Bob Woodside wrote:
> "Philippe BOURDEU d'AGUERRE" <bda_at_aime.insa-tlse.fr> wrote:
> > I try to use:
> > Style "Netscape*" SkipMapping, StartsOnPage 0 1 0
> > with an InitFunction which starts Netscape with option -iconic.
> > It fails, Netscape always starts on Page 0 0 0 :=(
> > But it works without -iconic option.
>
> The problem lies in code that is much older than the StartsOnPage
> logic. FVWM bypasses any of the window placement logic (where StartsOnPage
> operates) if the window has the wmhints initial_state properrty set to
> IconicState. This is what happens when you use the -iconic command line
> argument.
>
> I'm not quite sure what the reason for this was...perhaps to defer
> the placement logic until the window is actualy mapped for the first time.
> I see an inconsistencly in the handling that puzzles me, but it may give
> you a temporary workaround. If you use the StartIconic style instead of
> using the -iconic arg, it slips right on through the placement code and
> ends up on the page where you wanted it.
Well, I'm now trying to use this, ... and it /doesn't/ seem to work. It
gets the Netscape stuff on the right page if one removes '-iconic', but
the StartsIconic style fails, and both Navigator & MailThread kick off in
open windows:
Style "*" SloppyFocus, SkipMapping
Style "MailThread" StartIconic, IconBox 941 0 -157 -846
Style "Navigator" StartIconic, IconBox 941 0 -157 -846, StartsOnPage 0 1
0
... toolwait netscape -ncols 128 -mail file:$HOME/.www/index.html
I've had to put, after the toolwait (in my kick-off-apps script):
FvwmCommand 'Function Iconify-Netscape' 2>&1 > /dev/null
with:
AddToFunc Iconify-Netscape \
"I" Wait MailThread
+ "I" Next [MailThread] Iconify 1
+ "I" Next [Navigator] Iconify 1
Not pleasant [you see the mailthread window momentarily] but it works.
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Received on Wed Dec 23 1998 - 05:08:45 GMT