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From: cowan@dover.sps.mot.com (Andrew H Cowan)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: How does the application "sproperty" work?
Message-ID: <2486@dover.sps.mot.com>
Date: 5 Dec 90 18:48:15 GMT
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Organization: Motorola SPS, SSDT, Tempe, AZ
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I've been trying to patch "xwd" to work under "swm" (the
Solbourne window manager).  It fails because swm has a
virtual desktop and remaps the root window.  The bottom
line is that the portion of xwd that lets the user select
a window with the mouse doesn't return the correct window 
id.  Yet Solbourne's application "sproperty" lets the user
select a window so it can be done.  

Does anyone know how sproperty determines the correct 
window?  (Might some kind soul send me that portion of
sproperty as an example.)  Or if someone has already fixed
xwd to work under swm I'd be grateful if you'd mail me
the changes.


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