Re: perl gtk window always on top

[zentara <zentara1 sbcglobal net>]

On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 22:02:53 -0400
muppet <scott asofyet org> wrote:

> On Apr 27, 2007, at 7:40 AM, Bert Verhaeghe wrote:
>
> > is it possible to show a gtk dialog from within a perl script that is
> > above all other open windows (and especially a full screen rdesktop
> > session)?
>
> That will depend entirely on your window manager.
>
> set_keep_above() is just a hint. and, according to the docs, is not  
> supposed to be used for drawing attention to dialogs, but more for  
> things like making your music player stay visible over other  
> windows.  set_transient_for() is the traditional way to get a window  
> to stay atop another window, but that's usually only within your app.
>
> If the window is full-screen, the window manager may consider it to  
> "own" the screen and disallow any other window taking it over in the  
> z order.
>
>
> Have you considered an audible notification instead of a visual one?

There is 
 http://www.gnomepro.com/tsclient/ 
which looks promising.
A Gnome front-end for rdesktop which promises geometry and depth control.


zentara

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