Re: panel, metacity, etc

[Sean Middleditch <elanthis awesomeplay com>]

On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 01:13, Ben FrantzDale wrote:
> There hasn't been a response to this in a few days...
> 
> I'm not sure what the answers are but I'm sure someone on this list
> does.
> 
> On Mon, 2003-02-17 at 07:05, Moses McKnight wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have a couple of questions.
> > 
> > First, is there a way to configure metacity to remember window sizes and 
> > positions like sawfish does?
> 
> I've heard of complaints about this too. I'm thinking it may have been
> debated before. Does anyone know if it has and if so when and where?

No - the decision is that it's not Metacity's job.  If the app supports
Session Management, it should do it on its own.

There is an add on - "Devil's Pie" or somesuch, that adds this feature
for those who'd rather use broken apps with a hacked up WM...

> 
> 
> --Ben
> 
> > Second, this may be a problem with sawfish - I don't know.  I have a lower panel 
> > that's set to auto-hide, but if I try to raise it when a window is up and 
> > maximized I have to bring the mouse down, back up, and then back down for the 
> > panel to raise.  It almost looks like the panel actually raises the first time 
> > but is behind the window that's up.  This doesn't seem to happen with metacity.
> > 
> > Another thing is that any time a dialog pops up in Nautilus, the main Nautilus 
> > window comes to the front and hides the dialog - quite a nusiance.
> > 
> > If there's a positive answer to my first question I'll simply use Metacity since 
> > it doesn't seem to have these problems.
> > 
> > 
> > I'm using Debian Unstable BTW.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Moses
> > 
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