(strange) problem with xdotool

[Jon TURNEY]

On 16/10/2009 13:46, Ariel Burbaickij wrote:
> Regarding following passage (I do not have much objections to run X
> Window in what
> you call "rooted" mode just that somehow no Window Manager starts when
> I try to run
> it):

If you want to start X server and clients (perhaps a window manager) with a 
single command you need to look at 'man startx'

> all it would need to do it
>   register the property on the root window and update it, and handle the
>   receiving the message and translate it to a WM_ACTIVATE for the target
>   window
>
> Yes, for the matter of exercise it would be interesting to try to
> write a patch, just
> what is meant with "root window" here in rootless environment and where the code
> is supposed to go, i.e. where should I look at in order to try to
> graft the needed additional
> code  there?

The root window exists (it's required by the X protocol), you just can't see 
it normally.  If you untick the "Hide Root Window" option on the tray menu 
after you've launched some clients you should be able to see what's going on.

http://x.cygwin.com/docs/cg/cygwin-x-cg.html

You probably want to start looking at winMultiWindowXMsgProc() in 
hw/xwin/winmultiwindowwm.c

-- 
Jon TURNEY
Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer

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