Please apply single-click patch

[Evandro Fernandes Giovanini]

wmaker includes a patch in contrib/ that adds support for single-click instead of double-click for docked, minimized apps, etc. It greatly improves usability IMO.

Since this is added as an option I think it would be ok to apply this patch by default.

[Marcelo E. Magallon (mmagallo)]

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thanks

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[David Coe (davidc)]

In the wmaker contrib directory there's a single_click.diff patch; I
built wmaker-0.80.1 after copying that file into the debian/patches
directory -- no other changes.

This adds a 'Launch applications and restore windows with a single
click' option under 'Expert User Preferences' in WPrefs; it defaults
to off so there's no change in behavior unless it's set, and it
seems to work very nicely. (I've been running and testing it for a
few hours; so far nothing appears to have broken ;).

I'd add that patch and get it into sarge for testing; I will NMU it
if you'd like (that's not a threat; just an offer).

[Marcelo E. Magallon (mmagallo)]

On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 06:25:21PM -0500, David Coe wrote:

 > I'd add that patch and get it into sarge for testing; I will NMU it
 > if you'd like (that's not a threat; just an offer).

 Sounds ok. If someone on the <email address hidden> is willing to include
 this on the next upload, please go ahead.

 Thanks,

 Marcelo

[David Coe (davidc)]

Thanks.

I see also that there's a FAQ entry that will need to be revised;
would you guys like me to write an initial version of that, or do you
want to do it yourselves?

BTW, it's been working very well and causes no problems with selection
or movement or any other previoud single-click operstions I've been
able to find.

[Marcelo E. Magallon (mmagallo)]

On Sat, Nov 09, 2002 at 11:55:49AM -0500, David Coe wrote:

 > I see also that there's a FAQ entry that will need to be revised;
 > would you guys like me to write an initial version of that

 Please do and send a patch to the BTS.

--
Marcelo

[David Coe (davidc)]

Tags: patch

Here's my suggested change to the wmaker-0.80.1 FAQ in support of the
single_click patch; feel free to revise it in any way you want.

--- FAQ.orig Wed Oct 3 18:53:18 2001
+++ FAQ Mon Nov 11 14:01:51 2002
@@ -1074,16 +1074,29 @@
 4.16 How can I set dock/clip to use single click to launch
      applications, instead of double click?
 ----------------------------------
-You cannot do this. This is because single click is used to select app-icons,
-or to raise/lower the app-icon or the dock/clip.
-If this is impelmented then you will be unable to select or raise/lower
-dock/clip or app-icons, without also launching the application it represents.
+This question was officially answered as follows:

-So don't ask for this to be implemented, because it will not be. Double
-click is used for a reason, is not just some weird idea we got in a morning
-when we wake up too early.
+ You cannot do this. This is because single click is used to select
+ app-icons, or to raise/lower the app-icon or the dock/clip. If
+ this is impelmented then you will be unable to select or
+ raise/lower dock/clip or app-icons, without also launching the
+ application it represents.

+ So don't ask for this to be implemented, because it will not
+ be. Double click is used for a reason, is not just some weird idea
+ we got in a morning when we wake up too early.

+Regardless of that, there is now an option in WPrefs, under "Expert
+User Preferences," which allows you to set "Launch applications and
+restore windows with a single click." (See the files contrib/README
+and contrib/single_click.diff in the source package for details.)
+
+If you set that option, a left button single click will launch or
+restore, rather than select, the app-icon. You can use other methods
+(or temporarily turn the option off again) to select app-icons or
+raise/lower the dock/clip. You can toggle the selected state of any
+app-icon via its right button menu, and there are auto-raise and
+keep-on-top options for the dock and clip.

 4.18 How do I restore the configuration app to the dock?

[Evandro Fernandes Giovanini (evandrofg)]

wmaker includes a patch in contrib/ that adds support for single-click instead of double-click for docked, minimized apps, etc. It greatly improves usability IMO.

Since this is added as an option I think it would be ok to apply this patch by default.

[Alexandre Otto Strube (surak)]

changing to wishlist

[Barry deFreese (bddebian)]

Looks like Debian is working on this.

[Nuno Donato (nunodonato)]

Patch has been applied upstream