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From: kcwong@ssd.kodak.com (K.C. Wong (253-7926))
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Subject: Re: an example of sticky windows in a .Xdefaults file for olvwm
Message-ID: <1991May9.122751.2437@ssd.kodak.com>
Date: 9 May 91 12:27:51 GMT
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In article <1077@redford.UUCP> bill@redford.UUCP (Bill Poitras(X258)) writes:
>In article <1991May3.000802.29165@wlbr.imsd.contel.com> mh@roger.imsd.contel.com (Mike Hoegeman) writes:
>>The subject pretty much says it.
>>
>>I need an example of the "sticky windows" resource attribute for a
>>.Xdefaults file for olvwm.  I tried following the man page but I don't
>>seem to be doing it right. Anybody got an example??
>the resource VirtualSticky is like any other list of windows resource,
>its a whitespace delimited list of window names:
>olvwm*VirtualSticky: xload xclock xbiff
>
>Keep in mind that XView applications dont have the WM_CLASS property set,
>so you can't add their names to the list.  I know, I have tryed it.
>Personally I find this a major deficiency in XView apps.  Another minor
>dificiency is the lack of session manger hints (WM_CLINT_MACHINE
>WM_COMMAND).  While running XView apps, xlsclients (an X11R4 client)
>doesn't report XView apps.
>

  Ok... how can we solve these problems if we write an Xview program?
  Are there any way we can get a handle to the wmhints of a frame?

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