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From: munir@hpfcmgw.HP.COM (Munir Mallal)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Motif WM not 3-D at HP-UX 7.0
Message-ID: <1080164@hpfcmgw.HP.COM>
Date: 9 Aug 90 16:15:54 GMT
References: <6046@milton.u.washington.edu>
Organization: HP Fort Collins, CO
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>	I just arrived at this new job a month ago.  One of my first tasks
>was to install HP-UX 7.0.  I experimented with the different window managers
>shipped.  I am puzzled by my observation that hpwm has the funky 3-D effect
>of Motif, while mwm window frames look flat and cartoonish by comparison.
>Under mwm only menus have the beveling and shading;  the window frames and
>decorations therein are just outlines.  Experimentation with color resources
>did not alleviate the problem.
>
>	As Andy Rooney would say, why is that?

Mwm does not automatically create the colors unless you provide the following
definitions:

Mwm*topShadowColor:
Mwm*bottomShadowColor:
Mwm*activeTopShadowColor:
Mwm*activeBottomShadowColor:

You do not have to specify any color.

Munir Mallal

Disclaimer:  I speak only from my own experience.
	     HP did not tell me to say this.