Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ogicse!ucsd!hub.ucsb.edu!tom From: tom@bears.ucsb.edu (Tom Weinstein) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: virtual roots Message-ID: <7781@hub.ucsb.edu> Date: 11 Dec 90 00:28:07 GMT References: Sender: news@hub.ucsb.edu Reply-To: tom@bears.ucsb.edu Distribution: comp Organization: Silicon Graphics Inc. Lines: 18 In-reply-to: jsparkes@bwdls49.bnr.ca's message of 10 Dec 90 15:05:06 GMT In article , jsparkes@bwdls49.bnr.ca (Jeff Sparkes) writes: > I think the time has come to standardize this, and get it put into Xlib > so everything works again. We need a standard property name (how about > VIRTUAL_ROOT?) that the window manager sets as appropriate. The > RootWindow macro can be replaced with a function similar to the one that > Andreas Stolcke posted. I suspect that a more efficient way could be done > with property change events and a little addition to XNextEvent. Why bother doing this? It would be so much simpler to just extend the Protocol slightly to allow resizing and moving the root window. Yes, it may be a bit ugly, but it's better than another special case programs have to look for. I can't see any major problems with it, but I haven't really thought about it much. So, am I wrong, or what? -- He is Bob...eager for fun. | Tom Weinstein tom@bears.ucsb.edu He wears a smile... Everybody run! | tweinst@polyslo.calpoly.edu