Behavior (more a roadmap question)

[rjhorniii]

I've used it for a bit and found that most of my habitual uses of mouse and window don't work, the window decorations are different, etc. This could all be roadmap related. There is a lot to Windowmaker and I can easily understand this stuff being done later. I started making a list, but it's too large. I was just using features described in https://www.windowmaker.org/docs/chap2.html.

I'll take a look at the structure of wlmaker to see whether I can contribute meaningfully.

Is it your intention to try to get all of this working? or is this more of an exploratory toy to gain understanding and experience?

[phkaeser]

That's very useful and on-point perception and feedback, thank you for reporting it!

tl;dr: The intention is to get all (well: most) of it working.

Longer story:

• This highlights the roadmap in current form lacks structure, and doesn't link up with actual WindowMaker feature list & documentation. That should be done: Split the current roadmap doc into (1) an overview, (2) a changelog, and (3) most imporantly: a feature match.
• Also highlights that current status and next few milestones aren't clear. And, reflecting over it, will be equally useful to jot it down. Quick state here:
  • The initial goal is to get the infrastructure in place to support a coarse set of WindowMaker features, with enough breadth that I can use it for daily work. That is a small subset of the described features; but includes other work (eg. multi-output, configurable by file, screenlock).
  • Current state is "on the way there", but remains vague.
• At last, my personal reality check: While it's my intention to get "all of it" working, my capacity is constrained to a few hours per week.

Contributions are most welcome. Also non-code: eg. a "feature match" doc; or just your prioritized list of top missing features from the described features.
Roadmap-wise, miniaturized windows are next on my list; but will be a rather involved change.