Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!mcdphx!behemoth!razdan From: razdan@phx.mcd.mot.com (Anshuman Razdan) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: Two Question on tvtwm Message-ID: Date: 7 Jan 91 19:18:59 GMT References: Sender: listen@mcdphx.phx.mcd.mot.com Organization: Motorola MCD Lines: 50 In-reply-to: razdan@phx.mcd.mot.com's message of 7 Jan 91 17:52:23 GMT In article razdan@phx.mcd.mot.com (Anshuman Razdan) writes: Hi folks, After playing with mwm I got back to the wonderful world of twm and I discovered still wonderful tvtwm. I have two questions regarding the behaviour of tvtwm (twm). I am not sure if they are bugs or features(?). 1. When I use the virtual desktop option, the background pixmap of my screen becomes the stippled grey pattern (the defualt when you bring up the server). It replaces the root pattern that I set with xsetroot. When I restart the windowmanager, the old pattern gets displayed momentarily before getting replaced by twm supplied gray pattern. Is there a fix or work around to it? 2. This is to do with the function, f.hideiconmgr and f.showiconmgr. When I first use the f.hideiconmgr (using a Func key or thru menu) it unmaps the iconmgr alright. Next if asked to showiconmgr, all the buttons (representing clients) show but there is no border or title window i.e. twm does not provide it with title and border and all the schabang it is supposed to. The icon mgr also stays in foreground permanently including when the panner is moved to different section of the screen (so it should have hidden). Further attempts to hideiconmgr also fail. Any further attemts to showiconmgr result in deiconfying (looks arbitrary) of various clients in the iconmgr. The behaviour then becomes erratic. Any Clue or workarounds are welcome. Pl. email or post. If I get a fix, I will surely post it on the net. ************************************************************ I found a fix for Problem 1. It is to be done using VirtualDesktopBackgroundPixmap resource. The hunt for soln to #2 is still on. Thanks again -- Anshuman Razdan ************************************************************ * razdan@toy Test and Methodology Group * * * * razdan@phx.mcd.mot.com Diablo Plant, Tempe Az * ************************************************************