @@ METACITY FEATURES
If you click and drag the titlebar with button 1 it moves the
window.
If you click anywhere on the frame with button 2 it lowers the
window.
If you click anywhere on the frame with button 3 it shows the
window menu.
@ -125,9 +185,10 @@ METACITY FEATURES
for session-aware applications.
- Metacity implements much of the new window manager spec from
freedesktop.org, and much of the ICCCM. But then there are
parts of each that it doesn't implement, just because I haven't
yet.
freedesktop.org
(http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/wm-spec.html), and much of
the ICCCM. But then there are parts of each that it doesn't
implement, just because I haven't yet.
- Uses Pango to render text, so has cool i18n capabilities.
Supports UTF-8 window titles and such.
@ -150,80 +211,69 @@ METACITY FEATURES
- does basic colormap handling
- and much more! well, maybe not a lot more.
METACITY BUGS, NON-FEATURES, AND CAVEATS
===
- You need an EWMH-spec compliant pager/tasklist to be able
to navigate graphically; this does NOT include GNOME 1.x,
but should include GNOME 2 and KDE 3.
- doesn't do WM_COLORMAPS from the ICCCM, may matter on some really
old obscure hardware with some really obscure apps.
- There are probably other ICCCM-compliance issues.
- The first-fit algorithm for placement isn't very clever.
- Should Metacity support flipping in right-to-left locales?
I don't know what window managers look like in a right-to-left
locale. I assume the window titles should be right-justified;
should the window controls also be flipped?
See bugzilla: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/query.cgi
FAQ
===
Q: Will you add my feature?
A: If it makes sense to turn on unconditionally,
or is genuinely a harmless preference that I would not
be embarrassed to put in a simple, uncluttered, user-friendly
configuration dialog.
A: If it makes sense to turn on unconditionally, or is genuinely a
harmless preference that I would not be embarrassed to put in a
simple, uncluttered, user-friendly configuration dialog.
If the only rationale for your feature is that other window
managers have it, or that you are personally used to it, or something
like that, then I will not be impressed. Metacity is firmly in the
"choose good defaults" camp rather than the "offer 6 equally broken
ways to do it, and let the user pick one" camp.
managers have it, or that you are personally used to it, or
something like that, then I will not be impressed. Metacity is
firmly in the "choose good defaults" camp rather than the "offer 6
equally broken ways to do it, and let the user pick one" camp.
This is part of a "no crackrock" policy, despite some exceptions
I'm mildly embarrassed about. For example, multiple workspaces
probably constitute crackrock, they confuse most users
and really are not that useful if you have a decent tasklist and
so on. But I am too used to them to turn them off.
Or alternatively iconification/tasklist is crack, and workspaces/pager
are good. But having both is certainly a bit wrong.
Sloppy focus is probably crackrock too.
probably constitute crackrock, they confuse most users and really
are not that useful if you have a decent tasklist and so on. But I
am too used to them to turn them off. Or alternatively
iconification/tasklist is crack, and workspaces/pager are good. But
having both is certainly a bit wrong. Sloppy focus is probably
crackrock too.
But don't think unlimited crack is OK just because I slipped up a
little. No slippery slope here.
little. No slippery slope here.
Don't let this discourage patches and fixes - I love those. ;-)
Just be prepared to hear the above objections if your patch
adds some crack-ridden configuration option.
Just be prepared to hear the above objections if your patch adds
some crack-ridden configuration option.
http://pobox.com/~hp/free-software-ui.html
http://pobox.com/~hp/features.html
Q: Will Metacity be part of GNOME?
A: Many people are now asking for this, though it was not the original
plan - Metacity started out as sort of an experiment.
A decision hasn't really been made but the issue will probably
be raised shortly after the GNOME 2 release.
A: It is officially part of GNOME as of GNOME 2.2. Prior to that,
it was unofficially shipped as the default GNOME WM by several
OS vendors.
Q: Is Metacity a Red Hat project?
A: Metacity is in no way funded, endorsed, or encouraged by Red Hat,
Inc. - I'm guessing Red Hat would not consider "insufficient number
of window managers for Linux" an urgent problem. Just a wild guess
though.
