Window with no maximize button

["aniket ray" <aniket ray gmail com>]

Hi,
I wanted to create a Window with only the minimize and close decoration
buttons (and no maximize button).

The code of what I basically did was:
windowPointer = gtk_window_new(GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);
gtk_widget_realize(windowPointer);
mainWindow = windowPointer->window;
gdk_window_set_decorations(mainWindow, GDK_DECOR_BORDER | GDK_DECOR_RESIZEH
| GDK_DECOR_TITLE | GDK_DECOR_MENU | GDK_DECOR_MINIMIZE); //everything but
maximize
gtk_widget_show(windowPointer);


This does not seem to work as I still get the maximize button on the window.
I am using an FC6, with default GNOME installation (and its Metacity WM).
On the other hand, if I give a DIALOG hint to the window with
gtk_window_set_type_hint(), I am able to remove the maximize and minimize
buttons.
Is there a difference in which the 2 methods send hints to the WM? How can I
get this to work?


Thanks in advance,
Aniket

PS: On an unrelated note, is there an active mailing list for application
programming directly using Xlib calls?