On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 12:20 PM, Shachar Shemesh <shac...@shemesh.biz>wrote:
> Erez D wrote: > > > > On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 5:05 PM, Shachar Shemesh <shac...@shemesh.biz>wrote: > >> Erez D wrote: >> >> >>> when i write a program, i expect to get the same behaviour which >> doesn't depend on the WM. >> however: Traditional window managers reparent the window, and add the >> titlebar to the parent. >> compize on the other hand doesn't reparent the window, so the behaviour is >> different. >> >> Yes, but that's avoiding Nadav's question, which was - why is this >> something for the program to do? >> >> i have two displays i want one to be a copy of the other, so when i > move a window on one display, i want it to move to the same position in the > other. > > Then it seems to me that you are trying to move the wrong window. Why not > run XMoveWindow not on the window you opened, but walk up the parents until > you reach the window whose parent is root, and move that one? > if i put the parent at x,y -> it will place it at x,y. but that not what i want. if i put my original toplevel at x,y -> i would expect it to be placed at x,y. but no, it places it's parent at x,y, which means it is placed in an offset. the bottom line: it doesn't matter if i put my window at x,y or it's parent (that belongs to the WM) at x,y -> i get the same result. which is not the result i want. btw. if i use compiz - it doesn't have a parent. anyway, an app doesn't need to play it differently if it have or doesn't have a WM, or to be dependant on which WM it has. > > i woudld expext the folowing line: >> XTranslateCoordinates(...,win,root,0,0, &x, &y, ...) ; >> XMoveWIndow(win,x,y) >> to do nothing. >> >> Then you would be wrong. The "x, y" are supposed to be relative to the >> coordinate system in which the window reside. Even without the window >> manager override, the above command would not work with reparented windows. >> >> yes it will. > > Emmmm. No it won't? > > The x,y for a reparented window are relative to its parent. If you treat > them as relative to the root window, your XMoveWindow will, almost always, > move your window way too much to the right and down. > > And please, if you think differently, say why. > because it tested it (with my code). > > > >> > why are you so angry ? > > I'm sorry if you got that impression. You come with the inside of the > problem which seems unsolvable, instead of explaining what you are actually > trying to do, which can be solved by different means. It can get frustrating > to try and help. > > ok, thanks anyway. erez. > > Shachar > > -- > Shachar Shemesh > Lingnu Open Source Consulting Ltd.http://www.lingnu.com > >
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