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From: mh@awds18.eaton.com (Mike H.)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: General WM/window info (was: Xview question: changing frame font)
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Date: 22 Feb 90 20:37:09 GMT
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Reply-To: mh@awds18.UUCP (Mike H.)
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>> "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.




why should'nt an application be able to set such attributes ?
doing something like changing the color or the font of the title bar
seems like a pretty pedestrian thing to want to do.




-mike