On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 1:55 AM, Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Alexander Gavrilov writes: >> - Popups are supposed to be marked transient, otherwise >> the WM creates them in strange places. Besides, at >> least under kwin, transients are automatically kept >> above their parent. > > I agree with most of the places where you add wm transient commands, > but in the case of the list of references (showrefs), I think of that > as a long-lived window that one would normally place beside the main > window. (In fact, it should be a pane in the main window, but I > couldn't think of a place for it. Maybe I should split the > bottom-right pane in two.) > > So I don't think the wm transient in showrefs is what we want. > Comments? On the other hand, wm transient makes it always stay on top of the main window. If the main window is maximized, it is useful. Btw, gitk probably should not save its geometry if the window is maximized, because when it is started again the window is too large. Alexander -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
