Re: G2D problem with window managers

[Jeff Waugh <jdub@perkypants.org>]

<quote who="Sean Middleditch">

> Ah, these I am unaware of... the only things I've heard him refuse to
> implement are the "weird" features like separate viewports/workspaces...

We don't need separate viewports and workspaces - we need a good combination
of the features of the two (the separate definition is mere semantics). This
has been discussed over and over again - please talk about the behaviours,
not the names of these features.

> > It's quite clear that my needs don't matter to him, and based on the
> > reaction I get to requests for these features (many of which used to be in
> > G1D), I would gather not many other people outside of Sun do either.
> 
> Sorry, outside of Sun?

(Sun is the primary driver of a11y work in GNOME.)

> Gnome-terminal does indeed suck very badly, but there appears to be a new
> terminal widget in the works, which may fix your problems, once it's
> released.  I know the current widget (zvt or whatever its called) gives me
> no end of head-aches...

VTE is a lot better in terms of fonts, a11y, i18n, etc. but performance is
an issue at the moment. It's tentatively planned as the widget we'll use in
2.2.

- Jeff

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