* Sam Spilsbury wrote: > On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 9:59 PM, Adam Jackson <a...@nwnk.net> wrote: > > On Tue, 2011-01-11 at 21:37 +0800, Sam Spilsbury wrote: > >> On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 7:01 PM, Thierry Reding > >> <thierry.red...@avionic-design.de> wrote: > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > Is there any way to create an X window that is output only, similar to > >> > what > >> > InputOnly does, except for output? In other words: I want to create a > >> > window > >> > that displays a video image but does not capture input events. Input > >> > events > >> > should go to the window below instead. > >> > >> Mark it override-redirect and use XShape to remove the input shape. > > Indeed. But using o-r will ensure that window managers don't treat it > like a normal window that the user can interact with (considering that > your window isn't going to be "normal" in terms of stacking, unless > there is a use case for that).
Removing the input shape worked perfectly. The window was override-redirect before because as you say it will be positioned explicitly and should not be controlled by the WM. Thanks! Thierry
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