Re: FVWM: Access to Client Application Resource Database

From: Dan Espen <dane_at_mk.telcordia.com>
Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 23:49:46 -0500

"Leo Deck" <leo_deck_at_hotmail.com> writes:
> On a Sun Solaris system, I have fvwm configured (via .fvwmrc) to execute a
> shell script when a particular selection is made from the fvwm "StartMenu".
> The shell script sets some environment variables and starts an X-Windows GUI
> application. The GUI makes a call to XtVaAppInitialize() that causes a
> connection to the X server to be
> opened. The call to XtVaAppInitialize() also causes the resource database
> for the application to be loaded by the resource manager.
>
> When fvwm has to manage the GUI application window after the GUI requests
> that the window be mapped, is there any way that fvwm can be modified to get
> access to the application's resource database? If so, please describe the
> way to access the application's resource database.
>
> Thanks in advance.

I saw this question this morning, and now this evening, but I still
don't understand it.

What do you want fvwm to do to your application?

Fvwm doesn't normally muck around with X resources, there are tools
like editres for that.

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Received on Mon Dec 06 1999 - 22:51:06 GMT

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