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From: bill@polygen.uucp (Bill Poitras)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Problems setting Window Manager hints (QUERY)
Keywords: ICCCM input focus
Message-ID: <1066@redford.UUCP>
Date: 29 Apr 91 21:04:46 GMT
Reply-To: bill@redford.UUCP (Bill Poitras(X258))
Organization: Polygen Corporation, Waltham, MA
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I have a a programs that our company has developed.  I want to make it
ICCCM compliant.  I use the following code to the input focus flag to
true:
    {
    XWMHints wm_hints;
    /* set the window manager hints */
    wm_hints.input = TRUE;
    wm_hints.initial_state = NormalState;
    wm_hints.flags = InputHint|StateHint;
    result = XSetWMHints( display, new_frame->prim_window_id, &wm_hints);
    }

When I am running my application, and I run 'xwininfo -wm' and then use
the mouse the point to it, xwininfo gives me this:
xwininfo ==> Window id: 0xb0006e (CENTRUM:  Release 3.3)

         ==> Window manager hints:


For xterm, it gives me this:
xwininfo ==> Window id: 0x80000d (xterm)

         ==> Window manager hints:

             ==> Client accepts input or input focus: Yes
             ==> Initial state is Normal State

For a client which doesn't set any window manager hints I get:
xwininfo ==> Window id: 0xc0005c (xv Tour1.gif)

         ==> No window manager hints defined

Also when I run my app under the Open-look window manager (olwm) under
X11R4 (patchlevel 18), it doesn't get input focus.  

OK, so what is up.  Why does my application give a "null" list of window
manager hints.  Does is have to do with events, the order in which I set
my properties?  Any help would greatly be appreciated.

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