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From: mouse@lightning.mcrcim.mcgill.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re:  dont resize, iconify, or move me
Message-ID: <9102081457.AA00471@lightning.McRCIM.McGill.EDU>
Date: 8 Feb 91 14:57:32 GMT
Sender: daemon@athena.mit.edu (Mr Background)
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> I have an application that wants to tell the window manager to 1) not
> let the user resize it,

This was mentioned here a while back.  The closest you can come is to
set the minimum-size and maximum-size values in the size hints to the
same size.  This asks (not tells) the window manager to keep it that
size.  Not all window managers will pay attention.

> 2) not let the user move it,

I know of no way whatever to achieve this.  You can try to move
yourself back if you get moved, but once again there is no guarantee
the window manager will pay any attention.

> and 3) not let the user to iconify it.

I know of no way to do this.  I suppose you could try to play games
with your icon-window, but that strikes me as very fragile.  You could
always ask the window manager to deiconify you whenever you get
iconified, but once again the window manager is free to ignore you.

Depending on the purpose of the window, you might consider using an
override-redirect window.  They are rarely appropriate (pop-ups are
about the only common thing for which override-redirects are really
suited), but this might be one of those cases.

Of course, various specific window managers may implement private
protocols which allow clients to ask for things like this.  If you are
willing to depend on running under some specific wm, you might be able
to use one of these.

Why do you believe your application has to have a fixed size/position
and mustn't be iconified?  (That strikes me as a very antisocial way
for an application to behave.)  You may be trying to solve the wrong
problem....

					der Mouse

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