From: "Jan D." <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: override_redirect of X Window System
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 19:14:21 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8A07F824-EEB2-11D7-8175-00039363E640@swipnet.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pan.2003.09.22.17.32.14.164784@theoretic.com>
> On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 17:24:15 +0200, Sir Jan D. scribed thus:
>> It is true that Metacity (the current Gnome window manager) does not
>> allow you to move windows above the screen (i.e. y coordinate less
>> than
>> zero), but this is a Metacity bug. Maybe you can run another window
>> manager?
>> Some that even allows you to specify that the window in question shall
>> have no decorations at all (most except Metacity can handle this)?
>
> It is not a metacity bug - there is an agreed upon protocol for full
> screening windows, and override-redirect is not it.
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=106740
> To Kazu: I'd recommend you research the latest EWMH specification, that
> will show you how to properly fullscreen windows.
This requires XSendEvent. It is not available from elisp.
It is also not a solution that works on all window managers out there.
But it might be a good idea to make an interface to XSendEvent from
elisp so Kazu can use it.
Jan D.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-09-24 17:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-09-17 2:45 override_redirect of X Window System Kazu Yamamoto
2003-09-18 11:05 ` Richard Stallman
2003-09-19 15:24 ` Jan D.
2003-09-22 17:32 ` Mike Hearn
2003-09-24 17:14 ` Jan D. [this message]
2003-09-24 17:40 ` Mike Hearn
2003-09-24 18:17 ` Jan D.
2003-09-25 9:56 ` Mike Hearn
2003-09-25 21:08 ` Jan D.
2003-09-25 22:06 ` Kim F. Storm
2003-10-05 17:11 ` Jan D.
2003-10-08 0:04 ` Kazu Yamamoto
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