dreamcat4 / skippy-xd

A full-screen Exposé-style standalone task switcher for X11.
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Feature request : launcher subspace in exposé #8

Closed lafleurdeboum closed 1 year ago

lafleurdeboum commented 5 years ago

Would it be possible that skippy-xd shows a subspace for a configurable subprocess on a side of the exposé ? I mostly think about a launcher like catfish, kupfer or synapse, although I guess the latter GUIs are too fancy. But I think it could be really useful to have a clock as well.

And would it be feasible to send all alphanumerical keystrokes to it, and keep the arrow and tab keys for window focusing ?

The point would be to get a little closer to Gnome desktop usage, ie keep the screen lean when you work, and bring a global view when one asks for it.

Would you @dreamcat4 have some insights on what it would involve to implement such a feature ? For instance insert xclock into the main view for a start (I understand skippy-xd does not rely on any toolkit, using pure X libraries). I lack a global pattern to push this idea forward.