[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] 2-Win Fullscreen new method + fixes for virtual desktop + application changing

[Alexander Strasser]

Hi,
On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 11:18:13AM +0200, Adam Tla/lka wrote:
> Sorry for my mistyping.
> I am testing fs/normal switching without unmapping.
> Metacity is really broken as hell - it leaves XA_NET_WM_STATE_**
> on root window while ending session or killed by CTRL-C.
> So if we then start mplayer on a display without WM we get wm_type=2
> which is not true and just leads to non-working fs switching at all.
> We could start another WM (icewm for example) which properly sets
> root properties and removes them while quitting. 
> So maybe we should detect if there is a WM managing display?
This is the reason we are trying to find a new approach that promises
to run on more wms, and to some level regardless of their brokeness.

  Alex (beastd)