Re: Still need a hint for undecorated windows

[Rob Adams <readams readams net>]

Adam Jackson wrote:

> Here's an example of a window type that wants to be undecorated that no one 
> else has considered yet, and which was my motivation for bringing this up in 
> the first place.  OpenGL Multipipe is a toolkit for scaling GL applications 
> to large displays.  Since you may not have a 16-screen display handy while 
> you're developing, it includes a simulation mode, where multiple 
> non-fullscreen undecorated windows on one screen are tiled together to 
> approximate the system you're going to deploy on.
>
> These windows want to behave exactly like top-layer, full-screen windows.  And 
> the desired semantics are almost exactly what you'd get with TYPE_NORMAL 
> minus the decorations: place the window exactly where it asks, normal focus 
> and stacking policy, only visible on the current virtual desktop, hide it 
> when you hit Show Desktop, etc.  And I think (IANA toolkit guy, or even an 
> app guy) that's pretty close to what xmms wants too.
>  
Wouldn't that be better implemented as a single subdivided window?