Perry Hutchison <phutchis_at_beaverton.windriver.com> writes:
> > > How do I get StubbornIcons in fvwm2.4.15?
> > >
> > > All the documentation (FAQ/man pages/Google)
> > > that I looked at simply said this has been
> > > obsoleted. Does that mean it is no longer
> > > possible to have StubbornIcons, or that there
> > > is an alternative way to get this effect?
> >
> > StubbornIcons was an fvwm1 feature:
> >
> > Changes de-iconification behavior a bit. Instead of having windows
> > always de-iconify themselves on the current page they de-iconify into
> > their original position.
>
> I don't entirely get the distinction. AFAIK, when I iconify an app, the
> icon goes on the same page where the window was. In order to de-iconify
> by double-clicking the icon, I must be on that same page, and the app
> window appears there (in its original position). I just tried (in 2.2.4)
> de-iconifying via the window list while on a different page, and the app
> window still reappeared on its original page (where its icon had been),
> and in its original position. Thus it seems that what is described as
> StubbornIcon behavior is now in some sense the normal behavior. Is there
> a third de-iconification method which I'm not thinking of?
I'd have to bring up 1.24r to verify, but I think stubborn icons
work like this:
You iconify on page 1, then uniconify.
Then move the window to page 2. Then iconify.
It iconifies on page 1.
> > I don't think there is an equivalent fvwm2 feature.
> > Maybe someone else on the list can think of something.
>
> FvwmEvent can presumably be made to do almost anything :)
Without a shifting of the viewport, I'm not sure.
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Dan Espen E-mail: dane_at_mk.telcordia.com
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Received on Tue May 13 2003 - 12:52:27 BST