Bug 78372 - create multiple windows with offset

[Daniel Stone]

Hi,

On 9 May 2014 08:34, Pekka Paalanen <ppaalanen at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 08 May 2014 10:52:51 -0700
> Bill Spitzak <spitzak at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Possibly you are reading the words "save/restore" literally, in that you
> > are imagining some blob of data stored in the compositor that is
> > recognized to restore the layout. However this is NOT what is wanted.
>
> Sure, that's the first thing comes to my mind. Let the client save a
> cookie or an encrypted blob, that it can pass back to the server when
> it creates the windows again. /handwaving/
>
> When I say that I have not heard anyone working on it, it really means
> I do not have nor seen any plan *yet*. It is a complicated issue, which
> cannot be designed in an email, and especially not by me.


I wouldn't say it's that much of a handwave: it's actually exactly what we
came up with a couple of years ago when we were talking about session
management and persistent state.  Seemed to be the best option indeed.

But, like you say, no-one's really approached it yet.

Cheers,
Daniel
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