[RFC] WindowMetadata framework fundamentals

Marco Martin notmart at gmail.com
Thu Jul 14 09:36:35 UTC 2016


On Wednesday 13 July 2016 02:18:54 Sebastian Kügler wrote:
> During the Plasma sprint in March, we've been fleshing out plans to create a
> mechanisms for apps to be represented by the shell.
> 
> The goals it to achieve a richer integration between apps and the workspace.
> The idea is that windows can announce a richer set of metadata that can be
> used to enhance the window's representation in the workspace/shell. Think
> of
> 
> - task switchers with more meaningful thumbnails of better quality
> - server-side decoration actions to "remote-control" the app
> - user-visible features similar to the mpris-controls in the task bar
> - currently open document

Good stuff!
don't have much to say on the readme..
looking at the code i see it's still based on window ids, any idea how to 
solve that/how to identify windows?

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Marco Martin


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