I am a bit late but I will be happy to test this version of XWin. Could you give me a patched binary version please ?
Regards, 2011/9/4 Oliver Schmidt <oschmidt-mailingli...@gmx.de> > > It's me again ;-) > > On 9/3/2011 9:01 PM, Jon TURNEY wrote: > > As discussed in the thread [2] various scenarios, e.g. AOT windows, > > native windows interleaved with X windows in the native Z order, Windows > > with focus-follows-mouse enabled via TweakUI all need testing after > > trying to fix this, to ensure you haven't regressed them. > > > > [2] http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin-xfree/2004-03/msg00540.html > > I'm not sure if I'm correctly reproducing the above usage scenario > "always on top", but I did the following under Windows 7 and XP: > > 1) downloaded and installed http://www.abstractpath.com/powermenu/ > 2) launched a xclock or a native Windows program (e.g. Internet > Explorer) and select "Always on top" with right mouse click on the > window's titel bar > 3) programmatically launched and raised other x top level windows > 4) Everything works: the checked windows stay top level, the > programmatically raised windows became top level amongst all other "non > always top level" windows and get keyboard focus and activated window frame. > > I was also able to minimize and restore the "always on top window" > without any problems. Moreover the "redraw windows while moving and > sizing" hack > http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2011-08/msg00049.html > does also work with the "always on top" feature enabled for the > foreground and background window. Also mixtures of cygwin x server > windows with native Windows applications all with "always on top" > feature enabled are working. > > What is not working: Clicking on "minimize to tray" on a cygwin x server > window that has also the "always on top feature": this causes the window > frame to vanish, but the window content is still redrawn by the xserver > on the underlaying x11 window. This is difficult to describe, but this > does also not work with the official unpatched cygwin x server 1.10.3-1. > This "minimize-to-tray" effect for "always on top windows" is also > described here: > http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin-xfree/2004-03/msg00540.html > > So according to my tests the patch does not introduce new misbehaviour > regarding powermenu's "always on top" window feature. > > I could provide a patched binary XWin.exe, if someone wants to do more > testing... > > Best regards, > Oliver > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ > FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/ > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/