The only reason I use gnome/compiz instead of gnome/metacity is to get around this problem. With Compiz the dialog boxes show up as I expect them to.
On Tue, 2008-12-02 at 00:29 +0100, Damian Stewart wrote:Hand raised, gnome/metacity. I am, in fact, irritated with confirmation
> raise your hand if
> a) you run Linux, and
> b) you are really really really irritated by the fact that the
> confirm-close, confirm-quit, file-open and file-save dialog boxes are
> parented to the main Pd window, rather than the patch window you are
> currently looking at.
dialogs of any kind, and for me losing the confirm-close dialog alone
was worth the trouble of installing pd-extended.
Bill Gribble
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