Re: newbie: wm troubles

Hi!

You can define either margins (to keep space for the panel) or set the panel
on top (so its always visible). 

Jens

On Mon, 6 Sep 2004 22:04:23 +0200, Egon Eckert
<egon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I tried to switch to xfce to get rid of the Gnome bloat. :)
> 
> Everything went really fine and I started enjoying the new-and-shiny
> fast-and-usable desktop...  Unfortunately, I couldn't resolve this:
> window maximizing in xfwm4 hides the panel.
> 
> When trying sawfish instead (which has the maximize-fill-toggle
> functions, that do not hide other windows, including the panel), I was
> unable to get workspace switching right.  Clicking in the switcher did
> select the workspace, but also did somehow "move" all windows based on
> the exact pixel-position of the click, as if I would move the (0,0)
> origin of the desktop with the click.
> 
> The OS is i386 Debian Linux (Sarge) with many xfce4-*.deb installed,
> versions 4.0.5-1 to 4.0.6-1 (xfwm4 is 4.0.5-1).
> 
> Any helpful ideas?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> --
> Egon Eckert, Heaven Industries, s.r.o.
> E-mail: egon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
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