Re: [Maybe OT]: Sawfish 'strange' behaviours

[Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com>]

rob <mailingLists pangolin org uk> writes:
> You need to set the wm type and class

Not the right thing to do. Here is my opinion on the matter:
 
  http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gtk/gtkwindow.html#GTK-WINDOW-SET-WMCLASS

> Class probably wants to be the same for all the windows.
> Where as type wants to be unique (for each type of window).

Different kinds of windows should be distinguished with the "role"
hint. But this shouldn't be done gratuitously just to work around
Sawfish's window size/placement policies.

Havoc