Re: [PATCH] supportig ->set_uposition

[Thierry Vignaud <tvignaud mandrakesoft com>]

"muppet" <scott asofyet org> writes:

> > > this patch had support for gtk_widget_set_uposition().
> > > i do know it's deprecated but we need it for the drakx
> > > installer. unlike some other deprecated api, there's no
> > > replacement for setting position other than centered.
> >
> > the workaround is to realize and then move the window.
>
> the changes from 1.2 to 2.0 document says
> "gtk_widget_set_uposition() is deprecated; use gtk_window_move(),
> gtk_fixed_put(), or gtk_layout_put() instead."

moving the code to realize callback is not a big work to do, thanks.

> gtk_window_move is new since gtk-2.0.x
> http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gtk/GtkWindow.html#gtk-window-move
>
> this came up a while back in a discussion about how to restore saved
> window positions[1], and isn't specific to gtk2-perl... .  the
> problem is that window managers can ignore the initial request, and
> i've had them ignore the uposition request rather insistently.  if
> you are in control of the window manager (or, in the case of the
> installer, you aren't using a window manager?)  then you should be
> assured that you can get this to work.

we use aewm-drakx (a stripped down[1] version of aewm with keyboard focus
added), so yes, we control it :-)


[1] the already small aewm, gives a tiny WM (source < 4Kl, binary <
    8KB) when stripped down of nearly everything.