On Sun, Sep 21, 2003 at 06:11:38PM -0400, Dan Espen wrote:
> Mikhael Goikhman <migo_at_homemail.com> writes:
> > On 21 Sep 2003 15:43:41 -0400, Ian Hutchinson wrote:
> > >
> > > netscape -iconic
> > >
> > > works fine under metacity (for example) but not fvwm (using 4.79 version
> > > of netscape for speed reasons under Red Hat Linux 8.0).
> > >
> > > Under fvwm [fvwm 2.5.7 compiled on May 30 2003 at 20:29:15
> > > with support for: ReadLine, Stroke, XPM, PNG, Shape, XShm, SM, Bidi text,
> > > Xinerama, XRender, XFT, NLS] the netscape always pops open its first
> > > window. It looks as if it tries to start iconic but then for some reason
> > > deiconifies straight away.
> > >
> > > I read that the fvwm Inconic setting does not work for netscape, but that
> > > netscape -iconic does. I have tried all combinations and none works.
> > >
> > > Anyone have a fix?
> >
> > With fvwm-2.5.8 (from cvs) and Netscape 3, "netscape -iconic" works
> > without problems. It is started iconic.
> >
> > If you start fvwm without any configuration, like "fvwm -f no-config",
> > does "netscape -iconic" work? f it does not work, it is possible that you
> > run some netscape wrapper script that discards its arguments.
> >
> > Alternativelly, it is possible to start any netscape iconic by adding:
> >
> > Style Navigator StartIconic
> >
> > But it causes all new subwindows to be started iconified too.
>
> I think you need Netscape 4. (I have 4.78).
> It starts iconic, but uniconifies itself soon afterward.
I can reproduce the problem, but I don't think we can do much
about it. I see the netscape icon appear, but it deiconifies
itself immediately. I don't think we can do anything about it.
Ciao
Dominik ^_^ ^_^
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Received on Mon Sep 22 2003 - 03:16:21 BST