[Gimp-user] Is there a lightweight Window Manager that properly supports utility windows?

[David Gowers]

Hi!

On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 5:11 PM, Hood Family <hoodbild at maxnet.co.nz> wrote:
> I guess the title says it all.  The page for Gimp 2.5x said Metacity was the
> only Window Manager that properly supported utility windows.  The page for
> 2.6 doesn't say this, so I presume it is no longer the case.
>
> I've found Openbox almost works properly, except that the utility windows
> stay above the file open and save dialogues.  Does anyone know if this is a
> window manager problem or just a Gimp bug or a GTK bug or something else?
> Are there any other lightweight window managers that support utility
> windows?

I use AwesomeWM, which treats GIMP's utility windows correctly.

http://awesome.naquadah.org/

David