RE: Amusing bug found in GMC

["Richard Hult" <rhult hem2 passagen se>]

> This is pretty cool. Make a drag window on the desktop and you'll see
> that any window that wants to refresh itself can't do it. It's particuly
> amusing when I'm downloading something in netscape. I can be a 30 sec
> remaining on a download then I'll create a drag window on the desktop
> and it'll freeze along with the rest of the desktop. The NS animation
> will stop and so will the countdown. when I release the mouse it
> refreshes the screen to where it should be at the point in time.
> Compiling stuff is cool too. It's like hold screen but for the whole
> desktop :). This from the Gnome/E 1.0.8 rpm release.

I guess you mean the rubberband selection thingy. It's not a bug, it's a
feature ;)

As far as I know: GMC has to grab the x-server to be able to do that, which
means that the screen freezes.

Richard