Re: FVWM: How to detect fvwm2 as the running window manger

From: Dan Espen <dane_at_mk.telcordia.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 16:44:03 -0400

Mike Bronson <Mike.Bronson_at_sun.com> writes:
> What is the best way to programmatically detect that fvwm2
> is the running window manger?
>
> Can it be dectected by the use of X properties? If so,
> which ones uniquely identify fvwm2 and are not left
> behind by fvwm2 when its process dies?

Do these questions have anything to do with the open
FVWM/Java problems?

FVWM doesn't set any particular property to identify itself,
but we'd be willing to set one.

FVWM can already set a property that makes FVWM pass the
"XmIsMotifRunning" test. Java doesn't seem to like that much.

According to my Solaris XChangeProperty man page:

     The lifetime of a property is not tied to the storing
     client. Properties remain until explicitly deleted, until
     the window is destroyed, or until the server resets.

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