1998-10-23 Federico Mena Quintero <federico@nuclecu.unam.mx>

* desktop-icon.c (desktop_icon_realize): Doh.  We need to
	initialize the gnome_win_hints before we set any of the hints.

gnome/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+1998-10-23  Federico Mena Quintero  <federico@nuclecu.unam.mx>
+
+	* desktop-icon.c (desktop_icon_realize): Doh.  We need to
+	initialize the gnome_win_hints before we set any of the hints.
+
 1998-10-21  Federico Mena Quintero  <federico@nuclecu.unam.mx>
 
 	* gdesktop.c (create_desktop_icon): Renamed from

gnome/gdesktop-icon.c

@@ -208,7 +208,20 @@ desktop_icon_realize (GtkWidget *widget)
 	if (GTK_WIDGET_CLASS (parent_class)->realize)
 		(* GTK_WIDGET_CLASS (parent_class)->realize) (widget);
 
-	/* FIXME: set the appropriate WM hints for desktop icons */
+	/* Set the window decorations to none and hints to the appropriate combination */
+
+	gnome_win_hints_init ();
+
+	if (gnome_win_hints_wm_exists ()) {
+		gdk_window_set_decorations (widget->window, 0);
+		gdk_window_set_functions (widget->window, 0);
+
+		gnome_win_hints_set_layer (widget, WIN_LAYER_DESKTOP);
+		gnome_win_hints_set_hints (widget,
+					   (WIN_HINTS_SKIP_FOCUS
+					    | WIN_HINTS_SKIP_WINLIST
+					    | WIN_HINTS_SKIP_TASKBAR));
+	}
 }
 
 GtkWidget *