shr-contacts/messages/dialer: window size and further issues

Nikita V. Youshchenko yoush at debian.org
Thu Sep 17 07:49:26 CEST 2009


> > > > > WM_NORMAL_HINTS(WM_SIZE_HINTS):
> > > > >         program specified minimum size: 198 by 350
> > > > >         program specified maximum size: 198 by 350
> > > > > ...
> > > >
> > > > the way the contents are specified for the window, it isnt
> > > > resizable. the app
> > > > is in control of this.
> > >
> > > All SHR apps have these values defined as above.
> >
> > That means that all SHR apps will get non-resizable 198x350 windows
> > under any stardards-compliant window manager.
> >
> > This is definitly a bug that should be fixed.
>
> not all standards compliant wm's. e+illume will be fine. matchbox
> probably too. the "standards" allow the wm to happily ignore min/max
> window size hints if the wm wants to. :)

WM hints is *the* standard way for app to request it's size constraints.
So if app sets hints, while not wanting to get these size constraints, it 
is a bug in app.



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