Re: FVWM: fvwm 2.3.8 & fvwm 2.3.9-2.3.12 incompatibility?

From: Brennan Cropper <bcropper_at_nortelnetworks.com>
Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 16:06:04 +0000

Okay,

I feel slightly like an idiot. Here's the snapshot of FvwmIconMan as
I'm using it in 2.3.12.

Brennan

"Cropper, Brennan (B.) [EXCHANGE:HAL02:HM70]" wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> In upgrading from 2.3.8 to 2.3.9 and subsequent (up to 2.3.12) releases,
> I've run into some unwanted behaviors in both FvwmPager and
> FvwmIconMan. I was wondering if someone could possibly shed some light
> on this.
>
> The problems I ran into deal with the displaying of colors. I did
> notice that I had to change a line in my configuration dealing with
> highlight colors during the upgrade and I think this may be the culprit
> of my problems. Previously (2.3.8), this section of my config looked
> like this:
> ------------ snip --------------
> AddToDecor CurrentDecor
> + ....
> + HilightColor #ffffff #c0c0c0
> + ....
>
> Style "CurrentStyle" UseDecor CurrentDecor
> ....
> Style "*" UseStyle CurrentStyle
> ------------ snip --------------
>
> I've since changed this to:
> ------------ snip --------------
> AddToDecor CurrentDecor
> + ....
> [+ HilightColor #ffffff #c0c0c0] <---- removed this line
> + ....
>
> Style "CurrentStyle" UseDecor CurrentDecor
> Style "MyStyle" HilightFore #ffffff HilightBack #c0c0c0
> ....
> Style "*" UseStyle CurrentStyle
> ------------ snip --------------
>
> Anyway, after making this change to my configuration and upgrading to a
> newer release (> 2.3.8), the colors in FvwmPager and FvwmIconMan have
> been behaving strangely. Here are their config's.
>
> #------------------ Pager
> *FvwmPagerBack DarkGreen
> *FvwmPagerFore Black
> *FvwmPagerHilight grey60
> *FvwmPagerFont -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
> *FvwmPagerGeometry -1-1
> *FvwmPagerLabel 0 Home
> *FvwmPagerLabel 1 Clearcase
> *FvwmPagerLabel 2 Sniff
> *FvwmPagerSmallFont 5x8
> *FvwmPagerBalloons
> *FvwmPagerBalloonFore black
> *FvwmPagerBalloonBack wheat
> *FvwmPagerBalloonFont 5x8
>
> #------------------ IconMan
> *FvwmIconMan*nummanagers 1
> *FvwmIconMan*resolution desk
> *FvwmIconMan*format %t
> *FvwmIconMan*font -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
>
> *FvwmIconMan*foreground Black
> *FvwmIconMan*background grey70
> *FvwmIconMan*plainbutton up
> *FvwmIconMan*selectbutton down
> *FvwmIconMan*focusbutton down
> *FvwmIconMan*focusandselectbutton down
> *FvwmIconMan*followfocus true
> *FvwmIconMan*drawicons true
>
> *FvwmIconMan*action Mouse 1 N sendcommand Deiconify-Raise-Focus
> *FvwmIconMan*action Mouse 2 N sendcommand Iconify
> *FvwmIconMan*action Mouse 3 N sendcommand "Module FvwmIdent FvwmIdent"
> *FvwmIconMan*buttongeometry 200x0
> *FvwmIconMan*managergeometry +0+0
>
> FvwmIconMan's colors become messed up totally. That is, the buttons
> come up as different combinations of fg and bg depending on the colormap
> in use, and the selected buttons are sometimes drawn with three or four
> lines through them. It just so happens that the color combinations that
> often come up make the buttons unreadable.
>
> FvwmPager's colors behave better, but the window that has the focus
> shows up as a solid white window (white on white w/white border), as
> where previously it was a window with white as the fg color and #c0c0c0
> as the bg color with a white border.
>
> I have attached snapshots obtained with xmag of both FvwmIconMan and
> FvwmPager with both the 2.3.8 and 2.3.12 fvwm versions.
>
> Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. If I can offer any
> more information, please let me know.
>
> Thanks a million,
> Brennan
>
> P.S. I'm running on Solaris 2.6. Incidentally, over the Christmas
> break, I upgraded my Linux box to 2.3.12, and did not have the problem I
> described above. Strange? I think so.
>
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> [Image] [Image] [Image] [Image]

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