Re: FVWM: automation of deiconifying xconsole

From: Thomas Adam <thomas_adam16_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 03:57:37 -0800 (PST)

Hi,

As I am a complete newbie to all of this, could you
provide detailed instructions as to which file I put
the functions that you mentioned. I use the
AnotherLevel m4 preprocessor if that helps!!

Much obliged for your help,
Regards,

Thomas Adam
--- Dominik Vogt <dominik.vogt_at_fvwm.org> wrote: > On
Thu, Feb 08, 2001 at 12:55:53AM -0800, Thomas
> Adam wrote:
> > Dear List,
> >
> > I have now, thanks to the help of Thomas A
> Gardiner,
> > Bob Woodside, et al, been able to customise FVWM2
> very
> > efficiently. Thanks guys!! There is however one
> final
> > question that maybe you could help me with.
> >
> > As you probably know, because I log in via Xdm,
> > xconsole is displayed. I have set in the file
> > fvwm.defstyles.m4 a style thus:
> >
> > Style xconsole StickyOnTop, StartIconic,
> WinListSkip
> >
> > My question is this: While I am using fvwm2 I
> often
> > get information appearing in that window. Is it
> > possible to get fvwm2 to de-iconify that window
> (thus
> > restoring it) when information is piped into this
> > window???
>
> If xconsole is started with the "-notify" option, an
> asterisk is
> appended to the icon title whenever new data
> arrives. Then you
> can set up FvwmEvent to notice this change in the
> icon title and
> deiconify the window via an fvwm function, perhaps
> something like
>
> *FvwmEvent icon_name Function DeiconifyXconsole
> *FvwmEventPassID
> AddToFunc DeiconifyXconsole
> + I WindowId $0 (xconsole\*) iconify off
>
> Bye
>
> Dominik ^_^ ^_^
>
> --
> Dominik Vogt, email: d.vogt_at_lifebits.de
> LifeBits Aktiengesellschaft, Albrechtstr. 9, D-72072
> Tuebingen
> fon: ++49 (0) 7071/7965-0, fax: ++49 (0) 7071/7965-2


=====
Thomas Adam
Linux Co-ordinator for The Purbeck School

e-mail (school): n6tadam_at_users.purbeck.dorset.sch.uk
e-mail (yahoo) : thomas_adam16_at_yahoo.com

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