Re: WM hints again!!!!!! (was: Re: A bunch of bug reports)

[raster redhat com]

On 22 Apr, George shouted:
->  > Is there a way to get the window manager to not size windows so they
->  > end up below the panel? (running ctwm) (another window manager might
->  > work for this?)
->  
->  not as of this moment ....
->  
->  what is missing are hints to deal with virtual desktop WMs ...
->  
->  two are needed, 
->  
->  set a window STICKY ... then we can have a nodecor sticky window that the
->  wm knows about as the panel, this way windows will not get placed on it
->  (especially now it's quite unusable if it's on top of the screen and you
->  have automatic window placement)
->  
->  the other one would be good for other things (including multiple panel
->  support and good session saving ... you need to SET_DESKTOP ...
->  currently, you can't .. what if you move your app to desktop two and
->  leave, even if the app gets it's position it's gonna only know the
->  current virtual screen position ... so everything will start in desktop
->  0)
->  
->  as far as I can see these are the only two hints that seem to be needed
->  right now ... and they _ARE_ needed for a well behaved SM and panel

no. need 2 more "ALWAYS_ONTOP" and "ALWAYS_BELOW" - the panel has to
set "ALWAYS_ONTOP" so it is NEVER obscured by anything else the WM
creates or manages.

->  George
->  

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