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From: converse@expo.lcs.mit.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: twm name matching too lax
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Date: 11 Apr 91 18:31:51 GMT
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> In my .twmrc file, I have named some clients for which I don't want a title
> bar.  The problem is that twm only requires that the first n characters of
> the client/class in the list match the name of the client/class one wishes
> to list.  For example, in my list for NoTitle, I have the client "xcal",
> but when I start up "xcalc", it matches the "xcal" in the list and it doesn't
> get a title bar.  It wouldn't matter if I use the class name (XCal), because
> the first four letters of the class for xcalc also match XCal.

Right.  We've received bug reports on this.  The string prefix matching 
is a bug, not a feature.

> Is it possible to simply change the code in LookInList (list.c) to do
> a "strcmp" instead of a "strncmp", 

Yes, that is the fix.


Donna Converse
converse@expo.lcs.mit.edu