[ale] Gnome workspace and overlapping windows

[John Wells]

I agree that the xmms thing is irritating.  Don't know if it's an xmms or
a metacity or a gnome thing, but here's the way to get it to work:

Go to options->preferences on xmms.  Click the "options" tab.  Check the
"Do not hide windowmanager decorations".

This will put the default window bars around xmms.  Not pretty, but it
works.  Now get a window context menu (by clicking in the left corner of
the title bar under my current theme) and choose "Put on all work spaces".

John


James Sumners said:
> I am currently trying out Gnome 2.2 as well.
>
> Just to be true to the the test I am using metacity as the window
> manager - I am not really pleased. One of the problems is what you
> describe and I don't think there is anyway around it. My big gripe with
> metacity is its lack of support for useful window properties and its bad
> implementation of others.
>
> For example, the "sticky" functionality is very poor. XMMS just refuses
> to stay on all desktops no matter how I try to set the sticky property.
> There does not seem to be any support for stacking (read "always on
> top").
>
> I like the integration of the applications, gnomeicu and gaim being the
> big pluses, but if this stuff can not be rectified I may just have to go
> back to enlightenment. I have not tried to integrate enlightenment as
> the window manager for Gnome but I don't think it works so great any
> more from what I hear.



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