On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 13:57:43 +1200 Jochen Schroeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > > 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. > I now I get it, makes sense. I actually tried with several different > apps, but seems like all were changing their title, I just tried with an > application which didn't and it worked. Thanks for the explanation. OK > now I have to think of another way of doing what I want. well technically speaking e could then keep trying to match on title change events etc. and if after a title change the window then matches - it could then apply the remember stuff - but problems here are that the window will then jump/move and it could be bad if u accidentally set a remember and told it to use title, then u quit app, later app starts and doesn't change title till later after it has started eg while browsing web sites) and then suddenly the window jumps/moves/vanishes etc. so i chose not to try and do that. either match on intial show or dont match at all. -- ------------- 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
