On Thu, 09 May 2002 07:54:58 -0700 (PDT) "Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 09-May-2002 Matt Wilson wrote: > > Hi, > > XMMS is having weird placement issues... I have it set to "save window > > positions", so it should start at the same place each time. Normally it has, > > but > > after updating from CVS today, it starts at +0 from the left (which is > > right), > > but +807 or something random from the top. (it should be at the bottom of > > the screen) > > > > To make things even wierder, it's deciding there's some sort of strut to > > snap to > > at that point, which seems to disappear after a while. > > > > Running CVS BB, my toolbar is top-center, and my slit is horizontally > > aligned at > > the bottom-right, with various bbtools only. > > > > I run a setup very similar to yours only my toolbar is on the bottom too. > > This problem you describe does not occur here. Can you give me some more > detail? How and when do you launch xmms? > > Blackbox is *NOT* responsible for placing xmms by the usual placeWindow() > algorithm. First xmms declares a program specified position of 0,0 and then > it sends a configure request to be moved to the new position. That's right -- > xmms moves itself. This move is not checked by blackbox except to ensure the > top left corner is not off screen (the check is "if new pos < 0: pos = 0"). > It doesn't matter how I start XMMS.. it's in my .xinitrc, but even if I close it and rerun it, it still places weird. Aaah *newsflash* I just discovered, it doesn't happen when I have the playlist/main window along-side each other, only when the playlist sits on top of the main win (in shaded mode). This might be an xmms bug... whaddaya reckon? Matt.
