[vlc-devel] [PATCH] Added window roles for X11

[Nick Pope]

Rémi Denis-Courmont wrote:
> Le mardi 1 septembre 2009 18:45:15 Nick Pope, vous avez écrit :
>   
>> Window roles can be used when configuring window managers to help users
>> place their windows and dialogs according to their preference.
>>     
> A separate patch will probably be needed for 
> modules/video_output/xcb/window.c
>> This is
>> particularly useful for some of the *box window managers.
>>     
> You mean Matchbox?
>   
I don't know of Matchbox...

Fluxbox, Openbox, and any others that allow you to position windows, etc.

    http://fluxbox-wiki.org/index.php?title=Howto_edit_the_apps_file
    http://icculus.org/openbox/index.php/Help:Applications

The issue is that without the window role set, it is often impossible to 
distinguish between various windows in an application.

So I've updated my patch (which I will post shortly) to add some bits I 
missed and also setting the role for XCB.  Think I got all the 
windows/dialogs that make sense this time.

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