window migration

Matthias Clasen maclas at gmx.de
Wed May 28 14:35:55 EEST 2003


> Hi,
> 
> A while back I proposed a method for telling toolkits to migrate windows
> to another screen
> (https://listman.redhat.com/archives/xdg-list/2003-March/msg00101.html). 
> I
> 've started hacking on it again, and I now have it working with
> gtk+/metaci
> ty.  Before going further, I would like to try to come to an agreement
> abou
> t how this should be done.  I've tentatively amended the the WM spec to
> inc
> lude the migration spec, and you can read it here: 
> http://www.cs.indiana.e
> du/~jwillcox/net-wm-migrate.html
> 

Another question that occurred to me: How does migration interact with
xembedding ? The embedder can certainly migrate the embedded window before
migrating himself, but how is the embedding reestablished on the new display ?

Matthias

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