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From: nazgul@alfalfa.com (Kee Hinckley)
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Subject: Re: twm and transient windows
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Date: 25 Jun 91 04:46:48 GMT
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> When using twm as window manager, if I iconify my application shell, 
> the transient windows do not unmap (they do unmap under mwm).  Is there a 
> twm resource I can set to force this?  

Twm is not the only window manager that doesn't do this.  You'll
have to have your dialogs track iconfication notices on their
parent and unmap themselves.  I have (C++) code that does this
if anyone wants an example.

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I'm not sure which upsets me more: that people are so unwilling to accept
responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to regulate
everyone else's.