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From: evans@testmax.zk3.dec.com (Marc Evans)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: What mwm resource(s) is used to place the window icon?
Keywords: icon
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Date: 27 Jun 91 13:03:09 GMT
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In article <23898@shlump.lkg.dec.com>, ballou@jrandm.enet.dec.com (Nat Ballou) writes:
|> In article <10661@aspect.UUCP>, quang@aspect.UUCP (Quang Dangtran) writes:
|> |> 
|> |> When I iconified some of my windows, the mwm iconfied the windows and
|> |> placed them on the bottom of my screen starting from the left. 
|> |> But what if I would like the placements of my icons to be on the right 
|> |> of my screen starting from the top? How should this be done?
|> 
|> Mwm*iconPlacement:                      Top Right

What I would like to be able to do is place icons using a simular technique as
I do a window, such as:

	Mwm*app*iconGeometry:	40x30-2-2

The concept of placing icons in an ordered manaer could still be allowed, but,
if a specific geometry is provided for a specific icon then it would override.
Also, I would like to see the restriction on not allowing icons to overlap
eachother be removed (tiling just don't cut it for my needs).

The old Apollo Display Manager had the icon issue figured out *right* in my
opinion. It provided you with the ability to specify a region in which icons
are stacked, as well as placement direction and offsets. Add to that the
ability to have varied sizes of icons and you could do almost anything you
would probably want to.

(Now if we can just get shape extension support added to icons... 8-)

- Marc
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