Re: About window decorations

["Norman Black" <stonybrk ix netcom com>]

> The only way to get things working all the time is for everyone to
> follow the specs and do the right thing, and wait for everyone else to
> fix their code.

That is what I have been doing. I have "don't blame me, blame the window
manager" documentation is this regards.

I really hate when the WM ignores the set_transient_for hint, which is not
an isolated occurrence from my experience. It is annoying when the WM
ignores my request to not have a maximize and/or  minimize button.

Best Regards,
Norman Black
Stony Brook Software

----- Original Message -----
From: "Havoc Pennington" <hp redhat com>
To: "Norman Black" <stonybrk ix netcom com>
Cc: "gtk-list" <gtk-list gnome org>
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 08:09 PM
Subject: Re: About window decorations


>
> "Norman Black" <stonybrk ix netcom com> writes:
> >
> > I have had many window managers ignore the decoration settings I have
set.
> >
>
> That's really not your problem though, it's a bug in the WM. Using
> GTK_WINDOW_POPUP makes it broken for users who have a working WM, in
> order to fix it for users who have a broken WM.
>
> The only way to get things working all the time is for everyone to
> follow the specs and do the right thing, and wait for everyone else to
> fix their code.
>
> (e.g. cut-and-paste seems a bit hosed on X since some apps were
> broken, then other apps broke themselves to work with the broken apps,
> then the broken apps got fixed and no longer worked with the
> workaround apps, etc. and it's gone around in an infinite cycle for
> the last 15 years. Similarly for backspace/delete key behavior...)
>
> Of course if working around the WM is the right tradeoff for your app,
> feel free, but for the purposes of answering the question on a public
> list I'd say GTK_WINDOW_POPUP is wrong.
>
> Havoc