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From: argv%turnpike@Sun.COM (Dan Heller)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: General WM/window info (was: Xview question: changing frame font)
Message-ID: <132159@sun.Eng.Sun.COM>
Date: 22 Feb 90 08:12:54 GMT
References: <478@med.Stanford.EDU>
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In article <478@med.Stanford.EDU> rick@hanauma (Richard Ottolini) writes:
> "olwm" doesn't accept font arguments and xv_set (base_frame,XV_FONT...)
> doesn't work.  Suggestions?  (I see that there are various sized olglyph
> fonts.)

Remember: a "frame" (or base window) in an application is not
associated with the window manager's decorations for toplevel 
windows (children of the root window).  That means that the
application does not have direct control over the fonts or
colors of the titlebar, resize handles, gadgets or whatever
that are installed on titlebar of the window.  These functions
are strictly window manager responsibilities and applications
should not be able to set such attributes.

Sepcifically to XView, setting XV_FONT in anything in the
application will not affect your titlebar font.  Use your
X resources or window manager functions to set such attributes.
dan
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