Re: Window manager interaction

[Wolfgang Lux]

Philippe Roussel wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 09:30:07PM +0200, Philippe Roussel wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 08:16:24PM +0200, Wolfgang Lux wrote:
> > > IMHO Richard's proposal is much too complicated. I'd suggest  
> > > something
> > > radically simpler: If an application does not have an appicon the  
> > > hide
> > > command should just minimize all application windows. As far as I
> > > understand this also was the solution used by Apple in OpenStep  
> > > 4.2 for
> > > Windows. See, e.g., http://support.apple.com/kb/TA45871 and  
> > > search for
> > > the term "hide" (with quotation marks) in that document. This can be
> > > implemented trivially with the three-line patch below in
> > > NSApplication.m.
> >
> > I thought about that but what happens for document based application
> > without a window ?
>
> By the way, with your patch, the hide command leaves the application
> menu visible.

Ummm, yes. I have tried the patch only in combination with setting the
interface style to NSWindows95InterfaceStyle, in which case there is no
separate menu. I'll try to have a look at that tomorrow (err, today).

Wolfgang