On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 10:27 PM, Dave Gilbert <[email protected]> wrote: > It's more complicated than that; as I remember (from a couple of years > ago when I posted the patch in #6 above) there are limitations in the > 'strut' notification where a window tells the window manager to avoid an > area; it can't really cope with an arbitrary area in the middle of the > screen. So really it's a standardisation issue that the wm and panel > need to understand; although heck knows if any of that has changed in > the last couple of years.
My understanding of the specification is that the strut notification just says "avoid this area of the screen" as defined by _NET_WM_STRUT_PARTIAL (since that allows you to specify the full extents of the strut) [1]. So in that case the window manager should not use that area for placement OR maximization. Of course, things get tricky when you start considering snap-to, but I think in that case it is reasonable to ignore the snap-to case where a strut does not share an edge of the screen. Both Compiz, Docky and Avant Window Navigator seem to follow this mantra of doing things - the strut is set perfectly fine if you make Docky adjacent to another screen edge. Of course, the specification makes it clear that struts are only to be used on screen edges and makes it doubly as clear that struts are not to be reserved at the edge of Xinerama screens, but I haven't seen any problems with allowing this. If you can point me to the discussion in light of this bug, that would be much appreciated. [1] http://standards.freedesktop.org/wm-spec/1.3/ar01s05.html > > Dave > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a member of compiz > packagers, which is subscribed to compiz in ubuntu. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/58977 > > Title: > Maximizing ignores docked panles with Xinerama > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~compiz > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~compiz > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- Sam Spilsbury -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of compiz packagers, which is subscribed to compiz in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/58977 Title: Maximizing ignores docked panles with Xinerama _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~compiz Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~compiz More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
