Re: [Gnustep-cvs] r31898 - in /libs/gui/trunk: ChangeLog Source/NSApplication.m

[Wolfgang Lux]

> Author: gcasa
> Date: Sun Jan 16 06:22:10 2011
> New Revision: 31898
>
> URL: http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/gnustep?rev=31898&view=rev
> Log:
>         * Source/NSApplication.m: Added overide for  
> orderWindow:relativeTo:
>         in NSIconWindow.  Check for GSSuppressAppIcon and order the  
> window
>         ONLY if the app icon window is supposed to be displayed,  
> otherwise
>         do not do anything with it.   I observed issues with this
>         functionality while testing the GNOME theme the app icon would
>         periodically show even when the default mentioned above was  
> set to
>         YES.

Are you sure about this patch? I know that the concept of app icons  
alienates people used to Windows and similar desktop environments  
(including GNOME and KDE). However as far as I recall the discussion  
about supporting such environments, the idea was to still present an  
app icon if the application has no visible main window.

With your change, users can easily lock themselves out when the  
application is hidden (whether by selecting the hide item from the  
menu or by having another application issue a -hideOtherApplications:  
message).

Wolfgang