Running A Generic Application In an X Window

[Russell Shaw]

Dolloff, Matthew D. (JSC-ER7) wrote:
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dolloff, Matthew D. (JSC-ER7)
> Sent: Thu 4/13/2006 11:26 AM
> To: xorg at lists.freedesktop.org
> Subject: Running A Generic Application In an X Window
> 
> I have an application that opens an X window within itself and I am
> trying to allow any other generic application to open inside the X
> window that was opened by this program.  I have the window ID for the
> blank X window, but I am not sure how to get the app to actually open in
> it.
> 
> I am using X version 6.8.2

Hi,
Applications that create a top-level window just create it on the root window.
To make them open on a different window, would require the app have a command
option for passing the new "virtual root" window for it to use.

If you wrote a window manager, it could identify specific applications and
reparent their top-level window into any other window you like.