GNU bug report logs - #3599
23.0.94; (elisp)Window Tree: Need to define root window

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Message #20 received at 3599 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>, 3599 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#3599: 23.0.94; (elisp)Window Tree: Need to define root window
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:07:31 +0200

> "where ROOT represents the window tree of the frame's root window"
>
> So what is the "frame's root window" - what does that mean?
>
> Note too that "root window" means something about window manager
> windows, outside Emacs, so it is all the more important to explain
> this concept.

The term "root window" has been used internally for a long time and
probably was exhibited here for lack of a better term.  `window-tree' is
currently used only for balancing window sizes and I wasn't yet able to
understand neither the subtleties of the code nor its documentation.

So suggestions welcome ...

martin

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