On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 08:54:30 +1200 Jochen Schroeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> Paul Stejskal wrote: > > Jochen Schroeder wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I want to remember some windows by title, which does not work. Using > >> xprop WM_NAME shows the right title (the string displayed in the > >> title bar), however the e windows properties dialog only shows the > >> title field empty. Matching icons by manually setting the title does > >> not work either. Any hints? > >> > >> Cheers > >> Jochen > >> > >> > > Under advanced, remember it by everything (Transience, etc.) under > > that section. > > Paul > > > First, that is not really what I want to do. Second it does not work > either. Well for more information what I want to do is open a specific > file in gvim and have it always appear on one virtual desktop. The best > way of doing this would be using the title, as that is where the edited > file is being shown in gvim. However this does not work. I think I had > it working for other programs before so I'm starting to think it might > be a bug introduced in the recent changes. no - title in this case is probably not going to work. here is why. gvim starts. it creates a window. it asks to show it. now it loads the file. it now CHANGES the title. there is a RACE condition. e may get to managing the window before or after the title has been changed - remember that x is asynchronous - the title may happen before or after e deals with the map request. order of operation is only guaranteed within 1 x11 connection. if titles are being changed then matching using a title is a mater of sheer luck - at the time a window appears, is the title then set to what it is meant to match to. if it ALWAYS is (app sets title before issuing a map request) ten it will work - always. if it does the title change later - it might works sometimes, and other times not. -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 裸好多 Tokyo, Japan (東京 日本) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
