Mhhh
xmms -q

->The minimize not working under default wm is really annoying..
I didn't search at all how to correct it but if you find a way, I'd be interested.
For this, I guess you'll need the sources (although I've modified very few things..).

->Other problems come directly from the original (like windows putting themselves in front of others).

->When I go back developing xmms, the first thing I will do is finishing integrating the mad plugin so that 770 users can use xmms.

-> By the way, the current xmms language hack is not enough, you need:
LANG=C LC_MESSAGES=C xmms
not only LANG