xfwm4 restore on move - patch

[Olivier Fourdan]

Hi Ori,

Given the implementation of the compositor in xfwm4, there is a good
chance that the compositing manager will prevent you from seeing the
bug.

Start xfwm4 with --compositor=off

eg:

killall xfwm4 && xfwm4 --compositor=off &


HTH
Olivier.

On Sun, 2005-03-27 at 15:38 -0500, Ori Bernstein wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 19:45:54 +0200
> Olivier Fourdan <fourdan at xfce.org> dared to utter:
> 
> > Ori,
> > 
> > I think the patch needs a bit more work because it doesn't work very
> > well with the Alt+Click move of windows. 
> 
> I agree - it has some odd behavior, but not what you describe below.
>  
> > To try, maximize a window and use Alt+Click to move it instead of the
> > titlebar, the window quickly toggle between maximized and un-maximized
> > state at every mouse move...
> 
> I can't duplicate this behavior - I tried both on the previous account, where I
> had tweaked the settings a bit, and a completely new account using default
> settings, with a fresh CVS checkout of xfwm4. The closest I can get is causing
> the window to flash fullscreen when the border passes the top of the screen.
> 
> I'm sing X 6.8.2  dual monitor system (Nvidia Twinview, specifically) with xfwm4
> configured the following:
>       --prefix=/usr \
>       --sysconfdir=/etc/X11 \
>       --enable-static=no \
>       --enable-xinerama \
>       --enable-compositor
> 
> However, I find it's currently quite easy to get to where you're moving a window
> from a point outside of it with alt-click. Solution: when the maximized gets
> toggled, the window gets moved to the pointer in y as well as x.
> 
> Currently, though, it sometimes misses maximization when it gets snapped to the
> top of the screen. Solution: when the window is in toggled_maximize == true,
> don't try to snap to top of monitor.
> 
> Attached is a fix for the recentering and the missed remaximization. I'm not
> sure how to deal with the flashing to maximized when moving above the top of the
> screen - one possibility is just disabling the resizing when moving windows with
> alt-click?
> 
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