Re: FVWM: FvwmPager goes crazy?

From: Dan Espen <dane_at_mk.telcordia.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 19:36:54 -0500

dominik.vogt_at_gmx.de writes:
> On Sun, Feb 23, 2003 at 04:49:06PM -0500, Dan Espen wrote:
> > Gert Brinkmann <g111_at_netcologne.de> writes:
> > > Dan Espen wrote:
> > >
> > > >>- Mozilla refreshes its windows even if page 0 is not touched by the
> > > >>screen. It would be enough to refresh the _visible_ windows only.
> > > >
> > > > This I don't see. On a 3x3 desktop, I have mozilla on one
> > > > page. It slows down a little there, but not terribly.
> > > > I've got 1.2b.
> > >
> > > Well, certainly i am not sure if it is really refreshing, because i
> > > cannot see it when not currently shown on the screen. But this is the
> > > only explanation i have why the pagers becomes so very slow. (When
> > > moving around the mouse pointer a lot (perhaps 3 full cicles over all
> > > outer pages) it takes about 3 or 5 seconds until the pager has finished
> > > the screen-moving. In the meantime you can watch the screen moving
> > > slowly on the former mouse-move-path.
> > >
> > > here: on a 3x3 desktop, mozilla 1.3b (did you mean this, or 1.2.1?)
> >
> > When I click on help->about, it says 1.2b.
> >
> > But, the problem isn't Mozilla, or FvwmPager.
> >
> > When fvwm executes a Scroll command, (which is what the pager
> > generates), it's sending ConfigureNotify to windows that aren't
> > visible. (When the window becomes actually visible it gets
> > VisibilityNotify and Expose.)
> >
> > I don't think it should be doing the ConfigureNotify.
>
> It's required by the ICCCM :-/

I don't understand. The window is completely out of sight.
Yet fvwm is sending it ConfigureNotify.

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