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From: pcolmer@acorn.co.uk (Philip Colmer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: Re: Changing window titles
Message-ID: <4860@acorn.co.uk>
Date: 31 Jan 91 08:07:18 GMT
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In article <6482@ecs.soton.ac.uk> rhh88@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Heywood RH) writes:

>... I have tried changing the indirected pointer to the title to a new
>message and then reopening the window but it does not seem to work.

I think you have to close the window before reopening it. This is basically
to force the window manager to realise that the window needs to be redraw.
Simply reopening the window with it already on the screen won't do it. I use
this technique and it does work.

--Philip

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