From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 25 12:16:54 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1CD237B401 for ; Mon, 25 Nov 2002 12:16:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from groggy.anc.acsalaska.net (groggy.anc.acsalaska.net [208.151.119.232]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9165643EA9 for ; Mon, 25 Nov 2002 12:15:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from abc@anchorageinternet.org) Received: from en26.groggy.anc.acsalaska.net (root@printer [192.168.0.26]) by groggy.anc.acsalaska.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gAPKECih058019 for ; Mon, 25 Nov 2002 11:14:12 -0900 (AKST) (envelope-from abc@anchorageinternet.org) Received: (from abc@localhost) by en26.groggy.anc.acsalaska.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) id gAPKDhnM029584 for "freebsd-questions" ; Mon, 25 Nov 2002 20:13:43 GMT (envelope-from abc@anchorageinternet.org) Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 20:13:43 GMT From: abc@anchorageinternet.org Message-Id: <200211252013.gAPKDhnM029584@en26.groggy.anc.acsalaska.net> X-Authentication-Warning: en26.groggy.anc.acsalaska.net: abc set sender to abc@anchorageinternet.org using -f Subject: virtual window managers X-Mailer: Umail v2.3 To: "freebsd-questions" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG i would like to know if there exists any fix for my problem here: problem: apps like XV and MPEG_PLAY refused to open dialogs/windows in any "virtual window" other than the one containing the "origin" in window managers that support them (VTWM in my case). this really sucks, since one is forced to always remain in the "virtual window #1" when using these apps (there's probably more) or any apps that call on these apps - which destroys the whole purpose of having a virtual window type window manager. from what i understand, it's due to incorrect function calls by these apps, and this appears to be a long standing problem, since it is documented in 6+ year old documentation. i guess i am wondering why this stuff has never been fixed by the authors of these apps, or anyone else - or if their is a solution i am unaware of ... thank you. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message