Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 13:37:28 +0000 From: lemon <lemon@aldigital.co.uk> To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: windows wander Message-ID: <3FC35B18.7020704@aldigital.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <E1A3UOa-000A2W-63@ran.psg.com> References: <E1A3Lg5-000BwW-61@ran.psg.com> <1064695326.71020.8.camel@jake> <E1A3Nj4-000EHp-8l@ran.psg.com> <E1A3OSM-0000A4-0P@ran.psg.com> <1064708263.1134.4.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <1064716398.93823.29.camel@hood.oook.cz> <E1A3UOa-000A2W-63@ran.psg.com>
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Randy Bush wrote (some time ago): >>I had this issue of windows moving around when you click on the workspace >>pager *with Sawfish running* today too. It made Sawfish with virtual >>desktops absolutely unusable. I haven't investigated it much and reverted >>back to Metacity. The move of the window depended on where you clicked in >>the pager. When you clicked to the top left corner of the workspace on >>pager, the windows were almost ok. The more down and right you click, the >>windows are more displaced. > > > you're right, it's just clicking in the pager, using fn keys to get > between workspaces is non-damaging. whew! thanks for hint. > (i've already mailed randy about this, but thought i'd resend here too). this bug is discussed at <http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122086>; <http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122205>; the pager/libwnck maintainer has submitted a comprehensive patch in the first [0], and there's a suggestion for quick hack in the second. i can confirm the second works. my patch was: $ diff work/libwnck-2.4.0.1/libwnck/pager.c work-/libwnck-2.4.0.1/libwnck/pager.c 1157a1158 > #ifdef WANDER_FIX 1159a1161 > #endif /* WANDER_FIX */ ie: don't let wnck_pager_button_release run wnck_screen_move_viewport regards, l. [not sub'd to this list, please CC] [0] <http://bugzilla.gnome.org/showattachment.cgi?attach_id=21124>;
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