gtk.Window.present()

[Christopher Backhouse <cjbackhouse gmail com>]

gtk.Window.present() does not seem to do a very good job of presenting 
windows (at least using Metacity as my WM (Ubuntu Edgy))

For example, run the code below. Click OK on the first message and then 
maximize some previously minimized window before the 5 seconds is up. 
Now the second message is hidden behind this window and requires hunting 
around minimizing stuff to find.


import gtk,time

dlg=gtk.MessageDialog(buttons=gtk.BUTTONS_OK,message_format='Beginning 
long task')
dlg.present()
dlg.run()
dlg.hide()
while(gtk.events_pending()): gtk.main_iteration(False)
                
time.sleep(5)   #long task

dlg2=gtk.MessageDialog(buttons=gtk.BUTTONS_OK,message_format='The task 
finished')
dlg2.present()
dlg2.run()


Either I am misunderstanding what present() is supposed to do - most 
likely, in which case how should I make sure my dialog doesn't get lost?
Or, this is a bug in GTK or Metacity.