Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!sdd.hp.com!think.com!paperboy!hsdndev!bu.edu!nntp-read!jc From: jc@raven.bu.edu (James Cameron) Newsgroups: comp.windows.open-look Subject: Re: an example of sticky windows in a .Xdefaults file for olvwm Message-ID: Date: 13 May 91 01:06:54 GMT References: <1991May3.000802.29165@wlbr.imsd.contel.com> <1991May3.090758.699@ifi.unizh.ch> <1991May8.171818.8521@nynexst.com> Sender: news@bu.edu.bu.edu Organization: What do you mean 'That *can't* be done????' Lines: 48 In-reply-to: schwartz@nynexst.com's message of 8 May 91 17:18:18 GMT >>>>> On 8 May 91 17:18:18 GMT, schwartz@nynexst.com (S. H. Schwartz) said: Schwartz> What precisely -are- sticky windows? Schwartz> -- Schwartz> S. H. Schwartz A sticky window is one which stays on the screen when regardless of where you are when using a virtual desktop. Ie, I want to keep my clock, my biff, and my load sticky so that no matter where I move in my desktop they will stay there. If you are unfamiliar with the concept of a virtual desktop window manager, it allows you to have as 'large' a screen as you like. A window is created which shows you what part of your desktop you are presently working in and what windows are in the space. It looks like: -------------------------- | ---------- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ---------- | | | | | | | | | -------------------------- Where the outer square is your virtual desktop and you are presently working in the inner square, your current desktop. It allows you to say read mail in one area, write programs in another, and play games in a third. *8-) Busy yes, but if you have a workstation to yourself, which you don't need to log out of, this comes in very handy. jc -- -- James Cameron (jc@raven.bu.edu) Signal Processing and Interpretation Lab. Boston, Mass (617) 353-2879 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "But to risk we must, for the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. For the man or woman who risks nothing, has nothing, does nothing, is nothing." (Quote from the eulogy for the late Christa McAuliffe.)