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From: taylort@decus.com.au (Trevor Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: VMS DECWindows Problem with Window Picking ala xwd
Message-ID: <7605.278dfca1@decus.com.au>
Date: 11 Jan 91 07:57:53 GMT
References: <88647@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV>
Organization: DECUS, South Pacific Chapter
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In article <88647@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV>, hbrand@lll-crg.llnl.gov (Hal Brand) writes:
> I have tried using the function Select_Window found in
> mit/clients/xwd/dsimple.c and this fails when talking to the DEC VMS
> monochrome server on a VAXStation 3100 but works just fine with
> non-VMS servers. 
> [description omitted ...]
> 
> So... Two questions (in order of importance to me):
> 
> 1) What is the right way to code Select_Window() to work in both environments?
> 

As a hack, there is a routine called pseudo_root() which I provided
on the MIT X Clients tape to the DECUS Library back in May last
year. (The order number is VS100). It will work whether the extra
windows are present or not. (The modified Select_Window() routine is 
on the tape too.)

> 2) Why (oh WHY!) is VMS DECWindows doing this AND who (what application) is
>     responsible - and what is gained??

It was a misguided attempt at pseudoroots, which has been
dropped in the next version (DECwindows V3). The window
manager does it. (If you run uwm for instance, the extra
windows are not there -- yes, there is a uwm for VMS, but
that is another story :-))

	Trevor

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