Re: gnome-wrapper

[Dietmar Maurer <dm vlsivie tuwien ac at>]

Nat Friedman wrote:

> Dietmar Maurer writes:
>  >
>  > What if I donīt want a cover window at all? What are the disadvantages if we
>  > simply return the socket window?
>
>     If you don't want a cover window at all, you don't have to have
> one.  Just don't use the gnome_client_site_new_view() function (which
> is provided as a convenience to cover the common case where you do
> want a cover).

With the above workaround you need direct access to the GnomeClientSite structure,
which is not a nice solution. Why not return the socket and make the wrapper
optional. Or write a support function which creates the wrapper. I can't see any
disadvantage.