Exasperating problem with Enlightenment 16 (window manager)

[Paul Johnson]

For a brief period, the Enlightenment versions from their CVS tree were
saving window positions.  Version 16 and swarm 2.0.1 seem not to get
along. When I save positions, here is what shows up in ~./swarmArchiver.


   (cons '(recruiter default)
      (list
        (cons 'PolicySpace00
          (make-instance 'WindowGeometryRecord  #:position '(0 0)))
        (cons 'PolicySpace01
          (make-instance 'WindowGeometryRecord  #:position '(0 0)))
        (cons 'PolicySpace02
          (make-instance 'WindowGeometryRecord  #:position '(0 0)))
        (cons 'PolicySpace03
          (make-instance 'WindowGeometryRecord  #:position '(0 0)))
        (cons 'PolicySpace04
          (make-instance 'WindowGeometryRecord  #:position '(0 0)))
        (cons 'PolicySpace05
          (make-instance 'WindowGeometryRecord  #:position '(0 0)))
        (cons 'ProbeDisplay-modelSwarm
          (make-instance 'WindowGeometryRecord  #:position '(3 18)))
        (cons 'proposalRaster
          (make-instance 'WindowGeometryRecord  #:position '(0 0)))
        (cons 'spaceChangeGraph-graph
          (make-instance 'WindowGeometryRecord  #:position '(0 0)))
        (cons 'stabilityGraph-graph
          (make-instance 'WindowGeometryRecord  #:position '(0
0)))        (cons 'ProbeDisplay-ObserverSwarm
          (make-instance 'WindowGeometryRecord #:position '(3 18)))))))


The windows just pile up on top of one another.

I've never been able to get a rise out of the E list or authors about
this issue, although I've bothered them a few times.  I certainly don't
have the knowledge of window managers to fix it, so I guess this should
count as a warning to the unwary user. WindowMaker does OK in saving
window positions.  fvwm2 does OK too. Not E!
-- 
Paul E. Johnson                       email: address@hidden
Dept. of Political Science            http://lark.cc.ukans.edu/~pauljohn
University of Kansas                  Office: (785) 864-9086
Lawrence, Kansas 66045                FAX: (785) 864-5700

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