Re: FVWM: SunOS calendar manager

From: Jeff S. Elam <jselam_at_SSD.intel.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 09:58:29 -0700

This is a known bug/shortcoming in fvwm that's been there for a long time.
Apparently it doesn't deal with OpenWindows hints very well...

The problem stems from the -WP switch, which is telling cm where to place
its icon. When you restart fvwm, the icon is placed at 0,0 before it "zaps"
to the location you specify with -WP. If there's another window at 0,0, the
icon will hide under that window and will stay there until it's exposed, at
which time it will "zap" to the proper location.

I worked around the problem by eliminating the "-WP" switch from the command
line and creating an IconBox for "cm" in the location that you want and that's
barely big enough to hold the icon. This way fvwm places the icon itself
and doesn't have to rely on the OpenWindows hints from cm...

-- 
-Jeff E.
jselam_at_ssd.intel.com
Song Koh wrote:
> 
> My calendar manager gets lost when I restart fvwm2.  Anyone else
> having this problem?
> 
> I start with:
>         cm -Wi -WP 1210 70&
> 
> and:
>         Style "cm"              Sticky, NoIconTitle
> 
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