SGI's migration to X

[Phil Ronzone]

In article <1990Sep4.175023.20768 at relay.wpd.sgi.com> mikey at sgi.com writes:
>|>   "you have to set the "override_redirect" thingy to True somewhere."
>
>This works, but is not the solution.  Setting the override_redirect
>attribute for a window is well-documented, and says that the window
>manager should not get involved.  When this happens, of course your
>window is placed where you wanted it.  But then, you can't do things
>like iconify it or move it.
>...
>You don't need a Ph.D.  Sometimes, you just have to read the manual.


No, the original complaint was valid. It IS poorly documented. It took
me a while to find out about this, and "override_redirect" is a very
poorly explained thiny at that.


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