containment types

[Chani]

I'm a bit confused about what these containment types really mean and how 
they're supposed to be used. mainly I'm confused about what is and isn't a 
desktop containment.

right now, being a DesktopContainment means three things: you get applet 
handles, you get the desktop toolbox, and setScreen() works properly.
I don't like those three things being lumped together. what if I want to write 
a desktop containment without a toolbox? (yes, that is where I'm going.) what 
if I want a desktop without handles, because I want to do something funky 
like tiling applets? (I saw a tiling windowmanager recently. it was shiny.)

would it be reasonable to have separate variables for enabling handles and 
toolbox? then the meaning of  setContainmentType(DesktopContainment) would 
be "setScreen should work, and handles and toolbox default to on" ?

then I could create a shiny new desktop containment and do 
setHasToolbox(false) or setHasHandles(false) to replace them with my own 
crazy ideas.

oh the other hand, if being a DesktopContainment absolutely means having a 
toolbox and handles, then setScreen should work for non-desktop desktoplike 
containments, right? ...I have a feeling that that would cause other pain, 
though, because I bet there's more code that assumes containments that serve 
as a desktop must be of type DesktopContainment.


oh btw, I'm working on a new containment. should I put it in extragear or 
playground? :)

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