Re: GDK_WINDOW_TEMP

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

George <jirka@5z.com> writes:

> On Sun, Oct 11, 1998 at 08:17:32PM +0200, Adam Kopacz wrote:
> > > ->  thanx but qiv should work with all WM.. thr temp stuff works with 90% or
> > > ->  so..
> > > ok - but you have a borken application then - _TEMP is for TEMPORARY
> > 
> > why ? it WORKS... not 100% but it works better then the "normal way"..
> 
> actually it doesn't ... consider that the user wants to switch
> desktops to do something ... or what if the user wants to raise the window
> after putting an xterm on top of it ... if any app is not managed by the
> WM .. I won't run it ... it is too broke .. it won't be in windowlists ...
> I can move it around ... it will be in every desktop ... I can't raise/lower
> it ... 

Most of these are good things. It is a really bad thing to have
a full screen, decorationless window that can be raised and lowered,
or have xterms started on top of it. If you are making full screen
windows, I think it is your own responsibility to provide the user
with an easy, foolproof escape mechanism.

Regards,
                                        Owen

[ 
  I won't disagree that in most cases, override-redirect windows
  are a bad thing, but here, I think they are probably a good thing.
  Anyways, this is drifting off-topic, though not as badly as
  some other threads...
 ]