A: Metacity's original creation was in no way funded, endorsed, or
encouraged by Red Hat, Inc. - I'm guessing Red Hat would not
consider "insufficient number of window managers for Linux" an
urgent problem. Just a wild guess though.
Now that metacity is the default WM however, Red Hat supports some
bugfixing and other work.
Q: Why does Metacity remember the workspace/position of some apps
but not others?
but not others across logout/login?
A: Metacity only stores sizes/positions for apps that are session
managed. As far as I can determine, there is no way to attempt
to remember workspace/position for non-session-aware apps without
A: Metacity only stores sizes/positions for apps that are session
managed. As far as I can determine, there is no way to attempt to
remember workspace/position for non-session-aware apps without
causing a lot of weird effects.
The reason is that you don't know which non-SM-aware apps were
@ -276,6 +326,120 @@ A: I could conceivably be convinced to use viewports _instead_ of
features traditionally associated with either kind if those
features make sense.
Q: Why is the panel always on top?
A: Because it's a better user interface, and until we made this not
configurable a bunch of apps were not getting fixed (the app
authors were just saying "put your panel on the bottom" instead of
properly supporting fullscreen mode, and such).
rationales.txt has the bugzilla URL for some flamefesting on this,
if you want to go back and relive the glory.
Read these and the bugzilla stuff before asking/commenting:
http://pobox.com/~hp/free-software-ui.html
http://pobox.com/~hp/features.html
Q: Why is there no edge flipping?
A: This one is also in rationales.txt. Because "ouija board" UI, where
you just move the mouse around and the computer guesses what you
mean, has a lot of issues. This includes mouse focus, shade-hover
mode, edge flipping, autoraise, etc. Metacity has mouse focus and
autoraise as a compromise, but these features are all confusing for
many users, and cause problems with accessibility, fitt's law, and
so on.
Read these and the bugzilla stuff before asking/commenting:
http://pobox.com/~hp/free-software-ui.html
http://pobox.com/~hp/features.html
Q: Why no wireframe move/resize?
A: Also in rationales.txt. Because it has low usability, and is a pain
to implement, and there's no reason opaque move/resize should be a
problem on any setup that can run a modern desktop worth a darn to
begin with.
Read these and the bugzilla stuff before asking/commenting:
http://pobox.com/~hp/free-software-ui.html
http://pobox.com/~hp/features.html
Q: Why no XYZ?
A: You are probably getting the idea by now - check rationales.txt,
query/search bugzilla, and read http://pobox.com/~hp/features.html
and http://pobox.com/~hp/free-software-ui.html
Then sit down and answer the question for yourself. Is the feature
good? What's the rationale for it? Answer "why" not just "why not."
Justify in terms of users as a whole, not just users like
yourself. How else can you solve the same problem? etc. If that
leads you to a strong opinion, then please, post the rationale for
discussion to an appropriate bugzilla bug, or to
usability@gnome.org.
Please don't just "me too!" on bugzilla bugs, please don't think
flames will get you anywhere, and please don't repeat rationale
that's already been offered.
Q: Your dumb web pages you made me read talk about solving problems in
fundamental ways instead of adding preferences or workarounds.
What are some examples where metacity has done this?
A: There are quite a few, though many opportunities remain. Sometimes
the real fix involves application changes. The metacity approach is
that it's OK to require apps to change, though there are also
plenty of workarounds in metacity for battles considered too hard
to fight.
Here are some examples:
- fullscreen mode was introduced to allow position constraints,
panel-on-top, and other such things to apply to normal windows
while still allowing video players etc. to "just work"
- "whether to include minimized windows in Alt+Tab" was solved
by putting minimized windows at the *end* of the tab order.
- Whether to pop up a feedback display during Alt+Tab was solved by
having both Alt+Tab and Alt+Esc
- Whether to have a "kill" feature was solved by automatically
detecting and offering to kill stuck apps. Better, metacity
actually does "kill -9" on the process, it doesn't just
disconnect the process from the X server. You'll appreciate this
if you ever did a "kill" on Netscape 4, and watched it keep
eating 100% CPU even though the X server had booted it.
