On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 04:04:09PM -0500, Andriy Gapon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 06:42:40 +0530 (IST)
>> From: Kingsly John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Subject: Re: [Licq-devel] proposal or rather just a hint
>>
>>
>> All my floaties do stay right on top... without any of the elaborate steps
>> you have mentioned.
>
> I wish I could say the same for myself.
> which version of Qt do you have ? I have 2.3.1 here (FreeBSD port) and
> looking into the source:
> ...
> qwidget_x11.cpp:276
> } else { // Style_NoBorder
> setWFlags( WX11BypassWM ); // ### compatibility
> }
> ...
> qwidget_x11.cpp:290
> if ( testWFlags( WX11BypassWM ) ) {
> wsa.override_redirect = TRUE;
> wsa_mask |= CWOverrideRedirect;
> }
> ...
> as I understand, override_redirect means that when this window is mapped
> window manager will not receive notification event and will not start
> to manage this window, so it will be able to put other managed windows
> above floaty windows. At least that's true for afterstep.
>
>> I'm using fvwm and it works perfectly without any extra configuration ...
>> have you tried with any of the other windows managers ?? maybe it's an
>> afterstep issue.
>
> I had the same problem with windowmaker and judging from the code snippet
> above I can not understand how fvwm does it.
>
>
>> I don't think anyone would be interested in a floaty that gets hidden ...
>> my desktop is mostly so cluttered with xterms that if a floaty were to go
>> anyplace other than on top... I'll probably not see it again for a long
>> long time!
>
> that's the reason why I wanted to share this. if we have other unlucky
> souls stuck with afterstep and having the same issue, this information may be
> worth including into some README.afterstep
I'm using afterstep too and it appears I'm experiencing the same
symptoms. Now I never use floaties, so it's not much of a problem for
me, but that doesn't change the fact that it's not the right behaviour.
--
Tim van Erven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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