From: Fernando Tarlá Cardoso Lemos <fernandotcl@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:15:18 +0000 (-0200)
Subject: Mention floating_fix_coordinates in the hacking how-to.
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Mention floating_fix_coordinates in the hacking how-to.
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diff --git a/docs/hacking-howto b/docs/hacking-howto
index 836d5701..73ae9633 100644
--- a/docs/hacking-howto
+++ b/docs/hacking-howto
@@ -936,6 +936,11 @@ Without much ado, here is the list of cases which need to be considered:
   leads to code which looks like it works fine but which does not work under
   certain conditions.
 
+* Forgetting to call `floating_fix_coordinates(con, old_rect, new_rect)` after
+  moving workspaces across outputs. Coordinates for floating containers are
+  not relative to workspace boundaries, so you must correct their coordinates
+  or those containers will show up in the wrong workspace or not at all.
+
 == Using git / sending patches
 
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