Re: XForms: Iconifying and restoring windows

From: j.w.c.a. lokin (lokin@signaal.nl)
Date: Mon Mar 19 2001 - 10:17:40 EST

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    # To subscribers of the xforms list from "j.w.c.a. lokin" <lokin@signaal.nl> :

    Steve Lamont wrote:
    >
    > # To subscribers of the xforms list from Steve Lamont <spl@ncmir.ucsd.edu> :
    >
    > > I need to iconify and restore forms on some specific events. I did
    > > consult the manual pages and tried several ways, but I am still
    > > unsuccessful. I am a bit surprized since it seems I've used X-forms for
    > > years now to be quite a basic action !
    >
    > fl_iconify() will send a request to your window manager to iconify the
    > Window containing the form. fl_winshow() may redisplay it.

    Indeed, it may. If the form is transient the program seems to hang in
    the call to fl_winshow() and more specifically in the call to
    wait_mapwin(). It may seem stupid to want to uniconify transient forms,
    but olvwm, which I otherwise like, does not uniconify the transient
    windows when I uniconify the "parent".

    > You may have to issue an fl_redraw_form() to cause the form to redraw itself
    > after deiconification since an Expose event may or may not get sent.
    >
    > I am somewhat indefinite in my answer because iconification of Windows
    > is under the control of your window manager and not all window
    > managers respond to a WM_CHANGE_STATE property in the same way. You
    > may wish to use fl_hide_form() and fl_show_form() to do this instead
    > since they produce more reliable results.
    >
    > spl
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