Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!bionet!arisia!roo!janssen From: janssen@parc.xerox.com (Bill Janssen) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: want twm to leave icons alone Message-ID: Date: 30 Aug 90 02:21:50 GMT References: <5386@ge-dab.GE.COM> <1465@hslrswi.UUCP> <5423@ge-dab.GE.COM> <1990Aug23.144057.3566@Solbourne.COM> Sender: news@parc.xerox.com Organization: Xerox PARC, Palo Alto, CA Lines: 20 In-reply-to: harkcom@potato.pa.Yokogawa.CO.JP's message of 29 Aug 90 22:57:55 GMT In article harkcom@potato.pa.Yokogawa.CO.JP (Alton Harkcom) writes: But that doesn't sound very promising when dealing with clients written by others. Do I have to hack the code for every client I will use just to avoid icon names, or should I trust that those in charge of maintaining my window manager will make a simple fix to do it for me? [This "free code" virus seems to turn people's minds off.] You *pay* the supplier of your window manager to make such a fix, and they either do it or you sue them. Or you can sit back, and maybe someone else's notion of how window managers should act will coincidentally coincide with yours, and just maybe they'll write a window manager you will be able to obtain. Or you can do it yourself, if your supplies of money or patience are short. Bill -- Bill Janssen janssen@parc.xerox.com (415) 494-4763 Xerox Palo Alto Research Center 3333 Coyote Hill Road, Palo Alto, California 94304