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-rw-r--r--ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--HACKING4
-rw-r--r--README7
-rw-r--r--src/display.c22
-rw-r--r--src/display.h1
5 files changed, 29 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 509bf2be..9b75a1e8 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-08-07 Havoc Pennington <hp@pobox.com>
+
+ * src/display.c (meta_display_open): set _NET_WM_NAME
+ hint as a UTF8_STRING not STRING. Patch from Anders.
+
2001-08-06 Havoc Pennington <hp@redhat.com>
* src/effects.c: disable opaque animations by default, current
diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
index 5fccf41e..864b1880 100644
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
+Don't commit substantive code in here without asking me,
+hp@redhat.com. Adding translations, no-brainer typo fixes, etc. is
+fine.
+
The script src/run-metacity.sh is useful to hack on the window manager.
It runs metacity in an Xnest. e.g.:
CLIENTS=3 ./run-metacity.sh
diff --git a/README b/README
index 99614919..2de5ebf6 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -252,6 +252,11 @@ METACITY BUGS, NON-FEATURES, AND CAVEATS
setting the new non-legacy type hint, but a panel with that
patch hasn't been released yet.
+ - The minimize/shade animation leaves "dirt" on Metacity's own frames,
+ because Metacity handles exposes on its own frames during the
+ animation. We could fix this with a horrible GDK hack of some kind.
+ I'm not sure of the best way yet.
+
FAQ
===
@@ -273,6 +278,8 @@ A: If it makes sense to turn on unconditionally,
probably constitute crackrock, they confuse most users
and really are not that useful if you have a decent tasklist and
so on. But I am too used to them to turn them off.
+ Or alternatively iconification/tasklist is crack, and workspaces/pager
+ are good. But having both is certainly a bit wrong.
Sloppy focus is probably crackrock too. Oh, and my Alt-1 thru Alt-6
keybindings are definitely on crack.
diff --git a/src/display.c b/src/display.c
index 66916215..ee203106 100644
--- a/src/display.c
+++ b/src/display.c
@@ -68,15 +68,15 @@ unsigned_long_hash (gconstpointer v)
}
static int
-set_string_hint (MetaDisplay *display,
- Window xwindow,
- Atom atom,
- const char *val)
+set_utf8_string_hint (MetaDisplay *display,
+ Window xwindow,
+ Atom atom,
+ const char *val)
{
meta_error_trap_push (display);
XChangeProperty (display->xdisplay,
xwindow, atom,
- XA_STRING,
+ display->atom_utf8_string,
8, PropModeReplace, (guchar*) val, strlen (val) + 1);
return meta_error_trap_pop (display);
}
@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ meta_display_open (const char *name)
"_WIN_SUPPORTING_WM_CHECK",
"_NET_WM_ICON_NAME",
"_NET_WM_ICON",
- "_NET_WM_ICON_GEOMETRY"
+ "_NET_WM_ICON_GEOMETRY",
+ "UTF8_STRING"
};
Atom atoms[G_N_ELEMENTS(atom_names)];
@@ -214,6 +215,7 @@ meta_display_open (const char *name)
display->atom_net_wm_icon_name = atoms[36];
display->atom_net_wm_icon = atoms[37];
display->atom_net_wm_icon_geometry = atoms[38];
+ display->atom_utf8_string = atoms[39];
/* Offscreen unmapped window used for _NET_SUPPORTING_WM_CHECK,
* created in screen_new
@@ -283,10 +285,10 @@ meta_display_open (const char *name)
display->grab_op = META_GRAB_OP_NONE;
display->grab_window = NULL;
- set_string_hint (display,
- display->leader_window,
- display->atom_net_wm_name,
- "Metacity");
+ set_utf8_string_hint (display,
+ display->leader_window,
+ display->atom_net_wm_name,
+ "Metacity");
{
/* The legacy GNOME hint is to set a cardinal which is the window
diff --git a/src/display.h b/src/display.h
index df8dd291..1aa47162 100644
--- a/src/display.h
+++ b/src/display.h
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ struct _MetaDisplay
Atom atom_net_wm_icon_name;
Atom atom_net_wm_icon;
Atom atom_net_wm_icon_geometry;
+ Atom atom_utf8_string;
/* This is the actual window from focus events,
* not the one we last set