Re: FVWM: Misc Problems

From: Andrew Laden <andrew_at_sgc.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 15:40:46 -0500 (EST)

Ok. Cool. Getting closer.

 Using the info below, I can get rid of the iconify button on the
transient.

 But the close button still doesnt show up.

So lets change the question. How can I get the close button to show up on
those transient windows? I guess I could

 Style "*" NoDecorHint, NoFuncHint, NoOLDecor

But thats throwing the baby out with the bathwater I think.

With the hints and functions on, fvwm seems to get rid of the close button
if there are any other hints. Maybe its a location thing. If button 4 goes
away, it takes away button 2 as well. If 6 goes away, it takes out 2 and
4. Etc.

(BTW, Motif hints are reflected in the window menu. It greys out
inappropriate selections. HintOverride allows you to select them anyway)

Also, on a side note. The MWMButtons style doesnt seem to be working
either.


-Andrew

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On 2 Feb 1999, Paul D. Smith wrote:
> %% Andrew Laden <andrew_at_sgc.com> writes:
> 
>   al> 1: Decorating transients in Netscape 4.5 and others.
> 
>   al>  Using netscape 4.5, with my decor set essentailly to the Windows
>   al> 95 look provided in the sample config files.  Netscape
>   al> occasionally pops up secondary windows. Advertisements,
>   al> supplimental windows etc.  These windows dont get all the buttons
>   al> that I have defined. In particular, they dont get button 2, which
>   al> is mapped to close. Its annoying, since thats what I usually want
>   al> to do with those windows. Its not greyed out in the menu, so there
>   al> is no "hint" blocking it.
> 
> I think there is, though.  I don't think the Motif hints are reflected
> in the menu selections (how could they be?).
> 
>   al> However, the iconify and maximize are greyed out in some of them,
>   al> yet I still see the iconify button. Maybe there is some bug
>   al> between mapping what buttons should be hinted out vs what buttons
>   al> actually are?
> 
> There's no bug, that's a feature! :)
> 
> There's no way for FVWM to know which of the 7 (or whatever) buttons the
> user defined should be ignored when the window hint for "can't iconify"
> is set (for example).
> 
> So, it chooses the Motif defaults; that is, for iconify or minimize, it
> chooses the second to the right.  Etc.
> 
> If you want to tell FVWM that different buttons should take effect for
> the different Motif hints, then see the ButtonStyle command, where you
> can attach MWMDecorMenu, MWMDecorMin, and MWMDecorMax flags to the
> appropriate buttons.
> 
> I'm not sure if there's any way to get FVWM to ignore these hints
> altogether?  I guess if you turn off MWMFunctions?
> 
> 
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