On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 11:49:35AM +0000, David Tweed wrote: > Hi, I'm wondering if anyone who knows about X knows so simple way to get info > about what a given client is requesting. This is in connection with a very > minor > irritation with using xine on dwm. > > Situation is that the media app xine has, when using a TV card, a mode where > you can move up or down a list of channels (using scroll wheel or arrow keys) > to find a channel before selecting it. It looks like _each_ move of the scroll > wheel/arrow key causes both all the other clients and their titles to be > redrawn (from the > fact that certain slow redraw clients and all the titles visibly flicker; > note that whilst they > redraw they redraw into exactly the same layout). I'm quite open to > the possibility that xine is sending some stupid messages that it shouldn't, > but I'd like to check. (This is on dwm from 1.2 to 1.5 using my multiple > clients patch, > but as far as I can see it only changes where on the screen things are drawn > and not the > triggers causing a redraw.)
Yes, xine sends configurerequests (event.c:configurerequest()) to the window manager, if the window is tiled (I recommend you to force it floating due to a rule), this will result in an arrange() call, which causes the redraws, even if nothing changes from a layout POV, however arrange() resizes and redraws all clients. Regards, -- Anselm R. Garbe ><>< www.ebrag.de ><>< GPG key: 0D73F361
