Re: raise-frame doesn't work in Fedora Core 4

[Jan D.]

Jan Djärv skrev:

> A side note, _NET_ACTIVATE_WINDOW does more that XRaiseWindow.  If your
> window is on another workspace/desktop, XRaiseWindow does nothing.
> _NET_ACTIVATE_WINDOW on the other hand (at least with Gnome/Metacity),
> switches to that desktop/workspace and then does what XRaiseWindow does.
> In contrast to what wmctrl -R does, it moves the window to the current
> desktop/workspace and then raises it.
> 
> Additionally, there are new states for windows besides
> Normal/Withdrawn/Iconified.  There are shaded windows (only the title
> bar is shown) also.  _NET_ACTIVATE_WINDOW works with these as well.
> 

Again I spoke too soon.  Metacity does unshade, but xfwm4 does not.  metacity
also moves the window to the current desktop if it isn't there.  So the
behaviour is (as always) WM dependent.

        Jan D.