Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!sgi!shinobu!odin!pkr From: pkr@sgi.com (Phil Ronzone) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi Subject: Re: SGI's migration to X Message-ID: <1990Sep5.180707.24105@odin.corp.sgi.com> Date: 5 Sep 90 18:07:07 GMT References: <1990Sep4.175023.20768@relay.wpd.sgi.com> Sender: news@odin.corp.sgi.com (Net News) Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA Lines: 22 In article <1990Sep4.175023.20768@relay.wpd.sgi.com> mikey@sgi.com writes: >|> "you have to set the "override_redirect" thingy to True somewhere." > >This works, but is not the solution. Setting the override_redirect >attribute for a window is well-documented, and says that the window >manager should not get involved. When this happens, of course your >window is placed where you wanted it. But then, you can't do things >like iconify it or move it. >... >You don't need a Ph.D. Sometimes, you just have to read the manual. No, the original complaint was valid. It IS poorly documented. It took me a while to find out about this, and "override_redirect" is a very poorly explained thiny at that. -- <----------------------------------------------------------------------------> Philip K. Ronzone S e c u r e U N I X pkr@sgi.com Silicon Graphics, Inc. MS 9U-500 work (415) 335-1511 2011 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View, CA 94039 fax (415) 969-2314