Re: [STUMP] Show "Current frame indicator" when switching screens

[Ben Spencer]

Hi Niklas,

On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 02:56:26PM +0200, Niklas Johansson wrote:
> Second, I have feature request. I am often a bit confused in which
> screen I am working in (I am having two screens). I therefore made
> this change to, to mimic the behavior when switching frames, when
> switching the screens.

> I do not know if it is something that people want

Definitely sounds like a worthwhile feature to have.

> and/or if it is correctly implemented.

It's a bit messy because (the tile-group implementation of)
group-wake-up already calls show-frame-indicator, but without the
force parameter.  What this means is that the indicator will not be
shown if the group only has a single frame, which makes sense in the
context of switching groups, but not so much when switching screens.

Perhaps a separate indicator is needed for the current screen?  A
simple echo might do - it always appears on the current screen and the
user can control its appearance.  This would mean however that for
screens/groups with multiple frames you'd see two messages, one for
the current screen and one for the current frame.  Not sure how weird
this would be in practice.

Ben