i3 - improved tiling WM

Improve dragging pointer UnmapNotify policy

Patch status: superseded

Patch by Tony Crisci

Long description:

Only cancel a drag operation on UnmapNotify when the unmapping window is
managed on the current workspace.

fixes #1108

To apply this patch, use:
curl http://cr.i3wm.org/patch/289/raw.patch | git am

b/src/floating.c

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@@ -629,6 +629,7 @@ drag_result_t drag_pointer(Con *con, const xcb_button_press_event_t *event, xcb_
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     xcb_flush(conn);
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     xcb_generic_event_t *inside_event, *last_motion_notify = NULL;
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+    Con *inside_con = NULL;
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     bool loop_done = false;
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     /* The return value, set to DRAG_CANCEL on user cancel */
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     drag_result_t drag_result = DRAG_SUCCESS;
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@@ -656,10 +657,20 @@ drag_result_t drag_pointer(Con *con, const xcb_button_press_event_t *event, xcb_
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                     break;
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                 case XCB_UNMAP_NOTIFY:
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-                    DLOG("Unmap-notify, aborting\n");
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+                    inside_con = con_by_window_id(((xcb_unmap_notify_event_t*)inside_event)->window);
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+
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+                    DLOG("UnmapNotify for window 0x%08x (container %p)\n", ((xcb_unmap_notify_event_t*)inside_event)->window, inside_con);
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+                    /* cancel the drag if a window is unmapped on the focused workspace */
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+                    if (inside_con != NULL && inside_con->type && (
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+                                con_get_workspace(inside_con) == NULL ||
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+                                con_get_workspace(inside_con) == con_get_workspace(focused)
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+                                )
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+                       ) {
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+                        DLOG("UnmapNotify for a managed window on the current workspace, aborting\n");
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+                        loop_done = true;
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+                    }
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+
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                     handle_event(type, inside_event);
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-                    loop_done = true;
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-                    drag_result = DRAG_CANCEL;
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                     break;
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                 case XCB_KEY_PRESS: