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Bug 497727 - gdk_spawn_on_screen ignores the screen parameter
gdk_spawn_on_screen ignores the screen parameter
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: gtk+
Classification: Platform
Component: Backend: X11
2.12.x
Other All
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Assigned To: gtk-bugs
gtk-bugs
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Reported: 2007-11-17 19:21 UTC by Jean-François Wauthy
Modified: 2010-12-22 19:01 UTC
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Description Jean-François Wauthy 2007-11-17 19:21:15 UTC
Please describe the problem:
gdk_spawn_on_screen ignores the screen parameter if envp contains a DISPLAY variable. In this case, the application is shown on the screen described by DISPLAY.

I understand this behavior but the current documentation of GDK says:
"the child process is spawned in such an environment that on calling gdk_display_open() it would be returned a GdkDisplay with screen as the default screen". Therefore I expect the launched application to be started on the required screen regardless of the presence of a DISPLAY variable with a different value in envp.

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Does this happen every time?


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Comment 1 Matthias Clasen 2010-12-22 19:01:40 UTC
The gdk_spawn api is gone.