Re: WM buttons
Eric GAUDET (egaudet@exoffice.com)
Thu, 15 Jul 1999 16:50:48 +0200 (CEST)
Le 15-Jul-99 David Mihm racontais :
> On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, Eric GAUDET wrote:
>
> >hi,
> >I'm trying to understand the window managers secrets (afterstep first, of
> >course) : how does an application tells the wm it wants only some buttons in
> >the title bar.
> >Let me explain : I want to open a window with a title bar, and only the
> >"close"
> >button. I can't find anything about that in the xlib, and it seems to be a
> >window-manager specific behaviour. All I can do now is to create a window
> >with
> >all the (2+3, for me) buttons asked for in the feel ; but I saw some windows
> >with only one or 2 buttons on the title bar.
> >Can somebody help me with that ?
>
> I pressume you are wanting an operational answer, and not wanting
> to point out in the actual code how it is handled. The database file
> controls the looks of the windows and you must have the development branch
> for this to be possible. It is covered at length in the man afterstep
> page; but it has to do with defining a Style with the window name and then
> using one or more entries for the buttons you don't wnat to appear,
> limited only to those that are predefined in your look file. The entry is
> NoButtons #. The method used to obtain the window name is also described
> in the man afterstep page.
>
That's the _default_ window's look. Can an application override the database
file by open a window with only some or no button on it ?
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Eric GAUDET (Eric GAUDET <egaudet@exoffice.com>)
Le 15-Jul-99 a 16:48:43
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