always on top window

Hi,

Is it possible in Metacity, and in other window managers,
create a
always on top window? What I want to mean with it is a
window that is
never obscured by any other window while the desktop is
running, like
the overlay window that was introduced in X11R7.1.

I'm working in gnome-mag and I need a always on top window
to make it
works smoother in X11R7.0 using COMPOSITE, since
override_redirect
windows can appear on top of it. Since, I can't be a window
manager and
select SubstructureRedirectMask, because Metacity already
selected it.
The better I achieve was raise the mag window when a
CreateNotify,
MapNotify, ConfigureNotify and CirculateNotify event is
received, but
this is not smooth enough, since it's possible to see the
window that
appear on top of the mag win before the raise of the last.

Thanks,
Carlos.


		
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On 8/4/06, Carlos Eduardo Rodrigues Diogenes
<cerdiogenesyahoo.com.br> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is it possible in Metacity, and in other window
managers, create a
> always on top window? What I want to mean with it is a
window that is
> never obscured by any other window while the desktop is
running, like
> the overlay window that was introduced in X11R7.1.
>
> I'm working in gnome-mag and I need a always on top
window to make it
> works smoother in X11R7.0 using COMPOSITE, since
override_redirect
> windows can appear on top of it. Since, I can't be a
window manager and
> select SubstructureRedirectMask, because Metacity
already selected it.

Selecting SubstructureRedirectMask would do no good for
override_redirect windows anyway; override redirect windows
are so
named, because the Xserver overrides or ignores redirects
for them
(such as the substructure redirect).

> The better I achieve was raise the mag window when a
CreateNotify,
> MapNotify, ConfigureNotify and CirculateNotify event is
received, but
> this is not smooth enough, since it's possible to see
the window that
> appear on top of the mag win before the raise of the
last.

The compositing manager might be able to do something about
this, but
I know nothing about that side of things.  cc'ing Soeren.
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