Yes this environment variable is set by gnome-session. In fact, this Cairo-Dock session is like the former Gnome Panel session but with another panel. So I guess we can see it as a Gnome Fallback session where XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=GNOME and DESKTOP_SESSION is not set to gnome (but gnome-fallback or something like that).
This is why I think the question should be: do we have to re-enable the traditional titlebar on Gnome Fallback sessions too? Currently, when using Compiz on a Gnome session, it's not possible to easily resize the window (except with Alt+middle click) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1274740 Title: Re-enable traditional titlebar on 'gnome-but-not-shell' sessions too To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1274740/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs