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From: Kimbrough@dsg.csc.ti.COM (Kerry Kimbrough)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: olwm problems
Message-ID: <2846945126-3366129@GOLF>
Date: 20 Mar 90 18:05:26 GMT
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olwm fails to obey ICCCM conventions: when a client sends a
ConfigureRequest on a (reparented) top-level window, olwm does not
reply with a ConfigureNotify containing the resulting top-level
geometry.

In the case observed, the client program is using a custom toolkit, not
XView. The top-level window is a transient shell which has not set any
of the olwm-specific decoration properties. Therefore, the window
appears without any olwm resize controls, etc. Thus, it's possible that
olwm believes that all client ConfigureRequest's should be rejected (if
so, this is probably a bug). Nevertheless, ICCCM mandates that olwm must
send a synthetic ConfigureNotify reporting the unchanged geometry.

I'm using a stock olwm right out of the R4 box. There are probably many
fixes since then. How should I go about getting them?