Re: moving a window to all desktops

[Matthias Clasen <maclas gmx de>]

Am Di, den 24.02.2004 schrieb Lubos Lunak um 16:43:
> On Tuesday 24 of February 2004 16:26, Matthias Clasen wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 24 of February 2004 15:54, Matthias Clasen wrote:
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > reading of the EWMH again after some time,  I notice that we document
> > > > #xFFFFFFFF as special
> > > > value of _NET_WM_DESKTOP to indicate "on all desktops", but this value
> > >
> > > is
> > >
> > > > not documented as
> > > > possible value in the _NET_CURRENT_DESKTOP client message. Should it ?
> > >
> > >  No, I'm afraid making all desktops current would cause some trouble :).
> > >
> > >  In case you actually didn't want to say _NET_CURRENT_DESKTOP but
> > > _NET_WM_DESKTOP, then it already says that in my reading (but if you
> > > really
> > > think it needs to be said explicitly, I don't mind).
> >
> > No, as I said, it is specified for _NET_WM_DESKTOP, which means that it is
> > possible to
> > map a window and have it appear on all desktops. But it is not possible to
> > map it initially
> > on desk 1, say, and then make it appear on all desktops (well, you could
> > withdraw and
> > map again), since _NET_WM_CURRENT_DESKTOP only allows to move to an
> > individual desktop,
> > not to the special value #FFFFFFFF.
> >
> > Does this make my question clearer ?
> 
>  It was clear to me, despite your mistaking _NET_CURRENT_DESKTOP and 
> _NET_WM_DESKTOP once.

Sorry, I was confused. Everything is ok if you read it while fully
awake. 

Matthias