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From: spaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Xmh questions
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Date: 28 Mar 88 04:44:32 GMT
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Thanks to postings here, I got xmh to run.  (If you haven't seen the posting
yet, you need to specify a geometry instead of the default to keep it
from hanging during startup; I use 650x650.)

Now, for a few questions I haven't been able to resolve by playing around:

1) Is there any way to start up xmh in icon form and specify where I want the
icon to go?  I can start it as an icon, but it is always placed where
the cursor is -- and I want to place it a predefined spot on my screen and
open it into a window only after mail has arrived.

2) Speaking of opening the window after mail arrives, I am not getting the
icon to change when new mail arrives.  I have the MailWaiting and CheckNew
flags set to True, but the icon never changes state.  Any clues what
I should do to check it out?

3) Is there a resource name or class to specify the cursor shape inside
composition windows?  The I-beam cursor is not well-suited for use here.

4) Anyone know what changes have to be made to keep the "pick" option
from dumping core with memory faults?  I'm on a Sun 3/50, SunOS 3.4, btw.

Thanks in advance for any help anyone can provide!


-- 
Gene Spafford
NSF/Purdue/U of Florida  Software Engineering Research Center,
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
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