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  Re: Povray window on top in Gnome  
From: HENON fabien
Date: 24 Jan 2008 15:55:00
Message: <web.4798faf21f3c11e5d946b1330@news.povray.org>
Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:49:58 -0500, HENON fabien wrote:
>
> > Bonsai <bon### [at] b0n541net> wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> HENON fabien schrieb:
> >> > Does anyone know what is the equivalent in a gnome environement ?
> >>
> >> Right mouse click on window title will give you a menu where you can
> >> select what you want. Unfortunately I don't know a command line
> >> solution.
>
> > After some googling, I found devil spie, but to make it work seems
> > tricky. Has anyone been able to make it work ?
>
> Well, I often will flag a window as "Always on Top"; but if you're
> developing a program, as an end-user, I'd implore you not to decide
> what's most important to be in the foreground on my desktop, please.
>
> I absolutely hate when apps decide to steal the focus from what I'm
> interested in looking at.
>
> Jim

In wxpyvon, the user can decide whether they want to keep the render window
"Always on Top" or not in the menu.

The kstart trick works in kde, but I have to find a way around for gnome.


Cheers,

Fabien


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