[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] x11 vo drivers override user settings for window placement

[Reimar Döffinger]

Hello,
On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 03:11:31PM +0200, Reimar D?ffinger wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 01:48:14PM +0200, Attila Kinali wrote:
> > On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 12:03:24 -0700
> > "Mark Tiefenbruck" <mark at fluxbox.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > First of all, since you're setting the size hint, the only reason to
> > > move the window at all is in case there isn't a window manager
> > > running. While that probably happens more often for a video player
> > > than most applications, I'd still wager it's pretty rare. However, you
> > > don't have to give up on that case to resolve this. You can just move
> > > the window before mapping it. I've supplied a patch to do just that,
> > > and it works. Oh, and it also makes the gl2 driver set the size hint
> > > before mapping -- that's pretty important.
> > 
> > Did we reach any resolution about this issue?
> 
> No, but maybe everyone can test attached patch and comment what they
> like or don't like about it.

And I will start: I really don't like that it behaves inconsistent with
-fixed-vo: The first movie will be played at the position indicated by
the window manager while all others will play centered - possibly even
on a different screen.

Greetings,
Reimar Döffinger