On Tuesday 20 September 2005 09:29 pm, Brandin Creech wrote: > > > > Do you mean the "Show window contents when moving" or similar setting > > that most window managers have? I've never had this setting effect > > running programs on a KDE desktop whether switched on or off. > > Exactly. The "show window contents when moving" is the same thing; some WMs > call this same thing "opaque move." Therefore, the opposite setting would > probably best be called "transparent move." When setting "transparent > move," most (or maybe all) WMs will freeze other applications during the > move operation. Kwin, Windowmaker, IceWM, are specific ones that I've > tried. All applications are frozen. It is best seen if you have a movie > playing in one window, and then you try to move/resize that window or > another window. The movie stops playing while you are doing the > "transparent move." > > > > Xine will freeze while moving windows in outline mode in KDE for me (and XFCE). Last night I had tried this with a .wav file playing and it worked fine.
I'm thinking this problem only applies to movie players. I can move windows around while compiling software on an xterm for instance, and it neither freezes nor pauses. Still, it's kind of buggy behavior that I didn't know existed, and I can't really offer suggestions. I have tried the transparency stuff that Nick talked about and it works. But as far as I know there are few if any wm's that offer this other than Kwin - and it takes a big install (KDE desktop) to get it. Regards, Craig -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
