Why xfdesktop uses full screen window ?

[- Kocil]

Thanks.
Your thread is pretty good.
I have read it, though not fully understand (I've never touch gtk before).

However, what do you think if I just hide the full screen window ?
The menu will be gone, of course.
But the backdrop and workspace manager is functional.

Thanks.


>From: Jasper Huijsmans <jasper at moongroup.com>
>Reply-To: xfce list <xfce at xfce.org>
>To: xfce list <xfce at xfce.org>
>Subject: Re: Why xfdesktop uses full screen window ?
>Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 15:47:34 +0100
>
>Op wo 26-11-2003, om 02:46 schreef - Kocil:
> > Dear XFCE gurus.
> >
> > I want to know the reason behind xfdesktop using a full screen window.
> >
> > I know the cons:
> > - 3rd party desktop icons can not work (dfm, idesk, etc)
> > - root windows apps can not work (xpenguins, xsnow, etc).
> >
> > So what is the cons ?
> > Why should it be there, other than for catching the mouse click for the
> > desktop menu ?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
>
>Funny you should ask now, I just send a mail to xfce4-dev ;-)
>
>http://varmint.moongroup.com/pipermail/xfce4-dev/2003-November/008886.html
>
>Basically, I tried and it doesn't work very well. It's mostly
>implementation issues.
>
>Secondly, the freedesktop EWMH spec recommends the use of a full-screen
>window. It does make things a lot easier if you want to implement some
>form of icons on the desktop.
>
>	Jasper
>
>
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