i think im handling reparent events correctly now, by unmanaging the window and then XMapping the client

src/client.cc

@@ -1269,6 +1269,12 @@ void OBClient::reparentHandler(const XReparentEvent &e)
     to an already unmapped window.
   */
 
+  // put another copy of this event on the stack (for the frame reparent
+  // process)
+  XEvent ev;
+  ev.xreparent = e;
+  XPutBackEvent(otk::OBDisplay::display, &ev);
+  
   // this deletes us etc
   Openbox::instance->screen(_screen)->unmanageWindow(this);
 }

src/frame.cc

@@ -436,8 +436,12 @@ void OBFrame::releaseClient()
   XEvent ev;
   if (XCheckTypedWindowEvent(otk::OBDisplay::display, _client->window(),
                              ReparentNotify, &ev)) {
-    // XXX: ob2/bb didn't do this.. look up this process in other wm's!
+    /*
-    //XPutBackEvent(otk::OBDisplay::display, &ev);
+      If the app reparented itself, then we unmanage the window. This causes
+      the window to be unmapped, so to be nice to it, we remap the window
+      here. We don't put the event back onto the stack because we put it there
+      in the first place.
+    */
     XMapWindow(otk::OBDisplay::display, _client->window());
   } else {
     // according to the ICCCM - if the client doesn't reparent to