Re: [RP] [PATCH] Loading startup files before scanning windows

[Lincoln de Sousa]

On Mon, Jan 03, 2011 at 04:55:55PM -0200, Lincoln de Sousa wrote:
> Hello there,
> 
> I have 3 kinds of windows configured to not be managed by rp in my
> ~/.ratpoisonrc file. Just like this:
> 
>   unmanage Top Expanded Edge Panel
>   unmanage x-nautilus-desktop
>   unmanage Calendar
> 
> But when I run ratpoison with these windows open, ratpoison scans for
> open windows before loading my rc file and all these windows are placed
> wrongly. After that, I have to set their position manually, killing the
> apps and opening them again.
> 
> This detail would not be a problem if ratpoison could be loaded before
> these windows, but I have a use case that prevents me to fix it easily.
> 
> I'm using ratpoison as the window manager under Gnome [0] and it is
> gnome-session that actually runs ratpoision, not me or xinit. This way,
> nautilus and gnome-panel are `managed' by ratpoison and their position
> are set wrongly.
> 
> Is there something that I can do to fix this problem without this patch?
> If not, should I improve/rewrite anything to get this patch applied?
> 
> 
> Thank you for your attention and cheers,

I guess people had no time to look at this patch, is there anything that
I can do to help make it rock? Maybe giving some help to maintain
ratpoison.


Cheers,
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