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From: toml@Solbourne.COM (Tom LaStrange)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: mystery window unseen by twm
Message-ID: <1284@imelda.Solbourne.COM>
Date: 26 May 89 20:51:07 GMT
References: <1449@bacchus.dec.com>
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Organization: Solbourne Computer Inc., Longmont, Co.
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From article <1449@bacchus.dec.com>, by klee@chico.pa.dec.com (Ken Lee):
>> When I run it with twm, twm won't titlebar it, move/resize/iconify/
>> focus-on/force-move it, etc.; about all it will do is send it refresh
>> requests with f.winrefresh, and raise/lower other windows above/below
>> it.
> 
> I've found that TWM will ignore windows with override-redirect or
> transient attributes set.

twm doesn't really ignore override-redirect windows, it never sees
them get mapped, hence they never get reparented.  If you put
DecorateTransients in your .twmrc file, transient windows will be
reparented just like any other window.  The next (X11R4) version of
twm will by default, reparent transient windows.

> It will also ignore windows you request
> it to ignore in your .twmrc file.  I think UWM treats transient windows
> differently, so this is probably what is ha

I assume you are referring to the NoTitle list?  This list simply causes
twm to not place a title bar on the window.  The client window is still
reparented.  You cannot tell twm to not reparent specific windows.

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Tom LaStrange

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