Support displaying floating X windows on all workspaces

; Setting _NET_WM_DESKTOP to 0xffffffff makes an X windows appearing
; on all desktops (EWMH).  It's tricky to do it for tiling X windows
; so it's not implemented.

* exwm-core.el (exwm--desktop): New buffer-local variable recording
the value of _NET_WM_DESKTOP.
* exwm-layout.el (exwm-layout--hide): Do not hide X windows with this
property set to 0xffffffff.

* exwm.el (exwm--update-desktop): New function for fetching the value
of _NET_WM_DESKTOP and setting `exwm--desktop'.
* exwm-manage.el (exwm-manage--manage-window): Use it.

* exwm-workspace.el (exwm-workspace--set-desktop): Also update
`exwm--desktop'.
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Chris Feng 2018-02-19 22:34:03 +08:00
parent d22e6740d7
commit b8ce20b4f3
5 changed files with 38 additions and 18 deletions

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(while (= ?R (shell-command-on-region (point) (point) args))))
(kill-emacs))))))
(defun exwm--update-desktop (xwin)
"Update _NET_WM_DESKTOP."
(with-current-buffer (exwm--id->buffer xwin)
(let ((reply (xcb:+request-unchecked+reply exwm--connection
(make-instance 'xcb:ewmh:get-_NET_WM_DESKTOP
:window xwin)))
desktop)
(when reply
(setq desktop (slot-value reply 'value))
(cond
((eq desktop #xffffffff)
(unless (or (not exwm--floating-frame)
(eq exwm--frame exwm-workspace--current)
(and exwm--desktop
(= desktop exwm--desktop)))
(exwm-layout--show xwin (frame-root-window exwm--floating-frame)))
(setq exwm--desktop desktop))
((and desktop
(< desktop (exwm-workspace--count))
(if exwm--desktop
(/= desktop exwm--desktop)
(/= desktop (exwm-workspace--position exwm--frame))))
(exwm-workspace-move-window desktop xwin))
(t
(exwm-workspace--set-desktop xwin)))))))
(defun exwm--update-window-type (id &optional force)
"Update _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE."
(with-current-buffer (exwm--id->buffer id)