Re: FVWM: Navigator Page Source & Page Info windows problem

From: R. N. Cross <rnc_at_prismtechnologies.com>
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 1998 13:52:51 +0000

Dan Espen wrote:
>
> Andrew Leahy <A.Leahy_at_st.nepean.uws.edu.au> writes:
> >
> > G'day fvwm'ers!
> >
> > I'm having a problem with fvwm2.0.46 and 2.0.46 under Digital Unix 4.0.
> > When I do a View Source or View Page Info with Netscape Navigator 4.04,
> > the windows pop up without decorations (ie. NoTitle and NoBorder).
> >
> > Any ideas? Is the "Resource: Dialog" important? Is there some X or
> > Netscape setting (maybe in Netscape.ad) that could be telling Navigator to
> > create this windows without titles and handles? Or is it purely a FVWM
> > problem?
> >
> > BTW - fvwm95 with Navigator 4.04 works fine (all windows decorating
> > correctly).
>
> Title bars and borders are controlled by fvwm2 not the application.
> The application can give hints about what is wants, but the borders
> and titlebars are created by fvwm2. You also want to check for
> "NoTitle" and "HandleWidth 0" or "BorderWidth 0".
>
> Try adding this to the end of your .fvwm2rc:
>
> Style "*" DecorateTransients, Title, HandleWidth 8, BorderWidth 8
>
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I found that when running on Digital Alpha certain windows weren't being
given borders even when specified explicitly in the .fvwm file. I
recently switched to running on Sun Ultra Sparc and the problem has,
curiously enough, now disapeared. Looks like theres something strange
happening here...

Nick

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Received on Mon Mar 02 1998 - 07:41:07 GMT

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