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From: jim@athsys.uucp (Jim Becker)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Holding hands with the window manager -- iconic states question
Summary: Need to know iconic state, etc.
Message-ID: <191@tityus.UUCP>
Date: 16 Nov 88 18:39:16 GMT
Organization: Athena Systems, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA
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	In the event that the user iconifies a transient window that
is part of a running process, how does one programmatically deiconify
the icon or remove the icon when I wish the temporary window to
disappear. How can I get this functionality working?

	The situation is simply this:

	1) Program puts up "Alert" type window for a period of time.

	2) User iconifies the Alert window during this time.

	3) Programmatic Unmap of Alert doesn't affect Alert icon.

	4) Next instance of the Alert window map need already has 
	   this window in iconic state, hence user never sees the 
	   content of the window, or the message(s) within.

	5) Deiconification of unmapped window's icon makes the
	   Alert window appear then vanish (since it was unmapped
	   since the iconification took place).


	I haven't seen anything past hints for the initial window state
(ie - normal vs. iconic) in what I have read. Can someone direct me to
written material covering this, or some other direction for a solution?

	I would assume that the window manager is unknown, although in 
this case we are using uwm.


-Jim Becker