- The workspaces vs. viewports mess was avoided by adding
directional navigation and such to workspaces, see discussion
earlier in this file.
- Instead of configurable placement algorithms, there's just one
that works fairly well most of the time.
- To avoid excess CPU use during opaque move/resize, we rate limit
the updates to the application window's size.
- Instead of configurable "show size of window while resizing,"
it's only shown for windows where it matters, such as terminals.
(Only use-case given for all windows is for web designers
choosing their web browser size, but there are web sites and
desktop backgrounds that do this for you.)
- Using startup notification, applications open on the workspace
where you launched them, not the active workspace when their
window is opened.
- and much more.
Q: I think metacity sucks.
A: Feel free to use any WM you like. The reason metacity follows the
ICCCM and EWMH specifications is that it makes metacity a modular,
interchangeable part in the desktop. libwnck-based apps such as the
GNOME window list will work just fine with any EWMH-compliant WM.
Q: Did you spend a lot of time on this?
A: Originally the answer was no. Sadly the answer is now yes.
@ -284,5 +448,3 @@ Q: How can you claim that you are anti-crack, while still
writing a window manager?
A: I have no comment on that.

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@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ bin_PROGRAMS=metacity metacity-theme-viewer
libexec_PROGRAMS=metacity-dialog
EFENCE=
metacity_LDADD= $(EFENCE) @METACITY_LIBS@ $(EFENCE)
metacity_LDADD=@METACITY_LIBS@ $(EFENCE)
metacity_theme_viewer_LDADD= @METACITY_LIBS@ libmetacity-private.la
metacity_dialog_LDADD=@METACITY_LIBS@

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@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ static gboolean is_verbose = FALSE;
static gboolean is_debugging = FALSE;
static gboolean replace_current = FALSE;
static int no_prefix = 0;
#ifdef WITH_VERBOSE_MODE
static FILE* logfile = NULL;
static void
@ -110,6 +112,7 @@ ensure_logfile (void)
g_free (filename);
}
}
#endif
gboolean
meta_is_verbose (void)

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@ -6117,15 +6117,22 @@ check_moveresize_frequency (MetaWindow *window)
(current_time.tv_usec - window->display->grab_last_moveresize_time.tv_usec))) / 1000.0;
#define EPSILON (1e-6)
#define MAX_RESIZES_PER_SECOND 30.0
#define MAX_RESIZES_PER_SECOND 20.0
if (elapsed >= 0.0 && elapsed < (1000.0 / MAX_RESIZES_PER_SECOND))
return FALSE;
{
meta_verbose ("Delaying move/resize as only %g of %g seconds elapsed\n",
elapsed / 1000.0, 1.0 / MAX_RESIZES_PER_SECOND);
return FALSE;
}
else if (elapsed < (0.0 - EPSILON)) /* handle clock getting set backward */
clear_moveresize_time (window);
/* store latest time */
window->display->grab_last_moveresize_time = current_time;
meta_verbose ("Doing move/resize as %g of %g seconds elapsed\n",
elapsed / 1000.0, 1.0 / MAX_RESIZES_PER_SECOND);
return TRUE;
}
@ -6154,7 +6161,7 @@ update_move (MetaWindow *window,
/* Force a move regardless of time if a certain delta is exceeded,
* so we don't get too out of sync with reality when dropping frames
*/
#define MOVE_THRESHOLD 15
#define MOVE_THRESHOLD 20
if (!check_moveresize_frequency (window) &&
ABS (dx) < MOVE_THRESHOLD && ABS (dy) < MOVE_THRESHOLD)
return;
@ -6226,7 +6233,7 @@ update_resize (MetaWindow *window,
/* Force a move regardless of time if a certain delta
* is exceeded
*/
#define RESIZE_THRESHOLD 15
#define RESIZE_THRESHOLD 20
if (!check_moveresize_frequency (window) &&
ABS (dx) < RESIZE_THRESHOLD && ABS (dy) < RESIZE_THRESHOLD)
return;