Re: XFree86: Removing dummy root window on Rootless/Multiwindow mode
* Daniel Daboul [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003-02-26 15:31:50 +0200]: In case somebody ever takes steps to remove the root window, I want to suggest to keep it as an option. I like to de-iconify it to quickly hide all windows not on that display, including all window manager decorations. This is potentially useful to get a kind of presentation mode for applications that don't have a full-screen mode built in. One can even use xsetroot. I believe (and I could be wrong) that the idea is that the root window would not be removed completely, just changed from a taskbar tab to a system tray icon. Again, I could be totally off base there, and I don't want to put words in any of the devs' mouths. :) In the current version the root window also covers Windows' task bar. Does that make the task manager the only common tool to get it back to the iconified state? -- Daniel Alt-tab or Ctrl-Esc should also work (to make some of Windows' GUI components resurface). Also, hitting Alt-Space, then n, will minimize most windows. -- John# Buttery # Why do CS majors always confuse Christmas and Halloween? www.io.c# Because DEC(25)=OCT(31). om/~john# pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: XFree86: Removing dummy root window on Rootless/Multiwindow mode
On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 07:15:40PM -0500, Harold L Hunt II wrote: [...] There is, however, a dummy root window when you run with -multiwindow. Search the mailing list archives to my multiple responses on how easy/hard removing that dummy window may be. ed wrote: [...] My question is this: Is it possible to run Cygwin Xfree -rootless without having to have the dummy root window? If not, why not? In case somebody ever takes steps to remove the root window, I want to suggest to keep it as an option. I like to de-iconify it to quickly hide all windows not on that display, including all window manager decorations. This is potentially useful to get a kind of presentation mode for applications that don't have a full-screen mode built in. One can even use xsetroot. In the current version the root window also covers Windows' task bar. Does that make the task manager the only common tool to get it back to the iconified state? -- Daniel
XFree86: Removing dummy root window on Rootless/Multiwindow mode
To The Esteemed List: I've been using Cygwin ever since the release of the multiwindow test server. It's been excellent! Thanks for all the hard work, especially Kensuke Matsuzaki for putting it all together in the beginning. My question is this: Is it possible to run Cygwin Xfree -rootless without having to have the dummy root window? If not, why not?
