"Jon A. Christopher" <jon_at_amanda.tamu.edu> writes:
> On Sun, 24 Oct 1999, Dan Espen wrote:
>
> > "Jon A. Christopher" <jon_at_amanda.tamu.edu> writes:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I'm wondering why SaveUnders was removed from FVWM. It's there in 1.24r,
> > > but not in the current version. This is a step backwards, IMHO, because
> > > SaveUnders can sometimes be quite useful, particularly in applications
> > > which have 3D graphics windows which are expensive to redraw. Because of
> > > the lack of SaveUnders in FVWM, there are two expensive redraw operations
> > > (~1/sec) apeice in my application everytime a dialog is popped up.
> > > neither AfterStep, nor twm suffers from this problem, but FVWM is my WM o
> f
> > > choice.
> > >
> > > Please add the SaveUnders code back into FVWM. It's a simple code change
> ,
> > > and well worth having the ability to do so.
> > >
> > > Configuration: RH Linux 5.2, fvwm 2.0.46, XF86 3.3.5.
> > >
> > > P.S. Please CC any replies to me, since I'm not on this list.
>
>
>
> > I assume when you mention the "current version", you don't mean
> > 2.0.46. The current non-beta is 2.2.3 and the current beta is 2.3.10.
>
> Nither the 2.0.46 version or the current CVS snapshot has SaveUnders.
>
> > I'm curious, how do you know SaveUnders is removed?
>
> Because I checked the source. SaveUnders is not allowed as an option in
> the .fvwmrc files any more, nor is it set in add_window.c.
OK.
> > Somewhere around 2.3.5 SaveUnders was removed as a configuration option,
> > but I still see code that sets the SaveUnders attribute.
>
> The only place in the current CVS version of FVWM where CWSaveUnder is
> used is in builtins.c (turned off) and menus.c (turned on for fvwm menus).
>
> If SaveUnder is good enough to use for FVWM menus, why can't I use it in
> my applications?! Why was the SaveUnder code removed from add_window.c?
> Since the WM reparents my windows *without* SaveUnders, nothing I can do
> will work around this. Argh.
Back in 96 there was some reference to the lack of style flags.
Now, I guess, there is no reason...
> Thanks,
> Jon
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Received on Sun Oct 24 1999 - 20:39:31 BST