Re: [Notion-general] Panels with notion?

[Arnout E. <no...@bz...>]

On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 01:14:49PM +0100, David Given wrote:
> I would like to use Notion with Gnome. (Don't laugh, okay?) (And right
> now this is all in floating mode.) 

How do you create a floating workspace? This appears to have become an
undocumented feature. I think we should document it :).

> Currently, it *works*, but Notion doesn't appear to understand panels, and 
> they're appearing as ordinary windows.

I'm using gnome-panel, too (just 1 though).

> Is there any way to persuade notion to handle docked windows in a more,
> ah, traditional way? While I can force them into frames manually, it'd
> be very much easier (and more user friendly) to have it all Just Work,
> and then have notion manage the space between the panels. I have tried
> mod_dock, but it doesn't appear to do what I want.

For me, in a normal tiled workspace, loading mod_dock causes gnome-panel
to open as a proper 'panel' instead of as a normal window.

I did have to set the dock mode to 'embedded' to prevent the panel from
overlapping normal frames. Also, I have to load mod_dock after mod_xinerama.

I'm not sure how this works in floating workspaces.

(gkrellm in mode also 'kinda sorta' works, but not really usably imho)

> I've observed this with both Gnome panels and gkrellm in docked mode.
> (Incidentally, notion is also not honouring gkrellm's request for no
> window manager decoration.)

For a tiling workspace, i think it makes sense to ignore this request. For a
floating one, it'd make sense to honour it indeed. Could you submit a feature
request for this?


Kind regards,

Arnout