Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcvax!hp4nl!mhres!jv From: jv@mh.nl (Johan Vromans) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: Window Managers. Message-ID:Date: 16 Aug 89 17:22:20 GMT References: <252@bii.UUCP> <1946@imelda.Solbourne.COM> <2832@quanta.eng.ohio-state.edu> Sender: jv@mhres.mh.nl Organization: Multihouse Gouda, the Netherlands Lines: 17 In-reply-to: JONESD@kcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu's message of 15 Aug 89 19:22:19 GMT In article <2832@quanta.eng.ohio-state.edu> JONESD@kcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu (David Jones) writes: You don't need to go through all those circumlocutions, just use XGetWindowAttributes on root window and check the AllEvents mask for the SubstructureRedirectMask event. And now for the next question: how can I find out WHICH window manager is controlling my display? When starting up I like to organize things (e.g. placement of windows and icons) depending on the window manager in use. Johan -- Johan Vromans jv@mh.nl via internet backbones Multihouse Automatisering bv uucp: ..!{mcvax,hp4nl}!mh.nl!jv Doesburgweg 7, 2803 PL Gouda, The Netherlands phone/fax: +31 1820 62944/62500 ------------------------ "Arms are made for hugging" -------------------------