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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Usage of 2.0 [Re: LinuxWorld Award and KDE-2.0]
From:       Matthias Ettrich <ettrich () troll ! no>
Date:       1999-07-29 11:44:13
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> > kdesktop still isn't OK. You can hide windows behind it, and there is a
> > notiable decrease in X server performance because there is always window
> > the size of the desktop present.
> > 
> > Why don't the (WType_Desktop | WPaintDesktop) flags work?
> 
> Because KDesky uses the KIconContainer, which is a QScrollView. And
> unfortunately you can't have a child widget (like the viewport in
> QScrollView) "in" a desktop widget (WType_Desktop) .


kwin (kwm's decessor) handles such a desktop window _very_very_ well.  There's
no performance loss with such a kind of desktop (_if_ KIconContainer handles
paint events reasonable fast).

My fault for not commiting kwin, I really have to find the time for that......

Matthias

 > 
> 
> Ciao,
>  Simon

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