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From: "Jan Djärv" <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
Subject: Re: raise-frame doesn't work in Fedora Core 4
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2006 08:24:59 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <45484BCB.8060902@swipnet.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1Gf5cp-0001L8-3m@fencepost.gnu.org>



Richard Stallman skrev:
>     Now I realized I can use the program called `wmctrl'[1] to solve
>     the problem.  Here's an new advice:
> 
>     (defadvice raise-frame (after make-it-work (&optional frame) activate)
>       "Make it work."
>       (call-process
>        "wmctrl" nil nil nil "-i" "-R"
>        (frame-parameter (or frame (selected-frame)) 'outer-window-id)))
> 
> That is an ugly solution.  How does the wmctrl program actually do
> this?

It figures out the current desktop (i.e. if you have more than one 
workspace/desktop) by inspecting the property _NET_WM_DESKTOP or 
_WIN_WORKSPACE on the root window.  It then switches the window to the current 
desktop by sending a client message _NET_CURRENT_DESKTOP.  Finally it 
activates the window by sending the client message _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW.

So it does more than the patch sent erlier in this thread.

> 
>       I have only the knowledge that Fedora Core 4
>     uses the metacity window manager, sorry.
> 
> Does this use of wmctrl work correctly with other window managers?

It works with window managers that understand and comply with the newest 
freedesktop Window Manager Specification 
(http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Standards_2fwm_2dspec), i.e. Metacity (Gnome), 
KWin (KDE), xfwm4 (xfce) and other newer window managers.  There is a list on 
the web page.  Certainly not with older VM:s like twm and mwm.

	Jan D.

  reply	other threads:[~2006-11-01  7:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-10-31 11:12 raise-frame doesn't work in Fedora Core 4 Kenichi Handa
2006-10-31 11:57 ` Katsumi Yamaoka
2006-10-31 12:24   ` Jan Djärv
2006-10-31 15:37   ` Stefan Monnier
2006-10-31 17:19     ` Jan D.
2006-10-31 19:01       ` Stefan Monnier
2006-11-01  7:08         ` Jan Djärv
2006-11-01 23:15         ` Chong Yidong
2006-11-01 23:21           ` David Kastrup
2006-11-02 16:48             ` Stefan Monnier
2006-11-02 21:47             ` Richard Stallman
2006-11-01  3:50     ` Masatake YAMATO
2006-11-01  4:51       ` Katsumi Yamaoka
2006-11-01  2:14   ` Richard Stallman
2006-11-01  7:28     ` Jan Djärv
2006-11-01 16:43     ` Stefan Monnier
2006-11-02  4:43       ` Richard Stallman
2006-11-02  7:56         ` Jan Djärv
2006-11-02 16:45           ` Stefan Monnier
2006-11-03  7:54             ` Jan D.
2006-11-03  8:55           ` Jan D.
2006-11-03  8:59   ` Jan D.
2006-11-09 10:27     ` Katsumi Yamaoka
2006-11-01  2:14 ` Richard Stallman
2006-11-01  7:24   ` Jan Djärv [this message]
2006-11-02  4:42     ` Richard Stallman
2006-11-02  7:30       ` Jan Djärv
2006-11-02  8:23         ` David Kastrup
2006-11-03  7:07         ` Richard Stallman
2006-11-02 17:46 ` Chip Coldwell
2006-11-02 19:25   ` Chip Coldwell
     [not found] <b9yoe9xece4.fsf@jpl.org>
2005-06-27 23:41 ` raise-frame doesn't work in Fedora Core 4 (was Re: `make-frame' makes...) Katsumi Yamaoka
2005-06-28 15:48   ` raise-frame doesn't work in Fedora Core 4 Johan Bockgård
2007-09-14  6:24   ` Katsumi Yamaoka
2007-09-16 10:25     ` Jan Djärv

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