Thanks for all your replies. It helps me understanding it much better. Thanks
On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 8:27 PM, Marc Lehmann <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 01:18:01PM +0530, "Jagadeesh N. Malakannavar" < > [email protected]> wrote: > > I am using Linux Mint 9. I have started borderless urxvt. I am unable to > > move it OR resize it. > > This is indeed a problem of your wm. > > Either it indeed doesn't support MWM hints or, more subtly, it doesn't > announce support for it (or your urxvt was compiled without support for > "frills"). > > You can check for support by uisng this command: > > xlsatoms -name _MOTIF_WM_INFO > > If you get something like this (number might vary): > > 576 _MOTIF_WM_INFO > > Then your wm officially supports mwm hints. If you get: > > xlsatoms: no atom named "_MOTIF_WM_INFO" on server ":0.0" > > Then it says it doesn't support motif window hints. > > If your wm is supposed to support mwm hints but doesn't annoucne support > for it this is a bug in it and should be reported. > > (A surprising number of newer window managers fails to implement mwm hints > properly). > > On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 09:19:40AM +0000, Thomas Adam <[email protected]> > wrote: > > This does seem counter-intuitive to me, falling back to such a harsh > > "default" -- I fail to see how not being able to set MWM-hints on the > > client window should then render the window outside of the window > > manager's control in this way. > > It's only counter-intuitive because you assume there is an alternative, > but there really isn't. The borderless option exists to make the window > borderless - it would neither be helpful nor intuitive to users if it > would simply be ignored. > > > Most other window managers would allow you to remove their parent > > window's border, a la FVWM: > > This is an alternative to achieve a similar effect, and fvwm in particular > allows you to implement a lot of border style options as well. > > And indeed, it implements mwm hints. > > I don't think at this time and age there exists an excuse for a wm to not > implement mwm hints, they are established, widely used and quite old. > > So the counter-intuitive thing is simply that in 2010 we still have wms > that fail to implement even the most basic window management. The fix is > to improve the wm or not to rely on such an abysmally implemented wm. > > -- > The choice of a Deliantra, the free code+content MORPG > -----==- _GNU_ http://www.deliantra.net > ----==-- _ generation > ---==---(_)__ __ ____ __ Marc Lehmann > --==---/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / [email protected] > -=====/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ >
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