Re: Still need a hint for undecorated windows

[Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) <raster rasterman com>]

On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 11:03:57 +0100 Bill Haneman <Bill Haneman Sun COM> babbled:

> I usually just lurk on this list, but I have to disagree with the " we
> don't need it" school.
> 
> I think that "please don't decorate me" is a perfectly sane request
> (it's a hint, after all). If we don't have a hint like that, apps will
> have to abuse DOCK or override-redirect to get what they want, and we
> all know those two approaches have their own side-effects (worse, IMO,
> than allowing apps to request no-decoration).

indeed. it's common enough to ask for no decoration. there are many ways to get
there. but having a well defined simple way to do it is good. mwm hints seem to
work well - if the wm uses them as an EXPLICIT decorate me or not hint and lets
that override window type

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