Michael M Han <han_at_windy.ckm.ucsf.edu> writes:
> I've been using IconMan pretty happily for a while now, but a friend
> and I are now stymied by the same thing. We're both looking to run
> separate IconMen to cover desk/page windows v. the rest. This is
> supposed to be possible according to the man page and I've configured
> IconMan correctly, I think. However, when I invoke IconMan I get my
> first manager showing what it's supposed to show and the second
> instance showing nothing except an FvwmIconMan button. I'm still
> trying to figure out if IconMan is showing the other IconMan window or
> whether that's a title button...
>
> Anyway, is anyone doing this successfully? Does FvwmIconMan need to be
> invoked in some special way when multiple IconMen are configured (e.g.
> "Module FvwmIconMan 1"). This didn't seem to work... I can provide the
> salient bits from my rcfile, but not until later (home machine). It
> seems the relevant information is like so:
>
> FvwmIconMan*nummanagers 2
> FvwmIconMan*1*resolution page
> FvwmIconMan*2*resolution global
Hmmm, tricky tricky. To make sure that everything is in order here, you want
manager #1 to show everything on the current page and manager #2 to show
everything else? That currently won't work. FvwmIconMan assigns windows to
managers based only on the show and dontshow lists, and the resolution acts as
a filter to control which windows a manager is managing get drawn.
What you want to do would be cool though, and it's a logical thing to
expect. I just never expected it. I'll look into how to fix this.
>
> It gets invoked with "Module FvwmIconMan" currently.
>
> Finally, it seems that FvwmIconMan opens all windows it's configured
> for when it's invoked. This is correct? It would be nice to have each
> one able to be invoked separately, since ultimately I'm trying to
> Swallow the IconMen into FvwmButtons... Works great for one IconMan,
> but two's been quite the headache.
Correct. It seems the other replies covered this. Yes?
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Brady Montz
bradym_at_cs.arizona.edu
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Received on Mon Oct 13 1997 - 19:00:12 BST