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From: stein@rocksanne.wrc.xerox.com (Adam Stein)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: xplaces updates sought
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Date: 22 May 91 16:08:50 GMT
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In article <1098@redford.UUCP> bill@redford.UUCP (Bill Poitras(X258)) writes:
>xplaces (as well as xlsclients) I believe rely on the WM_COMMAND
>property.  This tells a session manager how to restart a client, as well
>as a startup script how to place the windows.  Since XView clients are
>really shitty about setting correct window properties (they don't even
>set the WM_CLASS property) it just won't work.  Talk to Sun about this.

XView clients can update WM_COMMAND if sent WM_SAVE_YOURSELF.  When OpenLook
saves the screen layout, it sends a WM_SAVE_YOURSELF to every client and
then saves WM_COMMAND.

							Adam Stein
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Disclaimer: Any/All views expressed           ...!uunet!xerox.com!stein.wbst129
here have been proved to be my own.    Hopefully one of the above will work.