[openbox] [ANNOUNCE] Openbox Beta3, ObConf 1.1 released

[Ben Jansens]

On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 06:09:13PM -0700, Marc Wilson wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 12:33:19PM -0400, Ben Jansens wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 02:48:27PM +0200, Peter Chiocchetti wrote:
> > > BUG: the icon does not show up in the gnome panels' client list, as
> > > non-generic icons do. can this be done at all?
> > 
> > That would require setting the icon on the window itself, and if the app
> > happens to be doing the same, it would be racey and one of us would lose.
> > So, no, I don't think so.
> 
> Well, you'd WANT the window manager to lose in that case, so there should
> be no problem with it.  As for the racey-ness of it, couldn't you set a
> timer and wait some interval?

Ya you would. "Race" implies you don't know who will win/lose. The app could
easily lose. Who's to say it doesnt set the icon as the timer expires? That
would be a flakey, and buggy "feature", which would work completely
unpredictably. The way the WM Spec provides for application icons does not
allow for a WM to supply its own icon on a window.

Ben
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