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| author | Kévin Le Gouguec <kevin.legouguec@gmail.com> | 2020-07-19 21:41:19 +0200 |
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| committer | Kévin Le Gouguec <kevin.legouguec@gmail.com> | 2020-07-19 21:42:30 +0200 |
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Note down how to remove window decorations with xfwm
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diff --git a/itches/bulk.md b/itches/bulk.md index 9b9c126..f5ce469 100644 --- a/itches/bulk.md +++ b/itches/bulk.md @@ -1,9 +1,44 @@ # 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 - update dictionaries? |