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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Fwd: XCreateWindow - Invisible ??
From:       <boud2 () rempt ! xs4all ! nl>
Date:       2001-03-07 6:18:19
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On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Rik Hemsley wrote:

> #if thibaut colar
> > Hi, I have a problem using XcreateWindow()
> > under gnome or other it works, but with kde it doesn't work (I guess it's
> > just not visible but alive)
> 
> XCreateWindow() does not create a visible window. If you want to see it,
> you have to call XMapWindow().
> 
> > I am using kde 2.1 and the vroot.h hack already.
> 
> What's 'the vroot.h hack' ?
> 
> > I saw some messages about visibility XCreateWindow and LD_PRELOAD
> > Does it have anything to do with my problem ?
> > How can I fix that ?
> 
> Nothing going on there. We used to use LD_PRELOAD to override some
> X functions (like XMapWindow()) a long time ago, but there was no
> KDE release with this code in. I took it out before release.
> 
> I think maybe Gnome might now be using an LD_PRELOAD hack like we
> used to. This was discussed on the gnome-kde mailing list a while
> ago. At least one person thought it was a good idea. I tried to
> persuade them otherwise, but maybe I failed.
> 

Is this related to the problem where Mozilla doesn't map its window
on KDE and Gnome (when it uses xalf)? The version of KDE I tested
with is a CVS from just before the 2.1 release (can't get more
recent CVS co's to compile just now).

 
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