[compiz] [PATCHES] Fixes for java apps and firefox in scale, switcher and wobbly

[David Reveman]

On Thu, 2007-06-07 at 01:17 +0200, Treviño wrote:
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> David Reveman ha scritto:
> > On Wed, 2007-06-06 at 19:42 +0200, Treviño wrote:
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> >> I've made these patches that basically, make the java apps and firefox
> >> items well being recognized by some compiz plugins (scale, switcher
> >> and wobbly), I don't know if those can be considered workaround, but
> >> this helps in using your desktop tools.
> >>
> >> Basically java apps are seen as:
> >>  * name=sun-awt-X11-XFramePeer (default windows = Normal)
> >>  * name=sun-awt-X11-XDialogPeer (secondary - child - dialogs = Dialog)
> >>  * name=sun-awt-X11-XWindowPeer (Menus, tooltip, OSD & co...)
> >>
> >> While firefox items as:
> >>  * type=Normal & override_redirect=1
> >
> > These are all workarounds for apps that are not setting window hints
> > correctly and I think most people agree that it's not a good idea to
> > adjust our default option values for this. Feel free to add the
> > workarounds to the compiz.org wiki, though.
> Yeah, I suspected they were workarounds, but I don't think that either
> java or firefox will release fixes soon, however you're right not
> including them upstream, but I think that's a good thing for
> distributiors waiting for official fixes, isn't it!?

Yes, this information is very useful for distributors.

-David