Re: Autoplacement hint

[Mike McCormack <mike codeweavers com>]

You mean using USPosition and USSize? The following text from the ICCCM?

"To indicate that the size and position of the window (when a transition 
from the Withdrawn state occurs) was specified by the user, the client 
should set the USPosition and USSize flags, which allow a window manager 
to know that the user specifically asked where the window should be 
placed or how the window should be sized and that further interaction is 
superfluous. To indicate that it was specified by the client without any 
user involvement, the client should set PPosition and PSize ."

I'm using sawfish, and if I add USPosition | USSize to 
WM_SIZE_HINTS.flags, I still get autoplacement.  Should this be 
considered a bug in sawfish?

Perhaps we could add a clarification that the WM should use USPosition 
and USSize to position the window if they are specified and not attempt 
to autoplace?

Mike


Rob Adams wrote:
> Most window managers will honor an application's request to put the
> window at a specific location, which is specified through hints not in
> the EWMH, but rather in the original ICCCM on which the EWMH is based.