[xmonad] override_redirect [was Re: xmonad problem or application stealing keys?]

On Tue, Aug 09, 2011 at 12:17:49PM -0400, Brandon Allbery wrote:

On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 05:08, Hans Ekbrand wrote:

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If I start the application with command line parameters that will make it try to get fullscreen mode, then:

- the current layout of the workspace is ignored, and the xpdf window indeed fill the whole workspace.

- the keys for cycling through windows in the current workspace are ignored. (keys for switching to another workspace still works).

This is symptomatic of a window that is not being managed, i.e. it uses override_redirect.

Is using override_redirect a bug, a bad thing or a feature? Is it meaningful to file a bug report (severity: whishlist) against xpdf?

In the case of rdesktop, you should not use -f; try -D -K possibly along with a layout that supports managed fullscreen (XMonad.Layout.Fullscreen in darks XMonadContrib).

Thanks for the rdesktop tips. -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net)