David Fraser was recently quoted as saying... > I've discovered that rather than using -fullscreen, if you simply use > -nodecoration > and set the X server to run at the same size as fullscreen, it doesn't > minimize when > you switch tasks, but still stays the same size as the full screen in > the background. > The advantage being you can still see it behind your other apps (if > they're not maximized), > although they're still not actually inside X windows.
Yeah... but unless you only use alt-tab to switch apps, you have to minimize the X server periodically to see the minimized app icons (which are ugly as sin in Win95+, but that's another matter) > Could we modify them to send messages between them for certain desktops? Doubtful. > So say you have Ctrl-F1, Ctrl-F2 switching to Linux Desktop 1 and 2, then > Ctrl-F3, Ctrl-F4 switch back to the Windows one and tell it to activate > a certain > desktop. That way we'd be writing glue code rather than a whole new system. Well, I use directional window-switching keystrokes. The JSPager set uses Ctrl-Up,Ctrl-Down, etc, and my FvwmPager set uses Alt-Up, Alt-Down, etc. > >This is, I realize, all probably very unrealistic dreaming, but any leads > >or tips are welcome. > > Sounds like if Wine emulates a Win32 environment and then converts Win32 apps to X windows, the problem is partly solved there. But AFAIK Wine doesn't have a multi-window mode, you get one X window which contains a Windows desktop *within* which normal GDI windows run. Is that right or has that changed? ================================================================== Keith D. Tyler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Federal Way, WA http://www.keithtyler.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ Terrorists can attack freedom, but only Congress can destroy it. ==================================================================
