Re: Initial window placement

[Philipp Lohmann <Philipp Lohmann Sun COM>]

Am 16.08.01, 21:15:36, schrieb Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com> zum Thema 
Re: Initial window placement:

> > So the least i would like to have to implement this is information about
> > the real frame geometry. It would be even better if i could place the
> > dialogue out of the way in the beginning.

> I don't have any objection to a hint set by the WM on the client
> window containing the current bounding box of the frame. It's
> occasionally useful to have, while not really allowing clients to try
> to do window management.

Ok. Should the WM do this automatically or should the client ask for this 
? In the latter case the WM could save some resources on most windows.

Regards, Philipp