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#1 2010-01-11 17:47:32
- na12
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Always-below in Metacity
Is it possible to set some application window to be always below others in Gnome(Metacity),even if you click on it?
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#2 2010-01-11 18:26:08
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Re: Always-below in Metacity
Firstly, please use an appropriate title for your thread that describes the situation -- in this case, perhaps something like "Always-below in Metacity" 
And as to your question, I don't use Metacity, but I found this thread by Googling, with some suggestions: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=55838
Switching to Openbox from Metacity (and keeping GNOME, if you want) is a good idea.
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#3 2010-01-11 18:44:06
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Re: Always-below in Metacity
Yeah,I know for Gnome/Openbox solution.I tried devilspie and it is not worked.
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#4 2010-01-11 20:07:00
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Re: Always-below in Metacity
GNOME/Openbox is a powerful combination. I remember discovering openbox while still using gnome under Ubuntu and couldn't use metacity after that...
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#5 2010-01-11 21:07:20
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Re: Always-below in Metacity
Yes, but I can't without composite manager, xcompmgr and gnome is awful combination.
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#6 2010-01-11 22:54:53
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Re: Always-below in Metacity
Then why don't you use GNOME/Compiz?
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#7 2010-01-12 08:52:50
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Re: Always-below in Metacity
My ati x1250 with open drivers don't allow me that. Performance are poor.
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#8 2010-01-12 15:27:43
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Re: Always-below in Metacity
Looks like your only solutions then are:
1.) Give up on always-below setting.
2.) Ask Metacity devs to implement it (they likely won't).
3.) Ask someone else to make a patch to implement it (maybe not too hard?).
4.) Give up on composited window management and go for Openbox. Fast and light has an appeal of its own 
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#9 2010-01-12 15:44:43
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Re: Always-below in Metacity
It seems i will definitely leave gnome and back to openbox(plus xcompmgr).
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