Re: FVWM: Windows for java apps Don't Obey Placement

From: Dominik Vogt <fvwm_at_fvwm.org>
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 18:36:04 +0200

On Fri, Aug 02, 2002 at 08:56:50AM -0700, Gordon Prieur wrote:
> I just looked at the Java bug report and they experimented with a
> fix for Java 1.4 and decided its a fvwm bug. The comment in the bug
> evaluation says that fvwm ignores gravity when handling
> ConfigureRequests. Perhaps one of the current fvwm developers could
> take a look at this and see if this is true and if it fixes the
> problem.

That's complete nonsense. Fvwm is the only window manager I know
of that *does* handle gravity in ConfigureRequest events.

> If its not the problem you might try contacting Sun about
> bug # 4401846. Perhaps the 2 sets of developers (fvwm and Java) can
> get this resolved together.

No comment ;-)

> >"Reuben D. Budiardja" <reubendb_at_innovativethought.com> writes:
> >
> >>Hi,
> >>I have a rather annoying problem when running java apps. The windows that
> >>are
> >>produced by java apps don't obey my manual placement. For some of the
> >>apps, it always goes right to the top left corner of my virtual window,
> >>hiding even
> >>the handles and menu in the handles, make me cannot grab it to move it.
> >>For some windows app, it just tends to go more to the top left.
> >>
> >
> >This is a Java problem.
> >
> >Java looks for a few different window managers, and if it doesn't
> >find them, it misbehaves. Fvwm is not on the list of window managers
> >that it looks for.
> >
> >We've contacted the Java developers, and its my understanding that
> >Java 1.4 should start working better.

Bye

Dominik ^_^ ^_^

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