I couldn't get WindowStyle to update the icons. PlaceAgain, Refresh, and
RecaptureWindow didn't work either. Recapture did, but that's not a
viable option. Maybe I have to learn FvwmPerl, or how to make my own
module. Or more likely, abandon the idea. Thanks for your help.
jpkotta
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 23:16:58 -0500, Dan Espen <dane_at_mk.telcordia.com>
wrote:
> jpkotta <sqrt_-1_at_ezrs.com> writes:
>> On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 16:59:36 -0500, Dan Espen <dane_at_mk.telcordia.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > jpkotta <Jonathan.Kotta_at_ndsu.edu> writes:
>> >> I'm sure everyone has seen the configs that use a snapshot of a
>> window
>> >> as
>> >> the icon. What I want is to have an icon box with icons generated as
>> >> snapshots like this, but not just when the windows are iconified. I
>> >> want
>> >> this to work more like a taskbar, with the buttons being the snapshot
>> >> icons. Unfortunately, I don't see a way to dynamically update icons
>> in
>> >> FvwmIconBox, nor a way to have windows display icons when not
>> iconified
>> >> using the built in iconbox. Does anyone have ideas on how to this?
>> >
>> > Look at question 7.18 in the FAQ.
>> >
>>
>> I've already looked in the FAQ, I didn't see anything for what I want to
>> do. What I want to have is something like an FvwmIconMan or a taskbar,
>> but the buttons will be the window thumbnails. The buttons will be
>> present whether a window is iconified or not. Some kind of process,
>> periodic and/or event triggered, will continually update the thumbnails
>> to
>> what the windows currently look like. If I used the approach in the FAQ
>> 7.18, I could only have icons if the windows are iconified. I've been
>> playing with FvwmIconBox, but if the window changes (and the icon
>> changes
>> as well), the icon will not update in the FvwmIconBox unless I restart
>> it.
>
> It looks to me like FvwmIconBox responds to
> WindowStyle commands. Issue them from your periodic
> process. You can use FvwmCommand to talk to Fvwm.
> This might be better done with the FvwmPerl interface.
>
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