[openbox] Java and openbox

[Dana Jansens]

Thanks for pointing this out, you were correct on the DESKTOP hint
getting set on the fake-managed window incorrectly.  I've rectified
this in my work branch, and will push this change into master.

On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 1:18 PM, Brian Mattern <rephorm at rephorm.com> wrote:
> As a test, the following java code (save to a file called 'temp.java'
> and compile with 'javac temp.java' and run with 'java temp') will
> display the broken behavior when run from a desktop other than the first:
>
> import javax.swing.*;
> public class temp {
>  public static void main(String args[]) {
>    JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Hello World!");
>    System.exit(0);
>  }
> }
>
> On Thu, 17 Mar 2011, Brian Mattern wrote:
>
>> Git commit 79cf72d17ff42e5bc8eb1adbd98bb42aa71fb085 seems to have broken
>> compatibility with java swing apps. From this point forward in git, they
>> are all started on desktop 0.
>>
>> My quick guess at what is going on is (without much familiarity with
>> openbox's codebase, so this could be wrong):
>>
>> Java apps get "fake" managed first, at which point a configure event
>> sets _NET_WM_DESKTOP to 0, then when they are managed for real, openbox
>> thinks that they are requesting to be placed on desktop 0.
>>
>> Anyway, I'm not sure that this isn't Java's fault, BUT it does seem to
>> be a regression on the part of openbox since it worked prior to that
>> commit.
>>
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