nanogui: Thread: Small screens ?

Hello, 

Is it possible to configure the window manager of the Microwindows PDA
Environment for a device with a smaller screen than a PDA ?
Do you intend to allow your PDA Environment to work for such smaller
devices ?
This configuration would not only consist of setting the actual screen
size, but also the kind of interaction might strongly differ. For this
kind of screen we might imagine the  window manager to
display every application window fullscreen without decoration, and to
forbid any window 
overlapping - except for modal dialog windows. 

Thank you, 
Daniel Lucas-Hirtz.

The intention of the screentop is to work with many different devices. 
Jason and Greg wrote the thing in such a way that it is easy
to make the program 100% configurable for many different looks and
feels.  I think that we have already gotten it running on 5 very
different devices thus far, so thats pretty good.

Jordan

Daniel Lucas-Hirtz wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Is it possible to configure the window manager of the Microwindows PDA
> Environment for a device with a smaller screen than a PDA ?
> Do you intend to allow your PDA Environment to work for such smaller
> devices ?
> This configuration would not only consist of setting the actual screen
> size, but also the kind of interaction might strongly differ. For this
> kind of screen we might imagine the  window manager to
> display every application window fullscreen without decoration, and to
> forbid any window
> overlapping - except for modal dialog windows.
> 
> Thank you,
> Daniel Lucas-Hirtz.
> 
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: Is it possible to configure the window manager of the Microwindows PDA
: Environment for a device with a smaller screen than a PDA ?

Easily


: Do you intend to allow your PDA Environment to work for such smaller
: devices ?
: This configuration would not only consist of setting the actual screen
: size, but also the kind of interaction might strongly differ. For this
: kind of screen we might imagine the  window manager to
: display every application window fullscreen without decoration, and to
: forbid any window 
: overlapping - except for modal dialog windows. 

This is exactly the method Century Software uses for the PDA/Webpad
operating environment.  The Nano-X program sets various style
bits at window creation time.  If the bits are anything other than
GR_WM_PROPS_APPWINDOW, then that style is displayed.
Otherwise, the window manager sets a style depending on the size
of the screen: for PDAs, the app is run full-screen, no border.  For
WebPADs, the app is run as an overlapping window.  This is the cool
part about window managers: you can make them do whatever
you want with the application window size, placement and decorations.

Regards,

Greg