On Wed, 2009-04-15 at 04:24 +0000, Richard Laager wrote:
> Ted, can you clarify the cases the 11_buddy_list_really_show patch is
> supposed to address? The documentation for _keep_above() indicates that
> applications generally aren't supposed to call it.
>
> Is this an attempt to work around the fact that calling
> gtk_window_present() when running recent-ish versions of metacity
> doesn't present the window if it's on another workspace (instead,
> causing it to pulse in the taskbar)?
Yes, exactly. And Compiz with many levels of focus stealing. It still
doesn't work at nearly 100%, much much lower. It does make the problem
better, but the patch is getting pretty extreme.
On Wed, 2009-04-15 at 04:24 +0000, Richard Laager wrote: list_really_ show patch is present( ) when running recent-ish versions of metacity
> Ted, can you clarify the cases the 11_buddy_
> supposed to address? The documentation for _keep_above() indicates that
> applications generally aren't supposed to call it.
>
> Is this an attempt to work around the fact that calling
> gtk_window_
> doesn't present the window if it's on another workspace (instead,
> causing it to pulse in the taskbar)?
Yes, exactly. And Compiz with many levels of focus stealing. It still
doesn't work at nearly 100%, much much lower. It does make the problem
better, but the patch is getting pretty extreme.