[Xquartz-dev] override-redirect problems

[Bob Murphy]

>
> ===
>
> We're having some difficulty with menus in some applications like  
> nedit and xemacs.  I believe these menus are windows with override- 
> redirect set on them per section 4.1.10 (popup windows) of ICCCM:
> http://tronche.com/gui/x/icccm/sec-4.html#s-4.1.10
>
> """
> If the window will be visible for a very short time and should not  
> be decorated at all, the client can set override-redirect on the  
> window. In general, this should be done only if the pointer is  
> grabbed while the window is mapped. The window manager will never  
> interfere with these windows, which should be used with caution. An  
> example of an appropriate use is a pop-up menu.
> """

BTW, are there any instructions on how to replicate this problem with  
nedit? I was trying to see how Ubuntu handles things like this, but  
couldn't find any obvious way to get a pop-up menu or anything else  
that looked like it used this mechanism. The pull-down menus appear to  
be getting decorated by the window manager.

- Bob