Re: [Om-synth] Patchage Restore Window (patchage-CVS-20050721)

[Dave Robillard]

Chris McCormick wrote:
>On Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 06:16:48PM +0200, Esben Stien wrote:
>> elgrande <address@hidden> writes:
>> 
>> > I would definetely regard it as the window-manager's and not om's
>> > task to remember the windows.
>> 
>> No, this is completely and utterly wrong;). Sorry to say so, but it is.
>
>I'm afraid I disagree completely. It is most certainly the job of the
>window manager (and not individual applications) to maintain the
>positions and sizes of windows.

When you "close" a window, it is destroyed.  It's no longer the window 
manager's problem.  That's why the app has to handle it.

Location and everything of a window is of course the WM's job while the 
window is in existance (even if minimized or shaded or whatever), but 
the WM can't keep track of the size and location of a window that 
doesn't even exist!

There's already code in both Om and Patchage to deal with this, it just 
might not be working properly in all environments.

-DR-