Issue 322 in xmonad: Background shown when workspace switches

Status: New Owner: ---- New issue 322 by zenzike: Background shown when workspace switches http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=322 What steps will reproduce the problem? 1. Set the background to a noticeable colour (like bright red) 1. Open 2 windows on separate workspaces 2. Change between the workspaces in quick succession repeatedly What is the expected output? When switching from one workspace to another, I expect the windows to come up directly, rather than seeing the desktop, and then having that be populated with windows. What do you see instead? The background is displayed before the workspace is (re)populated with windows. This is a little bit niggling when using a slow computer. I don't know the internals of xmonad, but I expect that some kind of double buffering would fix this? What version of the product are you using? On what operating system? xmonad-0.9 on Linux. -- You received this message because you are listed in the owner or CC fields of this issue, or because you starred this issue. You may adjust your issue notification preferences at: http://code.google.com/hosting/settings

2009/10/26
What is the expected output? When switching from one workspace to another, I expect the windows to come up directly, rather than seeing the desktop, and then having that be populated with windows.
But the windows have to react to Expose and then Redraw events. On slow machines, there's nothing you can really do about this. You could try enabling "SaveUnder/BackingStore" (which I don't think XMonad supports), but even then, there's no guarantee the XServer will support it anyway -- Thomas Adam
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