Re: running a Gtk app without the window manager

[ritz <khadgaray gmail com>]

Hello

On Fri, 2008-02-22 at 17:07 -0500, Andres Gonzalez wrote:
> Is it possible to run a Gtk application without the window manager
> running?
Yes.

> 
> The reason I am asking, is that I am having all sorts of problems with
> the window manager not sending the configure event when I
> programmatically change the window size. I have set the min/max hints
> but still have situations where the window manager just does not
> generate the configure event.
file a bug-report against the wm in question.

> 
> What I want to do it run this video application in a
> Splash-screen-like mode. That is, it is a video application that I
> want to display on the complete screen real estate. All of the
> application control is done via the network (it does not need to
> handle mouse events or move windows around) and this box is only
> running this application. Consequently, I do not think I need the
> window manager even running.
> 
> Any help on how to do this would be appreciated--thanks...
> 
> -Andres
> 
> 
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