Re: Xconsole in AfterStep

David Mihm (davemann@the-site.dyn.ml.org)
Tue, 7 Jul 1998 21:00:18 -0500 (CDT)


On Tue, 7 Jul 1998, Julian Catchen wrote:

> Hello Everyone--
> 
> I was wondering if anyone knew how to set a window to be drawn without a
> frame around it.  I want to place my xconsole in the corner of my screen
> and make it "sticky", so that it is always in the background.  How can I
> configure Afterstepo so that there is no title bar on the window or at the
> top of the screen?
> 
> Thanks in advance to any help...
> 
> julian

	In addition to all the other replies - using NoTitle, NoHandle and
Sticky in the database file for name that xprop reports as the 
WM_CLASS(STRING) will get most of what you are looking for; with the
exception of the window still having a thin line around the window which
is your StickyForeColor/StickyBackColor defines.  This was not enough for
me as I wanted the window to "disappear" into the same background, using
the same background too  - an example is my screenshot
	(http://the-site.dyn.ml.org/Linux/AfterStep/).
I acheived this by using Eterm
	(ftp://ftp.the-site.dyn.ml.org/pub/Linux/).
Below are my settings for this:

	1. database -
	   Style "xconsole" NoTitle, Sticky, WindowListSkip, NoHandles,
		BorderWidth 0
	2. autoexec (or .xinitrc) -
	   Exec	"I"	exec Eterm -g 137x5+0+0 -P blue-tile.xpm -x -f
		grey60 -L 500 -T xconsole -n xconsole -C &

		/* -x		force Eterm to have no borders		*
		 * -f		foreground color			*
		 * -L		lines to save in scrollback buffer	*
		 * -T		title string				*
		 * -n		client instance, icon, and title strings*
		 * -C		grab console messages			*\

HTH
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