err.. lol <div>On 11/30/05, The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler <<a href="mailto:raster@rasterman.com">raster@rasterman.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 01:31:02 +0000 (GMT) "Carlos Eduardo R. Di�D+Qgenes" <<a href="mailto:cerdiogenes@yahoo.com.br">cerdiogenes@yahoo.com.br</a>> babbled: > Hi, > > I read some time that some window managers creates a > window over the root window and make all the > operations over this created window. > > What I want to know is if this operation is a > standard? If it's not, I would suggested that it > became. I really have no idea if it's very difficult, > but it is a important thing for visually impared > people, because if a magnifier is running in split > screen mode a lot of space is lost. So, if all window > managers first create an window, we can adopt a > standard to achieve the ID of this window and have > methods to roll it from under the magnifier when the > pointer goes near the magnifier and the roll it back > when the pointer go far. This way we don't lost > desktop space and the user can have a better spacial > locality. come again? i don't know what you are getting at in terms of neeeding to mvoe windows the wm created out of the way for a magnifier etc. and i'm no6t sure you have a good idea about this "window over root" and what root is and how windows work. you need to explain in more detail your issue first. what's the problem? -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler)    <a href="mailto:raster@rasterman.com">raster@rasterman.com</a> 裸好多 Tokyo, Japan (東京日本) _______________________________________________ xdg mailing list <a href="mailto:xdg@lists.freedesktop.org">xdg@lists.freedesktop.org</a> <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg"> http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg</a> </blockquote></div>