Len Philpot <len_at_philpot.org> writes:
> I may well have overlooked it (once again), but how do you set a style
> for window based on its class?
>
> For example, I know I can do:
>
> Style "Xyz*" blah blah...
>
> ...and it will set style blah blah for any window with a title starting
> with Xyz.
>
> However, some apps have windows with many different titles, yet the same
> class, at least as reported by the Identify module. For example, GnuCash
> (once again, as shown via the Identify module) - The main accounts
> window has a resource of GnuCash, while dialogs have a resource of
> gnucash. However, they both have a class of GnuCash. How can I take
> advantage of this consistency (and "consistent inconsistency", as I call
> it)? Or am I misundstanding something about class and resources?
>
> There's the statement in the fvwm man page that styles can be set by
> class ("stylename can be a window's name, class, or resource string")
> and that $c is the current window's resource class, but never really
> explains how, at least in a manner I understood.
>
> I'm primarily interested in managing titlebar buttons in instances where
> the full set would be inappropriate. Rather than explicitly nailing down
> each and every possible title, I'd like to be a bit more focused.
Currently styles match name, class, or resource.
There has been discussion of an enchancement to make the matching
more specific, but so far nothing has been done.
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Dan Espen E-mail: dane_at_mk.telcordia.com
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Received on Thu Feb 06 2003 - 21:05:31 GMT