Session Management Considerations
Thomas Zander
zander at planescape.com
Sat May 4 15:11:51 BST 2002
Looks very nice indeed :)
On Sat, May 04, 2002 at 03:18:16PM +0200, Matthias Ettrich wrote:
> Thanks for the wonderful responses to my reworked session manager, no
> response is also a response ;-)
I still run the BRANCH, so I could not check it.
> Here's my new and simplified scheme. If nobody objects or comes with
> something better, I'll implement it early next week.
>
> 1. the "save session for future logins" or whatever it is called
> today) checkbox in the logout dialog will go away.
>
> Instead, we _always_ save the current session during shutdown. The
> reason I didn't want that in the first place was that it takes a bit
> of time to save the data, but I do not believe this to be an issue
> anymore. But we don't save the session as "default session as we
> used to, but as "last session".
Agreed.
> 2. We need a new command to save the current session as "saved
> session" to support user c). The current way with
> Alt-F2 dcop ksmserver default saveCurrentSessionAs saved
> is not exactly userfriendy.
>
> The command may be in the K-Menu above or below "Lock screen". Or
> we hide it a bit deeper, suggestions welcome.
I want to propose that your name 'saved session' be renamed to
'default session'
and the menu item would then have the comment;
'make the current session the default session'
I think that 'last session'/'default session' make more sense.
The GUI could be something along the lines of the attached .ui file.
> 4. In KDM, we don't just have KDE, but
>
> KDE
> KDE (last session)
> KDE (saved session)
Why the 'normal' KDE? Is there a way to start a KDE without any session?
Does that not mean things like klipper fail to start up?
I think that just:
KDE (last session)
KDE (default session)
would be more logical.
--
Thomas Zander zander at earthling.net
The only thing worse than failure is the fear of trying something new
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<!DOCTYPE UI><UI version="3.0" stdsetdef="1">
<class>Save_session</class>
<widget class="QDialog">
<property name="name">
<cstring>Save_session</cstring>
</property>
<property name="geometry">
<rect>
<x>0</x>
<y>0</y>
<width>462</width>
<height>478</height>
</rect>
</property>
<property name="caption">
<string>Save Session</string>
</property>
<property name="sizeGripEnabled">
<bool>true</bool>
</property>
<vbox>
<property name="name">
<cstring>unnamed</cstring>
</property>
<property name="margin">
<number>11</number>
</property>
<property name="spacing">
<number>6</number>
</property>
<widget class="QLabel">
<property name="name">
<cstring>TextLabel1</cstring>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string><p>A <b>session</b> is a snapshot of the positions of your windows and the documents you have open on all your virtual desktops.</p>
<p>KDE allows you to save a session so you get the windows and documents back when you login by selecting that session.</p></string>
</property>
</widget>
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<cstring>GroupBox1</cstring>
</property>
<property name="title">
<string>Session list</string>
</property>
<hbox>
<property name="name">
<cstring>unnamed</cstring>
</property>
<property name="margin">
<number>11</number>
</property>
<property name="spacing">
<number>6</number>
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<cstring>Layout18</cstring>
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<cstring>unnamed</cstring>
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<item>
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<string>Default</string>
</property>
</item>
<item>
<property name="text">
<string>Thesis</string>
</property>
</item>
<item>
<property name="text">
<string>Travel</string>
</property>
</item>
<item>
<property name="text">
<string>Last</string>
</property>
</item>
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<cstring>ListBox1</cstring>
</property>
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<number>6</number>
</property>
<widget class="QPushButton">
<property name="name">
<cstring>PushButton6</cstring>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>&New</string>
</property>
</widget>
<widget class="QPushButton">
<property name="name">
<cstring>PushButton7</cstring>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>Delete</string>
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<height>20</height>
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</hbox>
</widget>
</vbox>
</widget>
<widget class="QLayoutWidget">
<property name="name">
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<vbox>
<property name="name">
<cstring>unnamed</cstring>
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<hbox>
<property name="name">
<cstring>unnamed</cstring>
</property>
<property name="margin">
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</property>
<property name="spacing">
<number>6</number>
</property>
<widget class="QLabel">
<property name="name">
<cstring>TextLabel3</cstring>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>Name:</string>
</property>
</widget>
<widget class="QLineEdit">
<property name="name">
<cstring>LineEdit1</cstring>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>Last</string>
</property>
</widget>
</hbox>
</widget>
<widget class="QLabel">
<property name="name">
<cstring>TextLabel2</cstring>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string><p>This session is updated everytime you logout allowing you to quickly start where you left off.</string>
</property>
</widget>
<spacer>
<property name="name" stdset="0">
<cstring>Spacer3</cstring>
</property>
<property name="orientation">
<enum>Vertical</enum>
</property>
<property name="sizeType">
<enum>Expanding</enum>
</property>
<property name="sizeHint">
<size>
<width>20</width>
<height>20</height>
</size>
</property>
</spacer>
</vbox>
</widget>
</hbox>
</widget>
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</property>
<spacer>
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<cstring>Horizontal Spacing2</cstring>
</property>
<property name="orientation">
<enum>Horizontal</enum>
</property>
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<enum>Expanding</enum>
</property>
<property name="sizeHint">
<size>
<width>20</width>
<height>20</height>
</size>
</property>
</spacer>
<widget class="QPushButton">
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<cstring>buttonOk</cstring>
</property>
<property name="text">
<string>&Save</string>
</property>
<property name="accel">
<number>276824147</number>
</property>
<property name="autoDefault">
<bool>true</bool>
</property>
<property name="default">
<bool>true</bool>
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<string>&Cancel</string>
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<property name="autoDefault">
<bool>true</bool>
</property>
</widget>
</hbox>
</widget>
</vbox>
</widget>
<connections>
<connection>
<sender>buttonOk</sender>
<signal>clicked()</signal>
<receiver>Save_session</receiver>
<slot>accept()</slot>
</connection>
<connection>
<sender>buttonCancel</sender>
<signal>clicked()</signal>
<receiver>Save_session</receiver>
<slot>reject()</slot>
</connection>
</connections>
<layoutdefaults spacing="6" margin="11"/>
</UI>
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