Xmms starts in regular window...

audibel · 04-09-2005, 12:13 PM

Why does xmms start in a window. How do I get xmms to not be in a window?

macemoneta · 04-09-2005, 12:51 PM

Are you saying you want to play music from the command line? If so, you can use mpg321 to play MP3s, for example.

audibel · 04-09-2005, 12:54 PM

no, it's that I thought xmms did not have a bordered window, or a window surrounding it at all, the skins are all designed that way, why does it have a window, can it be gotten rid of.

macemoneta · 04-09-2005, 01:09 PM

Ah, now I understand. Xmms doesn't use the window manager decorations, it creates its own. While the option exists to turn on window manager decorations, that will give you two sets. There is no option to suppress xmms own window decorations, that I'm aware of.

audibel · 04-09-2005, 08:28 PM

Au contrair, but it is using the window manager decoration, and that is my problem, how to disable it.

macemoneta · 04-09-2005, 08:36 PM

Run xmms, and right-click to bring up the pop-up menu. Select Options->Preferences, then click on the Options tab. Check "Show window manager decorations", then click the Apply button.

What you will see is that your window manager decorations (borders, titlebar, buttons) now appear around a similar set of decorations created by xmms. You can turn the window manager decorations off, but not those created by xmms.

audibel · 04-09-2005, 08:52 PM

I figured it out... you have to close xmms and then edit the config file... there is a flag that says show_wm_decotrations=TRUE

audibel · 04-09-2005, 08:56 PM

Thank you, hehe, I did it a bit lowtek I guess, but thanks for the help.

audibel · 04-09-2005, 08:58 PM

As a side note is there a way to make the playlist window stick to the main window like in winamp?

macemoneta · 04-09-2005, 09:23 PM

Yes, just open the playlist wndow and drag it to an edge of the xmms window. It will stick, and dragging the xmms window will drag both (same with the equalizer).

Komakino · 04-10-2005, 04:52 AM

What window manager are you using?