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From: converse@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Donna Converse)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: General WM/window info (was: Xview question: changing frame font)
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Date: 23 Feb 90 00:18:32 GMT
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Concerning titlebars:

> 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.

The *user* can do this, via the window manager; the application programmer
should not dictate, not give the application the ability to dictate, what
is actually under the purview of the window manager.