[Qt-interest] Qt-based programs not painting on screen

[Rendezvous]

--- On Fri, 9/25/09, Nehemiah Dacres <dacresni at slu.edu> wrote:

> From: Nehemiah Dacres <dacresni at slu.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Qt-interest] Qt-based programs not painting on screen
> To: "Rendezvous" <junk_and_mail at yahoo.com>
> Date: Friday, September 25, 2009, 12:26 AM
> why are you using Xlib instead of XCB ? 
>

I have not heard of XCB. Will switching to it help fix my problem? I find interesting that other Qt-based window managers use Xlib and don't have any problems with Qt-based programs like i do.
 
>> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 6:34 AM,
>> Rendezvous <junk_and_mail at yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> I'm
>> in the process of making my own window manager in Qt, but
>> for some reason my window manager seems to be preventing
>> Qt-based programs from painting on the screen. I have no
>> idea what the problem is; all i know is that if i don't
>> ask for SubstructureRedirectMask events, then Qt-based
>> programs can paint themselves. I've looked in the source
>> code of other Qt-based window managers and i can't
>> figure out what is wrong with mine. If anyone is willing to
>> help me understand what is wrong, i'd very much
>> appreciate it; i've been trying to solve this for days.
>> The source code for the window manager can be browsed
>> through here: http://code.google.com/p/dexiosdesktop/source/browse/#svn/trunk/src/DexWM
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> As a side note, although i haven't verified it with Qt
>> 4.4, my window manager doesn't prevent Qt-based programs
>> from painting with Qt 4.3. I'm currently using Qt 4.5
>> and i think this is something that deals with Qt 4.5
>> specifically.
>>