[gtk-list] Re: Announce : new irc client

[tom mystery antar com (tom)]

   KC5TJA wrote:

 >> Oh, I would love to be proven wrong on the "take over the screen under X"
 >> issue.
 K> Why not just open a window whose borders exceed the display limits?  For
 K> instance, if you have a 640x480 display, and you know that the window
 K> manager puts a 20 pixel top border, a 4 pixel bottom border, and 8-pixel
 K> borders on the left and right edges of a window, just open a window from
 K> (-20,-8)->(648,484).  The four edges of the window will be off screen, and
 K> only the client area of the window will be shown.

results in problems if you have "stay on top" parts - like the afterstep wharf.