On Thursday 06 March 2003 03:06, Ciprian Popovici wrote: > > > > it grabs the server during the move so no other updates occur. > > I suppose it can't allow updates and at the same time not show them in > the window, so when the window stops moving (user releases left mouse > button) the window magically reappears with everything up to date, am > I correct? > > If so, how about a workaround: leave the window in place (active!) to do > what it wants, move the dotted frame and when the movement stops just > "jump" the window to the new location. Would this improve the non-opaque > movement behaviour? >
I believe it locks the server for two reasons: 1) if the window you are moving were to resize, close, or otherwise change during the move then bad things would happen 2) if something were to draw on the screen while the wm was drawing the rubberband lines it would mess them up -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] List archives: http://asgardsrealm.net/lurker/splash/index.html Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
