On Wed, Oct 13, 1999 at 03:57:49AM +0000, harbaugh_at_math.georgetown.edu wrote:
> On Mon, 1999-10-11 at 00:16:24 +0200, Dominik Vogt wrote:
> > On Sat, Oct 09, 1999 at 05:42:28PM +0000, harbaugh_at_math.georgetown.edu wrote:
> > > The situation described roughly in the Subject line happens in several
> > > situations, most simply in the following situation:
> > >
> > > I bring up an FvwmConsole using a menu.
> > > In the console, I type
> > > ChangeDecor decor-root
> > > where decor-root is a decor that has already been defined
> > > via an AddToDecor command in my .fvwmrc file.
> > > The mouse pointer changes to a large dot,
> > > requesting a window selection for this action,
> > > so I click in that window (no problem there).
> > > But then the expected action, changing the HilightColor,
> > > only happens to a very thin outermost border of the window,
> > > the bulk of the window frame stays in its original color.
> > > However, if I move the mouse pointer into another active window,
> > > then back to the window whose decor had been requested to be changed,
> > > (this is what I meant by "manual intervention")
> > > then the entire window frame switches to the requested color.
> > >
> > > What do I have to do programatically to make the ChangeDecor take full effect,
> > > without having to move the mouse around?
> >
> > You can call a fvwm function that issues a 'RefreshWindow' after the ChangeDecor:
> >
> > AddToFunc ChangeDecorAndRefresh
> > + "I" ChangeDecor decor-root
> > + "I" RefreshWindow
> >
> > This bug is fixed in the current development sources already.
>
> Gee fellas, I tried this first in my own naïve way,
> starting an FvwmConsole, typing in it the 'ChangeDecor decor-root' command,
> then typing 'RefreshWindow'.
> That produced the familiar big dot, so I clicked in the Console window.
> And that produced no change at all:
> still only the very thin outermost border had changed color.
>
> So then I defined a new function using your recipe above in my .fvwmrc file,
> restarted fvwm2, and executed that function in an FvwmConsole,
> and got the same result: only the outermost pixels change color,
> until I move the mouse out of, then back to, the console.
>
> What's the German equivalent for the American phrase
> "back to the drawing boards"? :-)
If everything else fails you can issue a 'RecaptureWindow', but
I'm not sure if this command is already in 2.2.x.
Bye
Dominik ^_^
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Received on Tue Oct 12 1999 - 23:25:20 BST