memory-leaks

commit dedada0de3ee6b174c958237aa9c0017f8cb2b0f
parent 1956d5a6f486071b2d3219d888f93ea044f816ae
Author: Kévin Le Gouguec <kevin.legouguec@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 19 Jul 2020 21:41:19 +0200

Note down how to remove window decorations with xfwm

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 # XFCE
 
-- xfwm: hide/remove titlebar/decorations
 - read `~/.config/environment.d` to do away with `~/.xsessionrc`
   (e.g. to set `$PATH`)
 
+## xfwm: hide titlebars and decorations
+
+Openbox has an option for that, and I find it neat.  Unfortunately,
+the XFCE developers have historically been strongly opposed to this
+feature.  Cf. [their old FAQ][xfce-FAQ:wmhints]:
+
+> **6. Why are there no options to start an application without any
+> window decoration, to "keep it on top" of other windows, or to make
+> it disappear from the taskbar ?**
+>
+> xfwm4 does not, and will never, include any mechanism to bypass what
+> the application wants. The application should allow this by using
+> standard hints for Window Managers. Moreover, by doing it in the
+> application, it will work with all WM. Gkrellm2 is a good example of
+> such implementation.
+
+AFAIK this stance has not changed despite multiple requests on the
+mailing list ([xfce:20050822124853.GA5200@areti.co.uk]) and on the bug
+tracker ([xfce:8379], [xfce:9082], [xfce:11427], all closed as
+WONTFIX).
+
+[xfce-FAQ:wmhints]: https://web.archive.org/web/20040414233213/http://www.xfce.org/index.php?page=documentation&lang=en#wmhints
+[xfce:20050822124853.GA5200@areti.co.uk]: https://mail.xfce.org/pipermail/xfce/2005-August/015039.html
+[xfce:8379]: https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8379
+[xfce:9082]: https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9082
+[xfce:11427]: https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11427
+
+As of xfwm4 4.12.5 this can be worked around by creating an empty
+custom theme:
+
+``` shell
+mkdir -p .local/share/themes/nofrills/xfwm4
+touch .local/share/themes/nofrills/xfwm4/themerc
+xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/theme -s nofrills
+```
+
 # Spell checkers
 
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