Re: issues for future version

["Matthias Clasen" <matthiasc poet de>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Philipp Lohmann" <Philipp Lohmann sun com>
To: <wm-spec-list gnome org>
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 11:21 AM
Subject: Re: issues for future version


> Am 30.08.01, 18:55:10, schrieb Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com> zum Thema
> Re: issues for future version:
>
>
> > Sasha_Vasko osca state mo us writes:
> > > TOPMOST_LAYER or BOTTOMMOST_LAYER, but instead something like
> > > KEEP_HIGH_PROFILE/KEEP_LOW_PROFILE.
> > >
> > > Again I'm not a strong supporter of that stuff, just merely trying to
> > > accomodate other's opinions, so I won't fight for that feature.
>
> > I've don't remember the use-case for these hints. What sort of app
> > should use them?
>
> This would e.g. be useful when you have dialogues that apply for multiple
> documents (e.g. the status window of an Input Method). This would be a
> little like transient but for multiple windows. But it is not really the
> same: I'd like to have the possibility to advise the window manager like
> "this is a window that should not be hidden by my other windows" which
> would be specific to a window group and should not interfere with another
> window group. But perhaps there are applications that want a window in
> front of ALL other windows.

Isn't this exactly what the "enhanced support for application transient
windows"
talks about in the "Implementation notes" section of the current spec ?

Matthias