Add Taskbar

[lehitoskin]

I have been thinking for a while on what RWind would really need next and the first thing that came to mind is a taskbar. I'm not sure how this would be implemented, as I haven't taken a single look at the x11 library, but here are some of my thoughts on what properties it should have:

• The taskbar will appear on each workstation and on any of the four sides of the screen
• It will have its own list of open windows for that workstation, of course independent of the other workstations
• System tray
• A clock!

I suspect this might end up as more of a long-term goal, but as I said earlier, I have no idea what what needs to happen before this can be implemented.

[Metaxal]

I would definitely not implement it in X11, but as a separate GUI program
that does not depend directly on RWind, somewhat like your launcher. There
is just a couple of X11 properties that need to be set so that the window
manager knows it's a taskbar. I could help with that (if time permits).

The task bar could communicate with RWind through RWind's server, as a
special client, so it could have access to all the information it wants
about windows, workspaces, etc.

The launcher could actually be part of the taskbar so as to remain in
memory permanently and not require the loading time, but there's no need to
worry about that now.

By "workstation", do you mean "workspace" perhaps?

On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 7:42 AM, Lehi Toskin notifications@github.com
wrote:

I have been thinking for a while on what RWind would really need next
and the first thing that came to mind is a taskbar. I'm not sure how this
would be implemented, as I haven't taken a single look at the x11 library,
but here are some of my thoughts on what properties it should have:

• The taskbar will appear on each workstation and on any of the four
  sides of the screen
• It will have its own list of open windows for that workstation, of
  course independent of the other workstations
• System tray
• A clock!

I suspect this might end up as more of a long-term goal, but as I said
earlier, I have no idea what what needs to happen before this can be
implemented.

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[lehitoskin]

If it's going to be written using the GUI library, that makes things a little easier.

And yes, I use the terms "workstation" and "workspace" interchangeably.