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From: toml@Solbourne.COM (Tom LaStrange)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: mystery window unseen by twm
Message-ID: <1294@imelda.Solbourne.COM>
Date: 30 May 89 14:10:19 GMT
References: <2405@titan.sw.mcc.com>
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Organization: Solbourne Computer Inc., Longmont, Co.
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From article <2405@titan.sw.mcc.com>, by janssen@titan.sw.mcc.com (Bill Janssen):
> 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.
> 

I think it probably is.  Transient windows should be used while other 
windows are still allowed to be active, i.e. the pointer is not grabbed.
If other windows are allowed to be active, you may want to move/raise/lower
the transient to get at them.  If twm does not reparent a window, it
can't perform window manager functions on it.  If other windows 
should be prevented from getting input, use override-redirect and
the window manager will never see them.

--
Tom LaStrange

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