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From: janssen@titan.sw.mcc.com (Bill Janssen)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: mystery window unseen by twm
Message-ID: <2405@titan.sw.mcc.com>
Date: 28 May 89 04:04:05 GMT
References: <1449@bacchus.dec.com> <1284@imelda.Solbourne.COM>
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In-reply-to: toml@Solbourne.COM (Tom LaStrange)

In article <1284@imelda.Solbourne.COM>, toml@Solbourne (Tom LaStrange) writes:
>...  The next (X11R4) version of
>twm will by default, reparent transient windows.

Is this really a good idea?  I had thought that transient windows were for
use by things like pop-up menus and confirmer panels, which typically would
not be managed by the window manager.

Bill