Why does my application (e.g. xmms, mplayer) pause when I move a window?
This behaviour is not a bug. It occurs because of the nature of outline window moving. Long version: Outline moving works by drawing a rectangle of inverted pixels around a window. When you move the mouse, the old rectange is erased (by inverting the pixels again) and a new one drawn. Fluxbox grabs the display to freeze all the applications display windows. If it doesn’t to this, then window changes can occur which change bits of the rectangles, ultimately leaving sections of rectangle randomly around the screen. All window managers that offer outline moving need to enforce the same rule so that the display doesn’t become messy with rectange fragments during or after the move operation. If you find one that doesn’t let us know 🙂 The author believes that applications such as xmms whose primary function is not graphical ought to be able to continue to operate without the display updating (mplayer has a good excuse to pause). However, this behaviour is not under the control of the Fluxbo
