> Did anyone get an answer to how to make FvwmButtons swallow an iconified
> application???
>
> I'd like to swallow rclock iconified so that it will display the clock as well
> as the date.
>
I needed to do this because we use a mail program called 'Mailworks', which when
iconified shows you a dog with mail in its mouth if you get new mail (!!??!!).
The only way I could think to do it is to use an FvwmIconBox. I swallow this in
my FvwmButtons and ensure that only the one icon I want is present in the
icon box. Here's what I used (fvwm 2.0.45):
For my button bar:
*IconBar(Frame 0, Swallow(Respawn) "IMailBox" "IMailBox")
For my FvwmIconBox (called IMailBox ie I have a soft link from IMailBox to
FvwmIconBox):
*IMailBox "nedit*" -
and styles:
Style "*" Icon xterm.xpm
Style "MailWorks*Browser*" NoIcon
Style "nedit" NoIcon
nedit and mailworks are the only two apps I have in iconbox's. I disclude the nedit
ones from my IMailBox and the mailworks ones from the other to ensure I don't
have duplicates.
Now when I double click on the icon (in the button bar) the icon remains iconified
but the window expands - so I have the icon and the window. I only ever start the
program once (done in a seperate script - but this could be done within a function
or something).
I suppose you could use "*" to disclude all icons and then add a specific one
(rclock).
Hope this helps,
Gary Sargent.
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Received on Fri May 30 1997 - 02:47:36 BST