From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: "'David De La Harpe Golden'" <david@harpegolden.net>,
"'Stefan Monnier'" <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: "'Jan Djärv'" <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>,
"'Lennart Borgman'" <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>,
"'Emacs-Devel devel'" <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: RE: Add function to make frame topmost?
Date: Sat, 1 May 2010 13:20:23 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <F60644CD61C64EFB92211E4B1B59F4E2@us.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4BDC6CE7.8060400@harpegolden.net>
> > Check src/termhooks.h where "struct terminal" is defined.
>
> I'm wasn't sure why you say terminal rather than frame, though either
> way it's a poor-man's OO system dealie. Futzing with
> _NET_WM_STATE_ABOVE is closely analogous to futzing with
> _NET_WM_STATE_STICKY from within emacs, so adding it to
> frame_parm_table makes most sense to me.
>
> I guess there is a danger that if it is added it might be abused, but
> FWIW, a patch that adds 'stacking-layer (and 'shaded, which I just
> thought I'd do while I was there) frame parameters for X11 by analogy
> with 'sticky is straightforward and attached, it might be
> independently vaguely useful for some users? But don't expect
> me to argue strongly for its inclusion.
>
> Implementation of a w32 x_set_stacking_layer toggling TOPMOST
> should be straightforward (though I don't see a BOTTOMMOST,
> so I guess they have a layer less than us). I have found
> that there are add-ons for windows that do use TOPMOST to
> produce an "Always on top" setting very much akin to a
> typical X11 window manager:
> http://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/12/window-always-on-top-with-power-menu/
> so perhaps it's about as valid a thing to add on w32 as the x11
> stacking-layer support is on x11.
Would enhancement request (bug) #4476 (#3464) be relevant here?
(I'm not following this discussion much.)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-05-01 20:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 61+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-04-30 1:48 Add function to make frame topmost? Lennart Borgman
2010-04-30 13:06 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-04-30 13:26 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-04-30 20:54 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-04-30 22:02 ` Jan Djärv
2010-04-30 22:13 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-05-01 8:00 ` Jan Djärv
2010-04-30 22:32 ` David De La Harpe Golden
2010-04-30 23:22 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-05-01 1:48 ` David De La Harpe Golden
2010-05-01 2:06 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-05-01 13:05 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-05-01 18:03 ` David De La Harpe Golden
2010-05-01 20:20 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2010-05-01 22:02 ` David De La Harpe Golden
2010-05-01 22:09 ` David De La Harpe Golden
2010-05-02 14:07 ` Drew Adams
2010-05-02 15:27 ` David De La Harpe Golden
2010-05-02 15:58 ` stack-order (z-order) parameter for frames [was: Add function to make frame topmost?] Drew Adams
2010-05-01 22:44 ` Add function to make frame topmost? Lennart Borgman
2010-05-02 1:18 ` David De La Harpe Golden
2010-05-02 7:47 ` Jan Djärv
2010-05-02 12:52 ` David De La Harpe Golden
2010-05-02 7:27 ` Jan Djärv
2010-05-02 12:27 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-05-02 12:53 ` Jan Djärv
2010-05-02 13:44 ` David De La Harpe Golden
2010-05-03 3:16 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-05-02 14:43 ` David De La Harpe Golden
2010-05-02 14:48 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-05-02 14:55 ` David De La Harpe Golden
2010-05-02 16:48 ` David De La Harpe Golden
2010-05-02 18:58 ` Jan Djärv
2010-05-02 21:32 ` Desktop bubble notifications [Was: Re: Add function to make frame topmost?] David De La Harpe Golden
2010-05-03 0:19 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-05-03 2:29 ` David De La Harpe Golden
2010-05-03 19:46 ` Stephen Eilert
2010-05-03 19:58 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-05-04 11:48 ` Desktop bubble notifications Bastien
2010-05-02 19:17 ` Add function to make frame topmost? chad
2010-05-03 3:33 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-05-02 14:01 ` Drew Adams
2010-05-02 15:06 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-05-03 3:43 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2010-05-03 9:59 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-05-03 17:21 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-05-03 19:50 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-05-03 21:31 ` David De La Harpe Golden
2010-05-02 0:36 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-05-02 1:17 ` David De La Harpe Golden
2010-05-01 2:10 ` David De La Harpe Golden
2010-05-01 2:32 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-05-01 3:49 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-05-03 16:39 ` Tom Tromey
2010-05-03 19:33 ` systray support [was: Re: Add function to make frame topmost?] Dan Nicolaescu
2010-05-01 3:19 ` Add function to make frame topmost? David De La Harpe Golden
2010-05-01 8:28 ` Jan Djärv
2010-05-01 19:46 ` David De La Harpe Golden
2010-05-01 22:46 ` Lennart Borgman
2010-05-01 5:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-05-03 12:47 ` Lennart Borgman
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