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

Trent Piepho xyzzy at speakeasy.org
Mon Jun 25 16:41:07 CEST 2007


On Mon, 25 Jun 2007, Attila Kinali wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Jun 2007 13:57:18 -0700
> "Mark Tiefenbruck" <mark at fluxbox.org> wrote:
> I've read it quite a few times when the code in question
> was written. What you have here is a missunderstanding on
> what MPlayer should be doing and what not. Rule of thumb is
> that an application should not force a specific window position
> or size on the user/WM. But, unlike with other application,
> people want that the video window is at the top and centered
> on their screen on startup. MPlayer does that, but it is also

They do?  I don't want that.  It's always annoyed me that mplayer does this.
Insisting that the application start centered and on top is something I expect
from windows applications designed for people with small screens that only use
one program at a time.  I want the mplayer window to appear where it doesn't
cover up other windows.



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