Re: windows

[David Steinberg <steinber@interchange.ubc.ca>]

On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote:

> I am running helix (now ximian) gnome in a potato 2.2r box together
> with sawfish as window manager. I wonder why there are some windows
> which I cannot take control over them, as for example the
> "about" windows, the confirmation windows, the output window from the
> GNU midnight commander find file app and so on. 
> All this kind of windows cannot be moved! does it has to do with gnome or 
> sawfish?

Yup.  For some reason, they decided that this was a useful default.  If
you start the GNOME Control Center, and select "Appearance" under "Sawfish
window manager", you'll see an option called "Decorate dialog windows
similarly to application windows."  Turn this one on, and your dialog
boxes will be drawn with all the same controls as other windows.

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