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From: jne@goldhill.COM
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Requesting to be iconified
Message-ID: <8907261949.AA00519@godzilla.goldhill.com>
Date: 26 Jul 89 19:49:21 GMT
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Is there any way to programmatically iconify a window?
Right now, when I create a toplevel widget, I also create 
an icon window (because I want to specify my own pixmap among 
other things).  When I want to iconify the window, I unmap
the window and map the icon window.  This has three drawbacks:

1) I don't know where to put the icon window the first time it gets
   iconfified.  The window manager may like to put icons on the bottom
   row or right edge or whatever;  how do I know where to put the icon?

2) Some window managers may treat icons specially.  How to I let the WM
   know that what I have mapped is an icon?

3) Some window managers may use special effects, such as "zapping" when
   iconifying.  It would be nice if I could take advantage of those
   special effects.

Any help would be appreciated.

Jeff Eisen
Gold Hill Computers