Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!hp-pcd!hpcvlx!tay From: tay@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com (Mike Taylor) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: mwm - impossible task? Message-ID: <100920318@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com> Date: 15 May 91 20:38:10 GMT References: Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA Lines: 53 > Again after fooling with the resource files for mwm I am at the point >where I do not fear telling upper management to shove mwm...And over such >a minor detail at that... > > First a thought: I have used many window managers and mwm is the only > one that has puts me off so badly... I wonder if the author(s) of > mwm use a different window manager and only run mwm for testing??? > Enough garbage, or nobody will answer my question... In fact, the only HP workstations we have are for testing. We all have Suns and use olwm because has the best price/performance workstation in the industry. Yeah, right. > I want to make icons line up at the bottom left of my screen. Simple. >I want to no gaps when I iconify a window. Apparently impossible. I got >them to line up. I de-iconify them and iconify a window who's icon was >to the right. It appears just where it used to be and doesn't tippy toe >on down to the left like I want it to. Apparently impossible. There is a resource called iconPlacementMargin which controls the margin width of the screen, but I don't think it does what you need. I guess none of the OSF consortium members thought this was as significant of a feature as you do. I personally think that vuewm is the superior window manager. > (Somehow I get the feeling that >the same scum who design HPUX design mwm...) OK, Mr. Tact, is name calling really necessary? > > Is it possible to get mwm to have left gravity when iconifying? Yes. > >Al >---------- Peace, Mike Taylor Current Products Engineering & Online Interface Technology Operation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Surface: Hewlett-Packard Internet: tay@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com 1000 NE Circle Boulevard UUCP: {hpfcla}!hpcvlx!tay Corvallis, Oregon 97330 Fax: (503) 750-4980 "I get stranger things than you free with my breakfast cereal!" - Zaphod Beeblebrox