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@@ -228,6 +228,24 @@ METACITY BUGS, NON-FEATURES, AND CAVEATS don't actually have any translations. So if someone translates something we can set it up. + - If you switch from sawfish to metacity without restarting X, + the panel often ends up buried behind the Nautilus desktop window. + + What happens is that the panel detects Sawfish has gone away, and + turns on override redirect mode because no GNOME-aware WM is + running (i.e. it goes into "ignore the window manager" mode). But + the panel doesn't notice that Metacity has appeared and is + (partially) GNOME-compliant. So Metacity doesn't see the override + redirect panel, and leaves it behind the Nautilus desktop. I'm not + sure whether Metacity or the panel is to blame for this. + + (To debug - use "xwininfo" on the panel, if override redirect is + "Yes" then Metacity won't have any awareness of a window and can't + properly stack it above the desktop. If override redirect is "No" + then Metacity can see the panel and handle it properly. Look at + xstuff.c:xstuff_is_compliant_wm() in the panel to get started on + how the panel deals with this.) + FAQ === @@ -274,6 +292,13 @@ A: This is not the current plan, though of course I'm happy to see the For now Metacity is my toy hobby project that I work on when I feel like it. +Q: Is Metacity a Red Hat project? + +A: Metacity is in no way funded, endorsed, or encouraged by Red Hat, + Inc. - I'm guessing Red Hat would not consider "insufficient number + of window managers for Linux" an urgent problem. Just a wild guess + though. + Q: Why can't I move XMMS? A: Because XMMS is broken and is trying to move itself. Metacity |