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From: gaf@uucs1.UUCP (gaf)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: xplaces vs. twm, et al
Message-ID: <169@uucs1.UUCP>
Date: 23 Aug 89 23:36:00 GMT
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Organization: UUCS inc., Phoenix Az
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The contributed program 'xplaces' looks like a useful tool to have,
especially when it has some additional stuff wrapped around it to make it
usable by a nontechnical end-user.  (there's always a...)But according to
its README file it only works with window mgrs which don't reparent, or
which pass along the properties they get from reparented windows.  Alas,
twm doesn't seem to fall into these categories.

Is support for what's needed by xplaces planned for twm?  Does the window mgr
used in Motif have this feature?  As near as I can tell, if the window mgr
doesn't cooperate, xplaces won't work.  Have I overlooked another way of
doing what xplaces does (take a snapshot of window layout and preserving it
in a form which allows the layout to be easily recreated in future sessions)?

-- 
Guy Finney					It's that feeling of deja-vu
UUCS inc.   Phoenix, Az				all over again.
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