[..SNIP..]
>
>A possible optimization: keep a sorted list of the y coordinate of the
>bottom edge of each existing window; then instead of adding 1, set y to
>the next-higher element of the list. (Why this algorithm works is left
>as an exercise.)
What about shaped windows ? If you treat a shaped window as if it was a
rectangle then your method will work fine. If you want your new window to
use the "transparent" space of the shaped window then this method will
fail.
--------------------- --------------------------------------------
| / | |
| Shaped Window / | Normal window |
| / | |
| -------- | |
| | ===================== | |
| \ | | | |
| \| Space for | | |
| /| new window | | |
| / | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | ===================== | |
| | | |
----------- --------------------------------------------
Jeroen van der Most
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Received on Wed Oct 23 1996 - 03:38:03 BST