Re: FVWM: gkrellm and FVWM v2.5.8

From: Dominik Vogt <fvwm_at_fvwm.org>
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 17:15:14 +0100

On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 02:45:30PM +0000, Mikhael Goikhman wrote:
> On 07 Nov 2003 14:36:55 +0100, Dominik Vogt wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 01:10:43PM +0000, Mikhael Goikhman wrote:
> > > On 07 Nov 2003 10:28:16 +0100, Dominik Vogt wrote:
> > > >
> > > > That sounds somewhat familiar. I think you are right. So the
> > > > problem can be circumvented by either destroying the corresponding
> > > > fvwm function:
> > > >
> > > > DestroyFunc EWMHActivateWindowFunc
> > > >
> > > > (which affects all windows, not just gkrellm). Unfortunately, it
> > > > is not yet possible to disable certain features of the EWMH spec
> > > > for individual windows.
> > >
> > > Destroying this function would be undesirable for modern applications
> > > asking the window manager to activate (bring to the user attention) their
> > > windows.
> > >
> > > A better solution would be to introduce Grab command and add "Grab off"
> > > to EWMHActivateWindowFunc.
> >
> > Deja Vu? No, it wouldn't.
>
> I.e. you say fvwm should know better than the user what to do and
> disallow some legitimate functionality.

In this specific case yes. How can the user know what's right
here if not even the developers have a clue?

> I hope you have a better solution
> in mind for this kind of problems regarding fvwm functions.

Ciao

Dominik ^_^ ^_^
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