Help With setting Window Borders

[Peter Harris]

On 2010-05-03 11:58, John Eke wrote:
> Please help I am slightly confused. What does the border width, and
> border pixel properties do? I have an X11 client that sends a
> CreateWindow request, where I set values for border width and border
> color. I am not sure why I see no effect, could someone please let me
> know what I am doing wrong? Also how does a window border relate to the
> window managers decorations.

Most window managers remove the border of your toplevel window. So
setting border-width is only going to be visible on your internal
subwindows in most cases.

Peter Harris
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