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| From | Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy |
| Subject | Re: window grouping updates |
| Date | 2017-03-24 11:55 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <D4FAB99F.97292%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> (permalink) |
| References | (2 earlier) <ac93.g9pl2@rooftop.invalid> <D4F8C803.96E2B%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> <ahjci03.ub83@rooftop.invalid> <_IednUJegPx5okjFnZ2dnUU7-emdnZ2d@giganews.com> <x990b.3hgua3@rooftop.invalid> |
On 3/24/17, 11:40 AM, in article x990b.3hgua3@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
<owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
> Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> wrote:
>> On 2017-03-24, owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
>>> Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>>>> On 3/23/17, 12:21 AM, in article ac93.g9pl2@rooftop.invalid, "owl"
>>>> <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote:
>>>>
>>> ...
>>>>> It uses a tempfile in /tmp and cleans up after itself. Hitting the "Stop"
>>>>> button exits cleanly, but if you just close the window instead, there will
>>>>> probably be a "linkem" process hanging around that you'll need to kill,
>>>>> as well as a /tmp/windowlist0xNNNNNNN text file. This linkem process
>>>>> will also keep the windows stuck together as a group until it is killed.
>>>>
>>>> You mean the tool you made based on a whim of mine is not perfect. You
>>>> suck!
>>>>
>>>
>>> I found out that you can capture the "X" with the following and run the
>>> "stop" function to clean up, so now no leftover processes or files if the
>>> window is closed:
>>>
>>> wm protocol . WM_DELETE_WINDOW {
>>> stop
>>> }
>>>
>>> I've also noticed that the window position relative to the leader window
>>> is offset, and I think that offset is the "Relative upper-left X" and
>>> "Relative upper-left Y" properties. I'll look into adjusting for that.
>>
>> I've played with xmessage and it was offset by the upper left as well.
>> Very likely you're correct.
>>
>
> OK, that that solves those two problems. Now there are two more
> things I want to do.
>
> 1) Make leader window stay above others.
>
> Problem:
> leader currently does not raise on either windowraise or
> click events.
>
> 2) When raising other windows, keep manually chosen stack order.
>
> Problem:
> The way I populate the followerids array is sort|uniq the windowlist
> (to get around accidental clicks on windows that are already part
> of the group, when adding windows) and that causes the windowraise
> function to raise them based on the sorted order of the windowids,
> which have nothing to do with the desired manual stack order.
With the second problem seems you should be able to change the order of the
array... based on whatever method you are using to determine the "desired"
manual stack order (assuming you can read the z-index or whatever of each
window).
If you ever want a beta tester I would love to be one. :)
--
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