Re: no WM decorations with fvwm2

[Jan Hudec <bulb ucw cz>]

On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 05:45:52 -0400, zentara wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 07:26:19 IDT
> Dov Grobgeld <dov grobgeld weizmann ac il> wrote:
>
> > The following almost works for me under fvwm2:
> >
> >    if (!$do_windowed) {
> >        $mw->realize;
> >        my(@geom) = $mw->window->get_geometry();
> >        $mw->window->set_override_redirect(1);
> >        $mw->window->move($win_pos_x-$geom[0], $win_pos_y-$geom[1]);
> >    }
> >
> > Unfortunately it still pops up at (0,0) on the screen. I.e. the move
> > command doesn't work.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Dov
>
> Thanks. Yes, Tk uses overrideredirect to do this.  I have found a way to
> work around it, by using 'popup', instead of 'toplevel'   The 'move' method 
> to work.  Is a 'popup' window going to work like a 'toplevel' in most cases?

Popup window does have override redirect. Thus it will have all the
problems of override redirect windows. It will not honour desktops, it
will not be possible to set it's stacking order and it will not be
possible to minimize it.

You should use the tools the way they are meant to. It's a fvwm problem,
don't fix it in application causing bigger problems. If I started the
application eg. in Ion, it'd do the wrongest possible thing -- and
this time it would be your problem.

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                                                 Jan 'Bulb' Hudec <bulb ucw cz>

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