Re: [wmii] snap: 20060425 - xpdf

On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 11:13:22AM +0200, Stefan Tibus wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 09:11:00AM +0200, Anselm R. Garbe wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 09:02:39AM +0200, Stefan Tibus wrote:
> > > I have two annoyances to report:
> > > 1) xpdf has problems with the size it get's assigned:
> > > On startup (in a stacked column) I have a big frame, but only a very
> > > small area actually use by the client. Moving the focus away and back
> > > resizes it, but the actual redrawing area (when moving within the
> > > pdf) stays small.
>
> > Please recheck with hg tip.
> Hmm...I'm not using hg at all...
>
> > (It might be that xpdf has problems, because it might send
> > configure requests, but wmii ignores any configure request of
> > managed clients).
> Well...is the client informed somehow that its requests are ignored?
> And the problem also affects floating mode sometimes:
> a) 1) start xpdf in stacked column
> 2) xpdf uses only a part of the client area for drawing and controls
> 3) move focus away and back to redraw xpdf
> 4) xpdf uses only a part of the client area for drawing, but full
> area for the controls
> 5) toggle xpdf to float
> 6) xpdf still uses only a part of the darwing area
> 7) resize xpdf
> 8) problem persists
> b) 1) start xpdf in stacked column
> 2) xpdf uses only a part of the client area for drawing and controls
> 3) immediately toggle xpdf to float
> 4) xpdf correctly uses the full client area
> 5) resizing works correctly
> c) 1) create a rule to make xpdf floating
> 2) start xpdf
> 3) xpdf uses only a part of the drawing area, controls use full area
> (problem as in a)
>
> Since making it floating using a rule doesn't help I'd think it's not
> a problem of ignored configure requests... The question is, however,
> why does it work (almost) correctly in b?

Actually I can't reproduce with xpdf 3.01 and hg tip.
It works correctly for me.

Maybe it depends on a different X server you are using?

Regards,

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