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From: nazgul@alphalpha.com (Kee Hinckley)
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Subject: Re: Window Manager communications
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Date: 22 Oct 90 19:18:35 GMT
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> Can anyone tell me if mwm is capable of making a window look "busy", and if
> so, what is the protocol to achieve the effect?  By "busy", I mean that the
> window is somehow visibly changed to indicate that input is temporarily
> disabled.

Mwm is not, unless something was added at 1.1, which I doubt.
You can either set widgets insensitive, change the cursor, or
put up a busy dialog box.  Personally I like none of the options.
A window manager protocol might be good, although of course
you still have to worry about people who aren't running mwm.