I am aware of this bug but haven't found a way out of it. The alternative is worse. The code that changes the ws when it moves is there but it doesn't seem to stick. It is a bit of a mystery to be honest. Feel free to log this into flyspray so that we don't lose track of it.
On Thu, Nov 04, 2010 at 11:16:00AM +0100, Andrea Bolognani wrote: > On Thu, Nov 04, 2010 at 10:24:26AM +0100, Hannes Schueller wrote: > > > This happens with GTK applications. Could be the same with other > > 'graphical' (i.e. X-based) programs, but I have no way of checking. > > Steps to reproduce: > > > > - open an application on tag 1 > > - send the applicaton to another tag > > - have the application open a dialogue window (e.g. file open dialogue) > > - the dialogue window appears on tag 1 instead of the current one > > > > It is not a problem of an individual application, I tested it with > > many different ones. > > I???ve seen this behaviour in all versions of scrotwm, too. > > The reason why this happens is that, when an application is spawned inside > scrotwm, the libswmhack library that is LD_PRELOADed intercepts the call to > XCreateWindow, reads the _SWM_WS environment variable, and stores that value > in a window property; that window property is then used by scrotwm to decide > which workspace the window belongs to. > > The fact is, the _SWM_WS environment variable doesn???t change over the > lifetime > of a window: if you spawn a terminal on workspace 1, the terminal environment > contains _SWM_WS=0, and that environment is inherited by any program spawned > from within that terminal; moving the terminal to, say, workspace 5 doesn???t > alter the value of the _SWM_WS environment variable, so any program spawned > from that terminal will always be associated to workspace 1. > > To test this out, you can spawn a terminal in workspace 1 and the execute > > $ _SWM_WS=5 someprogram > > you???ll see that someprogram is spawned on workspace 4. > > I???m personally not sure how useful libswmhack is, and not LD_PRELOADing it > fixes this bug, but may cause other problems. > > I???ve CCed Marco to see what he thinks of it. > > Cheers. > > -- > Andrea Bolognani <[email protected]> > Resistance is futile, you will be garbage collected. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
