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-multiwindow vs -rootwindow (Was: Re: Setup failures during mirrored install)
- From: luke dot kendall at cisra dot canon dot com dot au
- To: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>
- Cc: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 16:17:52 +1000 (EST)
- Subject: -multiwindow vs -rootwindow (Was: Re: Setup failures during mirrored install)
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
On 4 Jun, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> Umm, I noticed the typo before, but I was hoping you'd notice it too and
> correct it. It should have been "startx -- -multiwindow" (you're passing
> the "-multiwindow" to the server, not to the clients). Sorry about that.
No worries. (I had assumed startx had been modified to treat
-multiwindow specially, which was a silly thing to think.)
Interestingly, I just did some tests and found that -rootless seems to
work much better overall:
1) Able to type in all rxvt and xterm windows, instead of unable to
type!
2) Responsiveness of mouse tracking at least twice as good using
-rootless compared to -multiwindow.
One advantage of -multiwindow is it gives you a confirmation dialogue
box when you right click and choose exit from the startx.bat window's
task bar entry, not just from the X taskbar entry.
Plus you have an option to show the root window.
I was using Xserv 4.2.0-37, but have just upgraded to 4.2.0-42 and
there's no real change. I'm using Window Maker as the window manager,
and running 24 bit colour on 1600 x 1192, under Windows XP Professional
on a Dell C400 laptop driving an external monitor.
One thing I noticed was that when using -multiwindow, for a short while
(just after WM replaced the default window decorations with its own),
I was able to type a few characters in one of the rxvt windows. By the
time WM had started up all my rxvt and xterm windows, though, I could no
longer type in any X window.
And Xserv 4.2.0-42 seems about 5 to 10 times more responsive at tracking
the mouse cursor when using -rootwindow instead of -multiwindow.
This sounds to me interesting enough to Cc: to the mailing list - hope
you don't mind.
Regards,
luke