Re: [PATCH] Environment variable to specify X11 window for desktop

2008-02-19 Thread Timothy Lee
Dear Roderick, Roderick Colenbrander wrote: > I'm just bumping into this discussion. From what I read the reason you need > such functionality is for a mozilla powerpoint plugin. Have you figured out > how this embedding is done on Windows? I don't know much about it but I think > embedding wor

Re: [PATCH] Environment variable to specify X11 window for desktop

2008-02-18 Thread Dmitry Timoshkov
"Steven Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As detlef pointed out about the screensavers, there does seem to be a > few valid cases for this. Maybe support for embedding could be put > inside of the existing explorer? I'd like to add support for Windows > screensavers. A while back I submitted a

Re: [PATCH] Environment variable to specify X11 window for desktop

2008-02-18 Thread Roderick Colenbrander
Hi, I'm just bumping into this discussion. From what I read the reason you need such functionality is for a mozilla powerpoint plugin. Have you figured out how this embedding is done on Windows? I don't know much about it but I think embedding works using COM and perhaps almost the same as e.g.

Re: [PATCH] Environment variable to specify X11 window for desktop

2008-02-18 Thread Steven Edwards
On 2/17/08, Dmitry Timoshkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Timothy Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> That kind of hack has nothing to do with Wine desktop window if what it > >> targets is just an application window. > > Um. How about if the scope of the patch is repharsed as "embedding the >

Re: [PATCH] Environment variable to specify X11 window for desktop

2008-02-18 Thread Timothy Lee
Dmitry Timoshkov wrote: > "Timothy Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> That kind of hack has nothing to do with Wine desktop window if what it >>> targets is just an application window. >> Um. How about if the scope of the patch is repharsed as "embedding >> the Wine desktop inside an X11 windo

Re: [PATCH] Environment variable to specify X11 window for desktop

2008-02-18 Thread Timothy Lee
Dear Dmitry, Dmitry Timoshkov wrote: > "Timothy Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm struggling to imagine a case where the behaviour you've > implemented is useful. I'm actually using this code as the basis of a PowerPoint plugin under Linux. >>> I little bit more information

Re: [PATCH] Environment variable to specify X11 window for desktop

2008-02-18 Thread Timothy Lee
Dear Dmitry, Dmitry Timoshkov wrote: >>> I'm struggling to imagine a case where the behaviour you've >>> implemented is useful. >> I'm actually using this code as the basis of a PowerPoint plugin >> under Linux. > I little bit more information won't hurt. For instance why your plugin > needs to

Re: [PATCH] Environment variable to specify X11 window for desktop

2008-02-17 Thread Dmitry Timoshkov
"Timothy Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> That kind of hack has nothing to do with Wine desktop window if what it >> targets is just an application window. > Um. How about if the scope of the patch is repharsed as "embedding the > Wine desktop inside an X11 window"? Perhaps the most easy way

Re: [PATCH] Environment variable to specify X11 window for desktop

2008-02-17 Thread Dmitry Timoshkov
"Timothy Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm struggling to imagine a case where the behaviour you've implemented is useful. >>> I'm actually using this code as the basis of a PowerPoint plugin >>> under Linux. >> I little bit more information won't hurt. For instance why your plugin >>

Re: [PATCH] Environment variable to specify X11 window for desktop

2008-02-17 Thread Detlef Riekenberg
On Fr, 2008-02-15 at 15:46 +, Robert Shearman wrote: > Timothy Lee wrote: > > The attached patch allows the WINE desktop to be embedded within an > > existing X11 window, and is similar to the windowed mode in WINE. > I'm struggling to imagine a case where the behaviour you've implemented >

Re: [PATCH] Environment variable to specify X11 window for desktop

2008-02-16 Thread Dmitry Timoshkov
"Timothy Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'm struggling to imagine a case where the behaviour you've >> implemented is useful. >> > I'm actually using this code as the basis of a PowerPoint plugin under > Linux. I little bit more information won't hurt. For instance why your plugin needs to

Re: [PATCH] Environment variable to specify X11 window for desktop

2008-02-16 Thread Timothy Lee
Robert Shearman wrote: > Timothy Lee wrote: >> The attached patch allows the WINE desktop to be embedded within an >> existing X11 window, and is similar to the windowed mode in WINE. >> >> I've tested this feature using MS PowerPoint Viewer 2007, so that a >> fullscreen slideshow can be fitted i

Re: [PATCH] Environment variable to specify X11 window for desktop

2008-02-15 Thread Steven Edwards
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Robert Shearman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Timothy Lee wrote: > > The attached patch allows the WINE desktop to be embedded within an > > existing X11 window, and is similar to the windowed mode in WINE. > > > > I've tested this feature using MS PowerPoint Vi

Re: [PATCH] Environment variable to specify X11 window for desktop

2008-02-15 Thread Robert Shearman
Timothy Lee wrote: > The attached patch allows the WINE desktop to be embedded within an > existing X11 window, and is similar to the windowed mode in WINE. > > I've tested this feature using MS PowerPoint Viewer 2007, so that a > fullscreen slideshow can be fitted inside any X11 window. I'm str

Re: [PATCH] Environment variable to specify X11 window for desktop

2008-02-13 Thread Lei Zhang
On Feb 12, 2008 5:13 PM, Timothy Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear all, > > The attached patch allows the WINE desktop to be embedded within an > existing X11 window, and is similar to the windowed mode in WINE. > > I've tested this feature using MS PowerPoint Viewer 2007, so that a > fullscree

[PATCH] Environment variable to specify X11 window for desktop

2008-02-13 Thread Timothy Lee
Dear all, The attached patch allows the WINE desktop to be embedded within an existing X11 window, and is similar to the windowed mode in WINE. I've tested this feature using MS PowerPoint Viewer 2007, so that a fullscreen slideshow can be fitted inside any X11 window. Regards, Timothy Lee