Re: proposed addition to EWMH: _NET_WM_NORMAL_GEOMETRY
"Mark Tiefenbruck" <[email protected]>
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> Nor do I see how adding a property that all WMs need to code around is > less disruptive than an XMoveResize that lets them know the correct > geometry without having to change anything at all. I'm talking about disruptive for the user, not disruptive for the programmer. The users are my priority here. > And if a window can't handle being resized.. that's kind of funny. Are > your users switching/restarting their WM multiple times a second? Consider this example. You're watching a movie with a fullscreen MPlayer. Your system receives a critical update to your window manager, and it needs to restart. Which should happen: a) MPlayer stays fullscreen and your window manager generally lets you focus on the movie, or b) MPlayer resizes, you see a bunch of windows getting reparented, and then MPlayer returns to fullscreen? Mark