Re: [gtkmm] Getting notfified when window opens on display?

[Anastasios Bassoukos <abas aix meng auth gr>]

On Mon, 2004-02-02 at 20:40, Toralf Lund wrote:
> Actually, I think I'll rephrase the question from earlier today... I
> might have asked:
>
> Is there a way I can setup gtkmm so that my app is notified whenever a
> new window is opened on the current display?
>
> With XLib you can do this by checking for "Substructure" events
> (SubstructureNotifyMask) of type "CreateNotify" on the root window. In
> other words, if I can catch an XLib event in general, the problem is
> probably solved, but I'm open to other solutions, too.
>
> - Toralf

Hi,
Depends on why you want to do that. I think that gtk or gdk drops notifications for unknown windows - but I may be wrong, as it has been two years since I last looked at that.
Have you checked the Window Manager-related protocols?

HTH,
Tassos

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