please recheck this patch with Mathematica from Wolfram Research - lemme know if it fixes the geyish blob window bug
--- a/event.c Tue Jun 19 09:04:21 2007 +0200
+++ b/event.c Tue Jun 19 09:08:15 2007 +0200
@@ -301,7 +301,8 @@
if(!XGetWindowAttributes(dpy, ev->window, &wa))
return;
- if(wa.override_redirect)
+ fprintf(stderr, "does the window suck? %s\n", wa.map_state == IsViewable ? "no" : "yes");
+ if(wa.override_redirect || wa.map_state != IsViewable)
return;
if(!getclient(ev->window))
manage(ev->window, &wa);